C4A-Ref- NCAC - Waive Bid To Repurchase Shelter Beds At Miami Rescue Missiong MIAMIBEACH
City of Miomi Beoch, I700 Convenlion Center Drive, Miomi Beoch, Florido 33139, www.miomibeochfl.gov
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
Mayor Philip Levine and Members of fthe City Commi
Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
April 15,2015
COMMITTEE MEETING TO DISCUSS THE WAIVER OF COMPETITIVE BID TO
REPURCHASE SHELTER BEDS AT MIAM! RESCUE MISSION, AN EMERGENCY
SHELTER PROV!DER
As part of its ongoing efforts to end homelessness in our community, the City purchases emergency
shelter beds from several providers. The current purchased beds by providers are:
ln 2013, when The Salvation Army contract was set to expire, the City issued a Request For Proposal
(RFP) to seek shelter providers that could provide the shelter services reflective of our community's
homeless population: men, women and families with children (albeit in a much smaller scale than
previously planned for). As a result of this RFP, the City entered into vendor agreements with three
providers: Camillus House, Lotus House and The Salvation Army. AII three of these agencies have
entered into agreements Beds at these three shelters will cost $25.56 per bed per day in FY 2015t16.
Miami Rescue Mission's current contract will expire September 30,2015. The current bed rate for
Miami Rescue Mission is $15 per bed per day.
While all shelter providers provide basic shelter and case management services, Miami Rescue
Mission has one of the highest bed utilization rates and has the highest success rate because of our
ability to identify and terminate failing clients at a faster rate. ln addition, unlike most of the other shelter
providers, Miami Rescue Mission is more flexible in accepting clients with no identification, past criminal
histories (including violent offenses) and existing drug use. This flexibility in admission standards has
enabled us to place some of our hardest-to-serve clients at Miami Rescue Mission.
The Administration is requesting a discussion item be referred to the April 24, 2O1S
Neighborhood/Community Affairs Committee meeting to discuss the merits of waiving competitive bid
for the renewal of emergency shelter beds purchased by the City at Miami Rescue Mission to ensure
the availability of beds for the most hard-to-place homeless clients.
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