Department: Purchasing
Department Head/Elected Official: DeWight Dopslauf
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Renewal
Project ID (if applicable): 220385
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Outreach Strategists, LLC
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 15%
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): 100%
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal is not 0% and is listed above
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of a renewal option with Outreach Strategists, LLC for marketing, web development and communication services to support outreach and community engagement initiative for the Community Services Department for the period of April 4, 2024 - April 3, 2025, at a cost of $593,580 (220385), MWDBE Contracted Goal: 15%, MWDBE Current Participation: 100%.
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Background and Discussion:
Hurricane Harvey hit the area August 25-27 of 2017, flooding the region with an unprecedented rainfall that inundated Harris County. This flooding caused damage to homeless shelters, apartments, and housing complexes serving the region's historically underserved communities.
With affordable housing supply at a critical low before Hurricane Harvey, the County made concerted efforts to preserve existing housing, expand new construction of owner and renter units, offer down-payment assistance to eligible homebuyers, and other housing development and social services.
Now post-Harvey, HCCSD continues to invest in affordable housing and supportive services for residents most impacted by the disaster, many of which have limited access to information on how to access critical resources available to them.
HCCSD must provide accessible and easy to navigate information readily available to Harris County residents in need of the services the department provides to the community.
An effective communications and web development consultant shall be able to build an improved website to act as a central infor...
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