Single Source Award: Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program Legislative Add

Pursuant to New York State Finance Law §163.10(b), the New York State Department of (DOH) is presenting the following summary of relevant circumstances and substantial reasons why a competitive procurement was not feasible.

Procurement / Program Name Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program Legislative Add
Contractor Name(s) See description below
Contract Period 8/15/22 – 3/31/23
Contract Number See description below
Description: HPNAP was established in 1984 as a result of public health concerns about nutrition-related illnesses among persons in need of food assistance. HPNAP works with an established network of more than 2,600 Emergency Food Programs (EFP) including food banks, food pantries and soup kitchens to leverage private and public partnerships to provide approximately 400 million meals each year throughout New York State.
This request is from 8/15/22 – 3/31/23. This methodology would allow the LIF funds to be spent within the 7.5-month timeframe and be distributed to EFP's statewide to address additional requests for food assistance.
The New York State Office of the State Comptroller's Bureau of Contracts on July 29th, 2022 approved a request for exemption from giving notice in the New York State Contract Reporter for the provision of emergency food services from:

T 37790 Broome County Council of Churches Inc.

T 37791 CAMBA, Inc.

T 37792 Capital Roots Inc.

C 37793 CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES

C 37794 Catholic Charities Food Bank of the Southern Tier

C 37795 Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services, Inc.

T 37796 CATTARAUGUS COMMUNITY ACTION INC

T 37797 CAYUGA SENECA COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC

T 37798 Chautauqua County Rural Ministry Inc.-B

C 37799 City Harvest

C 37800 COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS, INC

T 37801 COMFORT FOOD OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, INC.

T 37802 COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

T 37803 Community Health Action of Staten Island

T 37804 Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County

T 37805 DELAWARE OPPORTUNITIES INC

T 37806 Food Bank Association New York State

C 37807 Food Bank For New York City

C 37808 Food Bank of Central New York

C 37809 FOOD BANK OF WESTERN NEW YORK, INC.

C 37810 Foodlink Inc.

T 37811 Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc.

T 37812 God's Love We Deliver, Inc.

T 37813 Grace Episcopal Church

T 37814 Harvest Home Farmer's Market

T 37815 HEART LOVE & SOUL INC

T 37816 Iris House: A Center for Women Living with HIV

C 37817 Island Harvest LTD

C 37818 Long Island Cares, Inc.

C 37819 Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty

T 37820 new direction services inc.

C 37821 New York Common Pantry, Inc.

C 37822 PART OF THE SOLUTION

C 37823 Project Hospitality, Inc.

C 37824 Regional Foodbank of Northeastern New York Inc.

C 37825 Schenectady Inner City Ministry

C 37826 St. John's Bread and Life Program

C 37827 The Food Bank for Westchester Inc.

T 37828 THE FORTUNE SOCIETY INC

T 37829 TRINITY ALLIANCE OF THE CAPITAL REGION INC

T 37830 Trinity Services for the Food and Homeless

T 37831 United Bronx Parents, Inc.

C 37832 United Way of New York City

T 37833 Urban Pathways, Inc.

C 37834 West Side Center for Community Life

T 37835 YMCA of Yonkers Inc

Due to the specific circumstances of this procurement and the unique qualifications of the selected firm/entity, a competitive procurement was not feasible in this instance.

Minority Sub- Contracting Goal: 0% Women Owned Sub- Contracting Goal: 0%
Contract Term: 8/15/22 – 3/31/23 Amount: $22,000,000
Location: Statewide Out-of-State/Foreign Vendor: (Y/N) N