San Diego City, County Issue Solicitations for IT Goods, Services

The city and county of San Diego have put out solicitations for various IT goods and services.

For San Diego County, the Department of Purchasing and Contracting has issued a request for quotation (RFQ) for networking services — specifically new switches — for the Sheriff’s Department.

The two new switches will replace outdated network equipment at the San Diego Law Enforcement Coordination Center (SD-LECC). The RFQ states that the contractor will provide two network switches, one year of support, network modules and compatible cables.

This solicitation was issued May 17 and quotes are due no later than 5 p.m. June 10. The point of contact for this RFQ is Jack Leedham.

Another county RFQ seeks vendors for hard drive destruction services for the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office. According to solicitation documents, nearly 1,000 hard drives need to be scanned and destroyed, as well as 49 backup tapes, 69 audio tapes and two videotapes.

This solicitation was issued May 7 and quotes are due no later than 5 p.m. May 28. The point of contact for this RFQ is also Jack Leedham.

The city of San Diego’s Procurement and Contracting Department, meanwhile, has issued a request for proposal (RFP) for a public records request management solution.

The solution “shall be a cloud-based (software-as-a-service) tool to be used by the City of San Diego (City) to track, manage, and process all Public Records Act (PRA) requests received by the City,” the RFP reads.

The RFP was issued May 6 and proposals are due by 2 p.m. June 3. The point of contact for this solicitation is Tammy Ferguson.