City and county governing boards met this week. Here are some contracts to watch from those meetings.
The city of Sacramento discussed entering into a public-private partnership with Verizon on Tuesday. If accepted, the proposal would allow the installation of smart city technologies including fiber-optic and wireless infrastructure throughout the city. The city believes the resulting high-capacity telecommunications network would improve public safety, build a digitally connected community and drive economic growth, according to the City Council report.
On Tuesday, San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted on a contract the government entered into on June 1 with PCMG Inc. for Microsoft Cloud. The contract will last until May 31, 2020, and cannot cost more than $30.3 million.
The San Jose City Council has been considering entering into a contract with Siemens for smart streetlights, but Tuesday’s meeting saw the proposal held. The council directed the city manager to complete a City Broadband Strategy and include the technologies related to it, such as streetlight poles, small cells and fiber optic. Philips is still appealing the possibility of a contract between San Jose and Siemens.
Riverside County increased the Gartner Information Technology Research expenditure by $38,000 for subscription services from the University Health System and the Assessor-Clerk-Recorder operating budgets. The increase is for the rest of the year and did not include competitive bidding.
Los Angeles County’s chief information officer recommended the approval of an interface engine for the county’s health agency. The purchase contract would not exceed $3.6 million and could be extended until Dec. 31, 2027. The contract would require Cerner Corp. to provide software, implementation services and program training.
Los Angeles County is also considering the development of infrastructure for an online universal funding application for affordable-housing developers. An information technology and funding allocation assessment is required before moving forward.
