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 Los Angeles County Aging and Disabilities Department has issued a request for information (RFI) for targeted digital access and connectivity technology. The project aims specifically to provide roughly 3,000 older or disabled people with a tablet and reliable broadband access via a two-year unlimited data plan, to be connected to services such as telehealth, social engagement/isolation prevention and information. The project should be done by September 2024. Responses are due by 2 p.m. Friday.
- The San Diego County District Attorney’s office has issued an RFI seeking a next-generation case management system. The organization’s current system serves more than 300 prosecutors filing about 40,000 cases a year and provides case tracking and integration with justice partner information systems. The office seeks a dynamic case management system on a modern platform that will let it do business in a “digitally sustainable environment” with agility, reliability and standardized usage and access. Data efficiency, transfer between partners, ease of maintenance and adaptability and custom workflow automation are among the minimum system requirements. Responses are due by 5 p.m. Aug. 28.
- The consolidated city-county of San Francisco’s Office of Contract Administration (OCA) has issued an RFI to increase the visibility of solicitations, and to learn how the different technologies available to advertise solicitations may serve its needs. Some departments including OCA now use the SF City Partner portal to post solicitations but others have their own systems and may link to the SF City Partner site; there is currently no citywide advertisement tool or platform. San Francisco’s goal, per the RFI, is to make its opportunities more accessible, ensure fair and equal competition and, by doing so, reach more vendors and businesses. Vendors must be able to store data in the U.S., must be able to integrate with Oracle’s PeopleSoft applications and must have high levels of security, reliability and performance. Questions are due by 5 p.m. Sept. 8; responses are due by 5 p.m. Sept. 29.
- Santa Barbara County’s five-year 2023-2028 Capital Improvement Program, covering FY 2023-24 through FY 2027-28, includes several projects of potential interest to vendors. Potential future projects include the need for administrative support services for the surveillance of sexually transmitted disease; for improvements to the security system for the county district attorney in the juvenile office at Santa Maria; and for upgrades to the digital system in the conference room. A recommended project is Phase 2 equipment staging for the replacement of public safety radios, with an estimated total cost of $5.5 million.
- The North County Transit District’s Adopted FY2024 Operating Budget and FY2024-FY2028 Capital Improvement Program, the former of which covers FY 2023-24, includes $4.9 million combined for SPRINTER hybrid rail and COASTER commuter rail technical support and materials management, $2.3 million for software licenses and support, $558,200 for microtransit software and $120,000 for customer service improvements to train notifications.
