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City holds action on retroactive ARPA award for Dell VxRail support after procurement questions
Summary
The board paused a retroactive award for Dell VxRail support from Softchoice, citing concerns over whether a purchase order or contract satisfied ARPA procurement rules and asking staff to verify funding and paperwork before returning the item to the board.
The Board of Estimate and Contract on March 4 deferred action on an item authorizing a retroactive award of Dell VxRail support to Softchoice and approving payment from ARPA funds.
The Department of Management Services had presented the item after the service provider was obligated through a purchase order to meet ARPA deadlines. Several members and staff said the underlying procurement sequence looked out of order: a purchase order had…
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