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County staff: no viable emergency‑shelter contractor yet; Family Endeavors recommended for unhoused support center pending budget details
Summary
Staff reported four proposals for a temporary emergency shelter RFP and recommended Family Endeavors as operator for an unhoused support center; the scoring panel found no immediately viable shelter‑and‑facility combination for RFP 2614, and commissioners requested full budgets and loaded labor rates before contracting.
Cumberland County staff told commissioners on Nov. 13 that they had received multiple responses to recent procurements addressing temporary emergency shelter and an unhoused support center, but no immediate contract award was recommended without further review of facilities, finances and operational detail.
For RFP 2614 (temporary emergency shelter services and facility), Assistant County Manager Heather Skins said the county had 12 RFI respondents and received four formal proposals in the RFP phase. The proposals ranged from Family Endeavors (no facility; roughly $2.7…
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