Industry Insider — California regularly spotlights such endeavors in its Opportunities section. Here’s a look at several public-sector governmental entities with technology or innovation-related initiatives:
- The California Department of Transportation has issued — and subsequently updated — a request for qualifications (RFQ) seeking on-call professional and technical project development consulting services. The RFQ, it said, may lead to a contract award. The department’s need, more specifically, is for “consultation, research, professional and technical services” in implementing Building Information Modeling for Infrastructure (BIM4I) in all project phases of transportation infrastructure projects. Estimated contract term is 2.5 years, and the estimated contract value is $3.6 million to $5.9 million. Responses are due by 10 a.m. Oct. 11. Confirmation letters will go out to those short-listed and interviews will be done Oct. 25 on WebEx.
- The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) has issued a request for information (RFI) seeking an automated biometric identification system (ABIS). LASD wants to hear from vendors capable of delivering a proven, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) ABIS to replace its existing automated fingerprint identification system, known within the county as the multimodal biometric identification system. The endeavor will support the multiagency Los Angeles County Regional Identification System, which also serves the Los Angeles Police Department and more than 65 other law enforcement agencies in the county. LASD is the largest sheriff’s department in the nation, with about 19,000 employees and patrolling an area of more than 4,000 square miles and hundreds of miles of rail and bus lines. Responses are due by 3 p.m. Sept. 29.
- The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will seek “online legal and finance research tool subscription services,” it said in a listing of current and upcoming solicitations. The nation’s second-largest school district behind the New York City Department of Education, LAUSD enrolls more than 429,000 students in transitional kindergarten through 12th grade, per its website — and includes Los Angeles and all or parts of 25 smaller cities and unincorporated county areas in its 710 square miles. Per that list, an invitation to bid for the services is anticipated to be released Thursday.
- The city of Canyon Lake’s new Capital Improvement Program adopted July 12 features two items of potential interest to IT vendors. The city has project authorization to develop a comprehensive, phased master plan for City Hall renovations, including technology improvements, and restructuring the former library into a council chamber with state-of-the-art audio/visual broadcast equipment. Master plan development is slated for the fall at an estimated cost of $106,000; the first phase of improvements, at an estimated cost of $1.4 million, is set for 2024. (Numbers are rounded.) The city also has project authorization for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year, to “identify funding sources, equipment options, grant opportunities and potential locations” for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at City Hall/Towne Center. These would be the city’s first. Cost estimate is $200,00 for a double-sided charging station.
