Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: December 6, 2024
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
FROM: Carrie Mathes, CFCM, NIGP-CPP, CPPO, C.P.M., Manager II, Procurement Division
CONTACT: Angela Chestang, Manager, Citizens' Commission for Children Division
PHONE: 407-836-6541
SUBJECT: Approval of Contract Y25-2050, Provision of Community Services
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval of Contract Y25-2050, Provision of Community Services, with The Gift of Swimming, Inc., in the total contract amount of $450,000 for a three-year term. ([Community and Family Services Department Citizens' Commission for Children Division] Procurement Division)
PROCUREMENT:
This contract will provide funds for infant/child mortality prevention (water safety) programming - Countywide, to provide comprehensive water safety and drowning prevention services to Orange County infants and children and their families. Programming will include age and developmentally appropriate water survival and basic swimming skills to vulnerable children, including lessons on water safety and risk awareness. The performance period is January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2027.
FUNDING:
Funding is available in account number 0001-062-2556-8610.
APPROVALS:
The Citizens' Review Panel for Human Services recommended The Gift of Swimming, Inc. to receive funding to provide these services. The Citizens' Commission for Children Division (CCC) concurs with the funding recommendation. The Gift of Swimming, Inc. was previously awarded funding from the CCC, for water safety and basic swimming skills programming, in September 2021.
REMARKS:
In accordance with the Code of Ordinances, Part 1, Chapter 17, Article III, Section 17-286 - Application and Exclusions, agreements between the Board and nonprofit organizations are excluded from competitive procurement requirements.
Drowning is a serious public health problem, especially in Florida where there is an abundance of various bodies of water including oceans, lake...
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