Long Beach Publishes Land Management Overhaul RFP

The city of Long Beach has published a request for proposals (RFP) aimed at replacing its disparate and siloed enterprise land management system.

Last month, the city’s project consultant teased the impending release of the solicitation, which seeks a new alternative to the Community Development Department’s existing on-premises, legacy solution.

The existing system, Infor, and a number of supporting applications have created several pain points for the city, the RFP notes. These include a large number of disparate applications; inadequate integration between applications; limited adoption among the departments and bureaus; a lack of transparency where permit and license tracking is concerned; and siloed, dirty historical data.

“The city currently leverages Infor to issue and renew permits and licenses, conduct inspections, provide limited reporting, enforce state and local codes, and perform billing and collection functions. The city bureaus also use several other collaboration and homegrown solutions to support ELM. The current ELM and the other supporting systems fail to adequately meet the city’s needs as most systems are not integrated.”

Recent legislation requiring local governments to “streamline permitting for Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) and other housing development projects in an effort to meet minimum affordable housing requirements” was also a factor in the system replacement decision.

The RFP was initially released Aug. 20; an optional information session will be held at 10 a.m. Aug 27, and questions can be submitted until 11 a.m. Sept. 3. Final electronic proposals must be submitted before 11 a.m. Oct. 1. The point of contact for this solicitation is Elisa Landeros.

More information about this solicitation can be found here. Interested vendors must register through the Long Beach Buys procurement portal before submitting a bid.