Exhibit 1 - Agenda Information Sheet (2)City of Denton
_____________________________________________________________________________________
AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Procurement & Compliance
ACM: David Gaines
DATE: July 20, 2021
SUBJECT
Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, a Texas home-rule municipal corporation,
authorizing the approval of the second amendment to a contract between the City of Denton and Giving
Hope, Inc., amending the contract approved by City Council on December 17, 2020 in the not-to-exceed
amount of $277,616.00, for the Emergency Solutions Grant CARES Act (ESG-CV); said second
amendment to extend the term of the contract to October 31, 2021; and providing an effective date (RFQ
7525-002 – extending a contract with Giving Hope, Inc. to October 31, 2021).
INFORMATION/BACKGROUND
CARES ACT
Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to provide much-
needed resources to help governments, businesses, and individuals respond to the current pandemic. The
CARES Act included $4 billion for Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) funding to support additional
homeless assistance and homelessness prevention activities to mitigate the impacts created by coronavirus
under the Emergency Solutions Grants program as authorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.).
The first allocation of ESG CARES Act funding (ESG-CV) released by HUD allocated $33,254,679 to the
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA), the State ESG Recipient. In May,
$7,020,131 of these ESG CARES funds was distributed through a competitive application process
administered by the Texas Homeless Network (THN), the CoC Lead Agency for the Texas Balance of State
Continuum of Care (TX BoS CoC). The City of Denton applied on behalf of Denton County. Thirty-one
communities applied and 14 were funded. In October of this year, the City of Denton was awarded $1.425M
of ESG-CV funding from the TDHCA to provide homeless services (outreach, shelter, rapid rehousing, and
homeless prevention) in partnership with agencies throughout Denton County.
The ESG-CV funding will allow the City to support programs in our Housing Crisis Response System
(HCRS) providing services to people experiencing and at risk of homelessness, and to collaboratively
address the increased needs of people experiencing homelessness who are disproportionately affected by
the COVID-19 and the global pandemic. The funds may be used to cover allowable costs incurred to
prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19.
Based on the application requirements, the City of Denton opted for the solicitation process through a
qualified list with local social service agencies to provide ESG-CV eligible services with the ability to
award an unspecified number of contracts per scope of work category through the term of the City’s contract
City Hall
215 E. McKinney Street
Denton, Texas
www.cityofdenton.com
with TDHCA from November 1, 2020, through July 31, 2021, or until the funds are expended, whichever
comes first. Pricing was not the factor in the evaluation and awarding instead through the RFQ, nonprofits
were required to meet minimum qualifications and demonstrate the ability to deliver the activities eligible
under the scope of work including Street Outreach (SO), Emergency Shelter (ES), Homeless Prevention
(HP), Rapid Re-housing (RRH) and use of the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS).
Request for Qualifications for social services was solicited using the City’s formal solicitation process. City
Council approved a pre-qualified list of social services firms on December 17, 2020 (Ordinance 20-2451).
These nonprofits included Christian Community Action; Giving HOPE, Inc.; Grace Like Rain, Inc.; The
Salvation Army – Denton; and the United Way of Denton County, Inc.(UWDC).
In December 2020, four (4) nonprofits were awarded contracts for allocations of funding for the Emergency
Solutions Grant CARES Act (ESG-CV), including Giving HOPE, Inc. In May of 2021, Council approved
the execution of an additional ESG-CV contract with UWDC to reallocated funding voluntarily relinquished
by two ESG-CV nonprofit vendors.
FUNDING UPDATE
In April, TDHCA offered the City the opportunity to request a contract extension past the original
Emergency Solutions Grant CARES Act (ESG-CV) contract termination date of July 31, 2021. Staff
submitted a request on April 30, 2021, for a 3-month extension of the contract to allow vendors additional
time to administer services and expend funding. May 27, 2021, TDHCA approved the extension request.
Based on this information, a contract amendment is required to extend the term of the contract with Giving
HOPE, Inc.
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS)
On December 17, 2020, City Council approved a contract with Giving Hope, Inc., in the not-to-exceed
amount of $277,616 (Ordinance 20-2453).
On May 4, 2021, City Council approved Amendment 1 with Giving Hope, Inc., to reduce the not-to-exceed
amount to $158,701 (Ordinance 21-794).
RECOMMENDATION
Award Amendment No. 2 with Giving Hope, Inc. to continue to provide vendors additional time to
administer services, for a contract extension through October 31, 2021.
PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS
Giving Hope, Inc.
Denton, TX
ESTIMATED SCHEDULE OF PROJECT
This contract will expire on October 31, 2021.
FISCAL INFORMATION
These services will be funded from the Emergency Solutions Grant CARES Act funds.
EXHIBITS
Exhibit 1: Agenda Information Sheet
Exhibit 2: Original Ordinance and Contract
Exhibit 3: Ordinance and Amendment 1
Exhibit 4: Ordinance and Amendment 2
Respectfully submitted:
Lori Hewell, 940-349-7100
Purchasing Manager
For information concerning this acquisition, contact: Dani Shaw, 940-349-7237.
Legal point of contact: Marcella Lunn at 940-349-8333.