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Rules Committee forwards ordinance easing purchase rules for data and content subscriptions
Summary
The Board of Supervisors Rules Committee voted to forward an ordinance that would exempt certain low-risk data and content subscriptions from some city solicitation and contracting requirements, citing procurement delays that limit departmental services such as library access to digital resources.
The Board of Supervisors Rules Committee on Monday voted to send to the full board with a positive recommendation an ordinance that would permit city departments to buy certain data and content subscriptions without following some solicitation and contracting provisions in the municipal code.
Molly Peterson, who leads the government operations team in the Office of the City Administrator, told the committee the measure is narrowly tailored to “data and content subscriptions” where the city is the recipient of data and not uploading or sharing city data with vendors. Peterson said the current contracting framework, written in the 1990s, imposes a “one size fits all” long-form contract process that can delay low-dollar, standardized subscriptions and leave public services — such as San Francisco…
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