Industry Insider — California regularly spotlights such endeavors in its Opportunities section. Here’s a look at several public-sector governmental entities with early-stage technology or innovation-related initiatives:
- California Correctional Health Care Services, a department partially under the umbrella of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, has issued a request for information (RFI) seeking responses from vendors for an electronic health and dental records system, a software solution that is now available in the marketplace. The due date for responses has been extended from Nov. 11 to 4 p.m. Dec. 30.
- The Orange County Sanitation District has released an RFI for a tool that will let staff export individual messages or blocks of messages for archival, from individual chats or team-based conversations in Microsoft Teams. The district does wastewater collection, treatment and disposal for about 2.6 million residents of central and northwest Orange County. Any ultimate award will be a lump sum. Responses are due by 2 p.m. Dec. 6.
- The Coast Community College District, which comprises Coastline College, Golden West College and Orange Coast College, all in Orange County, has released its Adopted Budget for the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year. Marlene Drinkwine, vice chancellor of Finance and Administrative Services said in a Sept. 6 letter to the district chancellor that that includes $650 million in one-time funds for a discretionary block grant to address pandemic-related issues with a focus on technology.
- The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works expects to release in December a procurement valued at $15 million, and seeking a qualified vendor to provide on-call professional public outreach and creative support services. These services will include media relations, event planning and logistical support, media training, graphic and web design and outreach and marketing support.
