DEPARTMENT
Select Fulton
REQUESTED ACTION (Identify appropriate Action or Motion, purpose, cost, timeframe, etc.)
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Request approval to award a contract without competition - Select Fulton, 22EF1212022B, Community Navigator Pilot Program, in the amount not to exceed $1,000,000.00, with the Greater South Fulton Chamber of Commerce, to provide small business technical assistance and counseling services to no less than 300 firms located in South Fulton. Effective dates: December 1, 2021 through December 31, 2023, in order to align with the grant award contract term. (APPROVED)
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REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION (Cite specific Board policy, statute or code requirement)
In accordance with Purchasing Code Section 102-384, after conducting a good faith review, the Purchasing Department has determined there is only one source available for the required supply, service, or construction item, the request shall be forwarded to the Board of Commissioners for approval.
STRATEGIC PRIORITY AREA RELATED TO THIS ITEM (If yes, note strategic priority area below)
Infrastructure and Economic Development
COMMISSION DISTRICTS AFFECTED
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IS THIS A PURCHASING ITEM?
Yes
SUMMARY & BACKGROUND (First sentence includes Agency recommendation. Provide an executive summary of the action that gives an overview of the relevant details for the item.)
Select Fulton request approval to award contract without competition to the Greater South Fulton Chamber of Commerce (the "South Fulton Chamber"), to provide technical assistance and counseling services to firms located in South Fulton in accordance with the Small Business Administration's Community Navigator Pilot Program. The South Fulton Chamber was the co-applicant identified when the County applied for and was approved for the SBA Community Navigator Pilot Program grant that will fund this project. As such, the South Fulton has been designate...
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