City Council

6. 25-57152 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFQ ED-25-588 and award contracts as needed to Advocacy Chiefs, LLC, of Sacramento, CA; Ana Carricchi Lopez dba Carricchi Lopez & Associates, of San Pedro, CA; Anavo Solutions, of Santa Rosa, CA; Andrew Munoz dba The Munoz Group (TMG), of Long Beach, CA; Barista Media, LLC, of Los Angeles, CA; Begin to Grow, LLC dba Growing Big Ideas, of Menifee, CA; California State University Long Beach Center for International Trade and Transportation, of Long Beach, CA; Career Team, LLC, of Shelton, CT; Centro C.H.A. Inc., of Long Beach, CA; Civic Confidence, LLC, of Long Beach, CA; Community Partners dba ORALE (Organizing Rooted in Abolition, Liberation, and Empowerment), of Los Angeles, CA; CV Strategies, of Palm Desert, CA; Earthlodge Center for Transformation, Inc., of Long Beach, CA; Embers & Oak Storyworks, LLC, of Long Beach, CA; Felicia M. Flournoy dba Innovative Workforce Strategies, of Menifee, CA; Goodwill, Southern Los Angeles County, of Long Beach, CA; Harvey Behavioral Health Outcomes Data Services Inc, of Cypress, CA; Hidden Genius Project, Inc., of Oakland, CA; Inner Sun, Inc., of Covina, CA; Integrated Human Services Group, of Roseville, CA; Intercedemedia, LLC dba Digital Revolution, of Long Beach, CA; Kiana Shaw Enterprises, LLC, of Fontana, CA; Leslie A.M. Smith dba McCormick L.A. Public Relations, of Long Beach, CA; Long Beach Community Design Center, of Long Beach CA; Long Beach Nonprofit Partnership, Inc., of Long Beach, CA; Merge Opportunities, Inc., of Long Beach, CA; Meridian Leadership Solutions, of Laguna Niguel, CA; Modern Times, Inc., of Pasadena, CA; New Ways to Work, Inc., of Montebello, CA; Nichole Wesson Coaching & Consulting (NWCC) LLC, of Long Beach, CA; Performance Excellence Partners, LLC, of Huntington Beach, CA; Pockets Change Community Inc., of Brooklyn, NY; Project Optimism, of Signal Hill, CA; Project X LB, of Cerritos, CA; Purple Reign Life Skills Center LLC, of La Mirada, CA; RightSource Digital Services, Inc. dba RightSource Services, of Signal Hill, CA; Silegra LLC, of Whittier, CA; Social Policy Research Associates, Inc., of Oakland, CA; The C Corporation dba Metric Strategy of Partners, of Long Beach, CA; The Miguel Contreras Foundation, of Los Angeles, CA; True Health 4ever LLC dba Play Black Wall Street, of Riverside, CA; Thomas L Flournoy Sr. dba TrueForm Solutions, of Menifee, CA; United Cambodian Community, of Long Beach, CA; and Witt O’Brien’s, LLC, of Houston, TX; for providing various workforce development services through the Economic Development & Opportunity Department, in a total annual aggregate amount not to exceed $600,000, for a period of two years, with the option to renew for three additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and, authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into contracts, including any necessary amendments. (Citywide) Office or Department: Economic Development and Opportunity Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.