Lifemoves

Lifemoves, a Santa Clara-based tax-exempt nonprofit organization, operates as a prime contractor delivering emergency residential services, transitional housing, and supportive case management for homeless veterans and families across the San Francisco Bay Area. The organization competes exclusively in full-and-open federal procurements without SBA certifications, holding no set-asides on its recent federal work.

Lifemoves' federal footprint centers on two customer bases with stark differences in award count versus dollar value. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 dominates by potential value—96 awards totaling $89.8 million in combined ceiling—while the Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 160 awards under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) but carries substantially smaller per-award values. Together these two agencies represent 95% of award count and 99% of combined potential value across the vendor's recent footprint.

Lifemoves holds six active single-award indefinite-delivery contracts with VISN 21, collectively anchoring approximately $34.5 million in ceiling value through 2031. Recent representative work includes a $6.9 million IDIQ for emergency residential services for homeless coed veterans (awarded April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2029), a $7.4 million IDIQ for homeless veterans respite care in Santa Clara County (awarded September 30, 2023, through September 29, 2026), a $6.9 million IDIQ for emergency residential services for homeless veterans with dependents (awarded April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2029), a $4.8 million IDIQ for services to homeless veterans with severe mental illness (awarded January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2028), and a $2.5 million IDIQ for Hospital Patient Hotel (HOPTEL) overnight lodging at VA Palo Alto Health Care System (awarded November 1, 2024, through October 31, 2029). Delivery orders issued against these IDIQs in the past year include $1.35 million for coed veteran emergency residential services, $1.1 million for medical respite care, and $511,000 for geriatric emergency residential services, all under VISN 21 contracting. On the HUD side, Lifemoves is a recurring recipient of Continuum of Care grants for permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and transitional housing, with recent awards of $303,133 (April 1, 2026–March 31, 2027) and $145,342 (February 1, 2026–January 31, 2027). The vendor also receives VA per diem funding and capital grants for transitional housing beds and facility improvements.

Activity has grown from 11 awards in 2022 to 21 in 2024, though recent awards dropped to 10 in 2025 and 8 in 2026, suggesting a consolidation in task-order issuance rather than new vehicle wins. Eight awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry a combined potential value of $5 million—a modest recompete exposure relative to the total footprint, but concentrated in HOPTEL services and near-term HCHV delivery orders. Lifemoves operates as a pure prime (96% of awards) and does not engage subcontractors on its federal contracts; the 4% sub-award share reflects downstream grant sub-awards from local jurisdictions for shelter operations and rapid rehousing activities.

Service Contract Inventory data covering federal service contracts above $150,000 shows minimal recent reporting: $963,000 in invoiced revenue across 4.9 FTEs in FY2022, with zero invoicing reported in FY2023–FY2025 despite ongoing contract performance. This gap likely reflects that much of Lifemoves' work is structured as firm-fixed-price delivery orders for facility operations and housing services, which may not trigger SCI reporting above the $150,000 threshold or may be classified outside the SCI service-contract universe. Government-paid hourly rates on the limited SCI records run median $104.97/hr, with 10th and 90th percentiles at $84.93/hr and $116.58/hr respectively.

Lifemoves' capability portfolio spans emergency and respite residential services for homeless veterans, including coed populations, veterans with dependents, those experiencing severe mental illness, geriatric veterans, and patient families requiring overnight lodging. Services operate across multiple California counties—Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda, and Menlo Park—within the VISN 21 service area and as HUD Continuum of Care grantee in the San Francisco Bay region. The vendor works exclusively with VISN 21 on the contract side and with HUD on the grant side, with zero exposure to other federal agencies; this deep concentration with two customer organizations anchors both opportunities and execution risks.