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ANNOUNCEMENT CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC WORKS REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC WORKS COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAMS June 25, 2018 San Francisco Public Works (Public Works), City and County of San Francisco (City) announces a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for San Francisco Public Works Community Grant Programs. San Francisco Public Works has a goal of ensuring safe, clean and inviting public spaces as well as engaging the community by increasing employment opportunities, job training and general workforce development for local residents. In 2013, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee released his 17 Point Jobs Plan. This plan includes points to: 1) hire San Franciscans, 2) make government more responsive and effective, and 3) improve blighted areas. This RFQ seeks non-profit community-based organizations (Applicants) to partner with Public Works in some key areas that will support the Mayor’s goals and comport with Public Works’ Strategic Plan that was adopted in 2014. Public Works is seeking to create six pools of qualified non-profit grantees (Applicants) to perform the below services (Pool[s]). Each Pool will have Applicants with expertise in one or more of the following areas: 1) Litter Reduction; 2) Monitoring and Ambassador Services; 3) Youth & Young Adult Summer Employment Program; 4)Landscape Maintenance & Planting Services; 5) Public Parklet Assessment & Maintenance Services; and/or 6) Blight Assessment Services. Detailed scopes of work can be found in the RFQ. All of these services shall incorporate and provide job training, employment, and workforce development opportunities to program participants who are eligible to work but facing barriers to employment, especially those in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Based on responses to this RFQ, these grant Pools may be utilized by the City, at its sole and absolute discretion, for Applicant selection and negotiations during the term the Pool is in effect. Work shall be assigned on a project basis and pre-qualified Applicants may be required to submit a proposal through a competitive solicitation process or the City may contract directly with a pre-qualified applicant without a competitive solicitation based on project needs. Applicants selected for any of the Pool(s) are not guaranteed a contract or work. The Pool established as a result of this solicitation shall have a term of two (2) years from the date of acceptance into the Pool. The Pool shall be refreshed after two (2) years and Applicants will need to re-submit a grant application to pre-qualify for the Pool(s) again. A Pre-Submittal conference will be held on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, 11:00 A.M., at the Executive Conference Room, 1155 Market Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94103. Qualification Statements will be received at 1155 Market Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, California until 3:00 P.M. Pacific Time, July 27, 2018. Electronic submittals can be emailed to [email protected] or delivered to the address above. Applicants shall submit Qualification Statements as required in the RFQ package. Late submittals will not be considered. Digital files of the RFQ may be downloaded at no cost at: www.sfpublicworks.org/biddocs. Notices regarding Addenda and other solicitation changes will be distributed by email to Plan Holders. Additional information is available from Public Work’s Contracts, Bid Opportunities and Payments webpage at: www.sfpublicworks.org PLEASE NOTE: ONLY NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY. Questions regarding the Solicitation must be submitted by email to: [email protected].

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