Explanation
BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to modify a contract with LifeCare Alliance an amount up to $50,000.00 to administer the CHORES home repair program on behalf of the City of Columbus.
Original Contract $160,000.00 Ord. 1012-2025 PO515318
Modification No. 4 amount $ 50,000.00
Total contract amount $210,000.00
LifeCare Alliance is a non-profit organization that provides home repair services to low/moderate income and area median income residents. Residents eligible for the program will consist of elderly (over 60 years old) or disabled AND 80% Low Moderate Income (LMI). Eligible households include families/households earning 80% or less of the area median income (AMI) as determined annually by HUD with adjustments for smaller and larger families/households.
LifeCare Alliance is responsible for general program administration, advertising, customer relations, applicant screening and qualification, project management, contractor oversight and reporting. Examples of responsibilities include, but are not limited to, intake, income qualification verification, and retention of licensed contractors to perform minor electrical, carpentry, plumbing, and masonry repairs.
The services included in this not-for-profit service contract cannot be provided by existing city employees as they are beyond the City’s current staffing capacity to provide.
The Department of Development advertised a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)/Request for Proposal (RFP) for the CHORES program from February 13, 2025, through March 7, 2025, on the City’s Vendor Services and Bonfire websites. The proposals were evaluated and scored in accordance with the relevant provisions of Chapter 329 of the Columbus City Codes and a contract was awarded to LifeCare Alliance.
In accordance with C.C. 329.09(a):
1. The amount of additional funding to be expended under this modification is $50,000.00.
2. The need for addit...
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