| Submit a business plan to operate a shelter in Green Point | Submit a business plan to operate a shelter in Green Point | | <img alt="" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/PublishingImages/CityConnectHeader.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <div class="ExternalClassA0EAE63AF19245569BC84D7DA38D9D1C"><p>Our <a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/Departments/Community%2c%20Arts%20and%20Culture%20Development">Community, Arts and Culture Development (CACD) Department </a>is calling on registered non-profit organisations (NPOs) working with people sleeping rough on the streets to submit their business plans. </p></div> | <span>
<h2 class="sectHeading">About</h2></span>
<p>Registered NPOs who submit a business plan will be considered for the operation and management of a shelter that delivers accommodation and developmental services. </p><p> The facility is located in the Cape Town area and accommodates 300 people who were previously sleeping rough on the streets.</p><p>If your business plan is chosen, you will enter into a Facility Management Agreement (FMA) with us. </p><h4>Facility details</h4>
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<table style="width:530px;"><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Address</th><th style="width:95px;">Capacity</th><th colspan="2" style="width:206px;">Allocation of sleeping quarters</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="height:59px;">
<strong>Ebenezer Shelter </strong></td><td style="height:59px;">Ebenezer Road, Green Point </td><td style="width:95px;height:59px;">300</td><td colspan="2" style="width:98px;height:59px;">
<strong>Males:</strong>262 <br><strong><em></em>Females:</strong> 38</td></tr></tbody></table></span>
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<a href="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/Maps%20and%20statistics/Ebenezer-SafeSpace-Locality-Map.pdf" target="_blank">View the locality map</a>.</p>
<h2 class="sectHeading">Funding applications</h2><p>The NPO who applies to the Facility Management application
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<a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/City-Connect/Have-your-say/surveys-and-submissions/funding-for-shelter-operations">apply for the funding application</a></strong>. </p><p> NPO’s that do not submit a funding application will not be considered for this process (Facility Management). The two processes are linked and will be evaluated as part of one integrated decision. </p>
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<i class="info note"></i> </div><div class="desc"><h4>Please note</h4><p>We are required to follow the Supply Chain Management processes when selecting and appointing an external registered NPO to operate from a City-owned facility. Preference will be given to NPOs that already render developmental services within the locality of the earmarked facility and that have been registered as NPO’s for five (5) years or more.</p></div></div></span><span>
<h2 class="sectHeading">Requirements</h2></span>
<p>The business plan must include a detailed operational strategy and an integrated sustainability plan that will practically show how services will be rendered at the facility to people sleeping rough on the streets.</p><h4>The following important documents must accompany your business plan:</h4><ul><li>Business plan </li><li>Management plan </li><li>Copy of the constitution </li><li>NPO management structure </li><li>NPO sustainability plan </li><li>NPO staff profiles with copies of certified educational qualifications </li><li>Updated tax clearance certificate </li><li>Letter/s of recommendation </li></ul><p>
<a href="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/Forms%2c%20notices%2c%20tariffs%20and%20lists/Facility_MATR-GreenPoint-Safe-Space-Advert.pdf" target="_blank">View the advert for more details</a>.</p>
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<h2 class="sectHeading">Submission period</h2></span>
<p>Submit your business plan from
<strong>1 November – 1 December 2025 (15:00)</strong>.</p>
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<h2 class="sectHeading">Submit your business plan </h2></span>
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<strong>Email </strong><br>Email your application to
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<a href="mailto:chantal.brinkman@capetown.gov.za">
<em>chantal.brinkman@capetown.gov.za</em></a>. </p><p>
<strong>Delivery </strong><br>Deliver your application and all attachments by hand to the address below (Monday- Friday, 08:30-15:00): </p><p>
<strong><em>For attention: Chantal Brinkman </em></strong><br><em>Community, Arts and Culture Development </em><br><em> Cape Town Civic Centre </em><br><em> Tender office </em><br><em> Second Floor, Tower Block </em><br><em>12 Hertzog Boulevard </em><br><em> Cape Town </em></p>
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<i class="info note"></i> </div><div class="desc"><h4>Please note</h4><p>Our Public Participation Unit will assist you if you would like to submit comments but have a disability or are unable to read or write. See contact details below.</p></div></div></span>
<h4>Anathi Dywili </h4><p>
<em>Telephone:<br><a>021 400 9809</a><br><br>Email:<br><a href="mailto:anathi.dywili@capetown.gov.za">anathi.dywili@capetown.gov.za</a> </em></p>
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<h2 class="sectHeading">Contact us</h2></span>
<p>For more information and general enquiries about the transaction, contact: </p><h4>Chantal Brinkman</h4><p>
<em>Telephone:<br><a>021 400 3705</a> (Weekdays, 8:30 - 15:00)<br><br> Email:<br><a href="mailto:chantal.brinkman@capetown.gov.za">chantal.brinkman@capetown.gov.za</a> </em></p> | | GP0|#923ac8d1-24d5-4fa4-bd5a-d056062c95a1;L0|#0923ac8d1-24d5-4fa4-bd5a-d056062c95a1|Surveys and submissions;GTSet|#a7cfb90d-44ad-4426-98ce-565f79932396;GPP|#79e6adda-2aa2-4523-bc29-296828216c93 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 November – 1 December 2025 (15:00) | 0 |
