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Title: MOME - FREELANCERS HUB
Procurement
Information Technology and Telecommunications (DOITT)
FREELANCERS UNION INC
PO Box 26151 , BROOKLYN, NY, 11202
Services (other than human services)
Negotiated Acquisition
9/24/2021
Award
$1,499,200.00

PIN#85821N0020001

The term of the Freelancers Union’s sub-subcontract with IFP ended on June 30, 2020. MOME has a continued need for the services that the Freelancers Union provides because freelance workers, especially those working in media and entertainment, were substantially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Freelancers is an excellent partner and this is MOME’s most important contract to help media and entertainment freelancers recover from COVID-19. For now, Freelancers will be providing services to freelancer workers virtually, and when freelance workers are ready to go back to in-person work, they’ll establish a new space. Because these services are needed to address the COVID-19 recovery, there is inadequate time to procure through a competitive sealed proposal.
Please see the justification memo attached for further details.
Description

Freelancers Hub is a dedicated program for New York City freelance workers offering education and other resources.The Freelancers Union is currently a sub-subcontractor under an agreement between MOME and EDC, issued under the City’s master contract with EDC for economicdevelopment related services. The Freelancers Union operates a co-working space called the “Freelancers Hub” in the Made in NY Center and provides training and counseling to freelancers, many of whom work in the media and entertainment industries. These services are important to support an important sector of the City’s economy because one in three workers in New York City have freelanced in the past 12 months, which is over 1.3 million residents. The Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, acting on behalf of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, is seeking the use of the Negotiated Acquisition Method to contract with the Freelancers Union, Inc., to operate the Freelancers Hub and provide services relating to freelance workers, pursuant to Section 3-04(b)(2)(i)(C) and Section 3-04(b)(2)(ii) of the Procurement Policy Board (PPB) Rules.

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