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Community Housing Partnership urges commission to review RFP 8-2017 award to UCSF Citywide
Summary
Community Housing Partnership leaders told the Health Commission they terminated an MOU with UCSF Citywide and accused DPH of a flawed award under RFP 8-2017, disputing fiscal scoring and arguing Citywide lacks site-control at CHP properties; commissioners said they will follow up with the director outside the meeting.
Community Housing Partnership (CHP) leaders used the public-comment period to urge the Health Commission to review DPH’s award of services under RFP 8-2017 for case management at two CHP properties.
Gail Gilman, CHP CEO, told commissioners she viewed the contract award as a “material failure” and said CHP had terminated an MOU with UCSF Citywide in September and had not consented to Citywide providing services on CHP-managed sites. “Citywide does not have site control; they do not have an MOU. They do not pay rent; they do not have a lease,” Gilman said, and asked commissioners to instruct Director Garcia not to enter a new contract with Citywide while the parties work to prevent service disruption.
Christy Saxton, CHP chief programs officer, described six years of unsuccessful collaboration and a year-long mediation in 2013–14 that she said failed to produce sustained partnership. Eric Fisher, CHP chief financial officer, challenged the fiscal scoring in DPH’s evaluation, saying CHP’s fiscal score was raised from 15 to 24 after an explanation but remained 1.6 points behind Citywide’s score of 30 and that the financial scoring appeared opaque.
Chair reminded the commission that public comment items cannot be acted on during the meeting unless noticed; the chair said the commission would take CHP’s material to the director for follow-up outside the meeting.
DPH did not respond to CHP’s scoring or site-control allegations during the public comment period recorded in the transcript.
