City Council

6. 25-57152\nRecommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFQ ED-25-588 and award\ncontracts as needed to Advocacy Chiefs, LLC, of Sacramento, CA; Ana Carricchi\nLopez dba Carricchi Lopez & Associates, of San Pedro, CA; Anavo Solutions, of\nSanta Rosa, CA; Andrew Munoz dba The Munoz Group (TMG), of Long Beach,\nCA; Barista Media, LLC, of Los Angeles, CA; Begin to Grow, LLC dba Growing Big\nIdeas, of Menifee, CA; California State University Long Beach Center for\nInternational Trade and Transportation, of Long Beach, CA; Career Team, LLC, of\nShelton, CT; Centro C.H.A. Inc., of Long Beach, CA; Civic Confidence, LLC, of\nLong Beach, CA; Community Partners dba ORALE (Organizing Rooted in\nAbolition, Liberation, and Empowerment), of Los Angeles, CA; CV Strategies, of\nPalm Desert, CA; Earthlodge Center for Transformation, Inc., of Long Beach, CA;\nEmbers & Oak Storyworks, LLC, of Long Beach, CA; Felicia M. Flournoy dba\nInnovative Workforce Strategies, of Menifee, CA; Goodwill, Southern Los Angeles\nCounty, of Long Beach, CA; Harvey Behavioral Health Outcomes Data Services\nInc, of Cypress, CA; Hidden Genius Project, Inc., of Oakland, CA; Inner Sun, Inc.,\nof Covina, CA; Integrated Human Services Group, of Roseville, CA;\nIntercedemedia, LLC dba Digital Revolution, of Long Beach, CA; Kiana Shaw\nEnterprises, LLC, of Fontana, CA; Leslie A.M. Smith dba McCormick L.A. Public\nRelations, of Long Beach, CA; Long Beach Community Design Center, of Long\nBeach CA; Long Beach Nonprofit Partnership, Inc., of Long Beach, CA; Merge\nOpportunities, Inc., of Long Beach, CA; Meridian Leadership Solutions, of Laguna\nNiguel, CA; Modern Times, Inc., of Pasadena, CA; New Ways to Work, Inc., of\nMontebello, CA; Nichole Wesson Coaching & Consulting (NWCC) LLC, of Long\nBeach, CA; Performance Excellence Partners, LLC, of Huntington Beach, CA;\nPockets Change Community Inc., of Brooklyn, NY; Project Optimism, of Signal Hill,\nCA; Project X LB, of Cerritos, CA; Purple Reign Life Skills Center LLC, of La\nMirada, CA; RightSource Digital Services, Inc. dba RightSource Services, of Signal\nHill, CA; Silegra LLC, of Whittier, CA; Social Policy Research Associates, Inc., of\nOakland, CA; The C Corporation dba Metric Strategy of Partners, of Long Beach,\nCA; The Miguel Contreras Foundation, of Los Angeles, CA; True Health 4ever LLC\ndba Play Black Wall Street, of Riverside, CA; Thomas L Flournoy Sr. dba\nTrueForm Solutions, of Menifee, CA; United Cambodian Community, of Long\nBeach, CA; and Witt O’Brien’s, LLC, of Houston, TX; for providing various\nworkforce development services through the Economic Development &\nOpportunity Department, in a total annual aggregate amount not to exceed\n$600,000, for a period of two years, with the option to renew for three additional\none-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and, authorize City\nManager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into contracts,\nincluding any necessary amendments. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department:\nEconomic Development and Opportunity\nSuggested Action:\nApprove recommendation.