Request for Proposals: Nonprofit Workstations and Office Space at the Southeast Community Center

Request for Proposals

Nonprofit Workstations and Office Space Available at 
Southeast Community Center (SECC) at 1550 Evans Avenue, San Francisco
 

Request for Proposals Deadline:  Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 3 pm

Please attend the tour and informational meeting on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 10:30 am at the Southeast Community Center to learn more information.

Summary

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (“SFPUC”), a department of the City and County of San Francisco (“City”), operates the Southeast Community Center at 1550 Evans Avenue in San Francisco (“SECC”). The SECC opened on October 22, 2022, to replace the former Southeast Community Facility at 1800 Oakdale Avenue. The SECC provides programming in part to mitigate the environmental and social impacts of the SFPUC’s Southeast Treatment Plant's expansion in the 1970s and 1980s, for the benefit first of the residents of the Bayview-Hunters Point community and surrounding District 10 neighborhoods, and then the greater San Francisco community (“Local Community”). The SECC is a hub for the Local Community to gather, learn, play, and grow and serves as a connection between the Local Community and the SFPUC.

The City, through the SFPUC, issues below-market rent leases and licenses for office space and workstations on the third floor to qualified non-profit corporations (“SECC Non-Profit Service Providers”). The third floor of the SECC consists of three separate office suites, two classrooms, one conference room, a break room, a copy room, common areas, and an open plan office suite designated as Suite 301-A and known as the “Community Hub” with nine workstations and two non-exclusive conference rooms (the “Community Hub Conference Rooms”). Each workstation in the Community Hub consists of one desk, one side cabinet, one office chair, and an enclosure (collectively, a “Workstation”).

Subject to availability through the SFPUC reservation system, SECC Non-Profit Service Providers share non-exclusive use of Copra Crane Conference Room #302 (11-person seating, 21-person occupancy), Shipyard Classroom #315 (12-person seating, 29-person occupancy), and Islais Creek Classroom #328 (20-person seating, 39-person occupancy).

The purpose of this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) is to advertise the available (i) eight Community Hub Workstations (available in pairs of two) and (ii) Suite 301-D, a fully demised 2,205 square foot furnished office suite with one private office, one meeting room, ten workspaces similar to the Workstations described above, storage cabinets, and additional office furniture.

The City, through the SFPUC, desires to enter into:

     i.   Three-year licenses (each, a “License” or “Workstation License”) with four qualified non-profit corporations (each, a “Licensee”) under which each Licensee will use two Workstations for general office purposes and to support its administration of programming in a particular Program Area (defined below).

     ii.   A two-year lease (“Lease” or “Office Lease”) with one qualified non-profit corporation (“Tenant”) under which the Tenant will use Office Suite 301-D for general office purposes and to support its provision and administration of programming in a particular Program Area (defined below).

All programs and services hosted at the SECC by Non-Profit Service Providers must be open to the general public and free of charge. As a condition of the Workstation Licenses and the Office Lease, the Licensees and the Tenant must offer a combination of drop-in and pre-registered programs at the SECC to the Local Community in a particular Program Area (defined below) for a minimum of 720 hours per year (approximately 15 hours per week) that are open to the general public and free of charge (“Local Community Services”). The Licensees and Tenant must provide Local Community Services in one or more of the following program areas: (1) economic development, (2) environmental justice and advocacy, (3) financial empowerment, (4) health and well-being, (5) workforce development and education, (6) senior, youth, and family (each, a “Program Area”) and further defined in the RFP.

At its sole cost City will provide basic utilities and services, including Wi-Fi, janitorial, refuse removal, pest control, and routine building system maintenance. The rent for two Workstations will be $926 per month with 3% annual increases. Licensees will be required to procure and pay for the insurance required by the City and provide a $3,000 security deposit. The rent for Suite 301-D will be $5,144.56 per month with 3% annual increases. The Tenant will be required to procure and pay for the insurance required by the City and provide a $10,289.12 security deposit.

The information presented above is only a summary and all interested respondents should review the entire Request for Proposals, including the Appendix C: Form of License and Appendix F: Form of Lease for more information.

REVIEW THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Attachments to the Request for Proposals

• Addendum 1: Southeast Community Center RFP Addendum 1
• Addendum 2: Southeast Community Center RFP Addendum 2
• Appendix C: Form of License - The selected licensees will be expected to execute a standard SFPUC license in substantially the form attached as Appendix C to this RFP.
• Appendix D: SECC Proposal Form - The Proposal Form must be filled out and emailed to RES@sfwater.org.
• Appendix E: Release of Liability - Appendix E must be filled out and emailed to RES@sfwater.org.
• Appendix F: Form of Lease - The selected tenant will be expected to execute a standard SFPUC lease in substantially the form attached as Appendix F to this RFP.