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Board approves selection of UC Regents as preferred contractor for city's health-record project
Summary
The Board suspended the competitive solicitation requirement to approve the Regents of the University of California as the preferred contractor for the Department of Public Health's electronic health record project; the ordinance passed 8-2.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8-2 on March 22 to suspend a section of the Administrative Code requiring a competitive solicitation, thereby approving the Regents of the University of California as the preferred contractor for an electronic health record system for the Department of Public Health's San Francisco Health Network.
The ordinance would suspend Administrative Code section 21.1 (competitive solicitation process requirement) for the contract and approves the Regents as the preferred contractor; the vote was a roll-call. The clerk recorded eight ayes and two no votes: Cohen and Kim voted no. Following the vote the clerk announced, "The ordinance finally passes."
Why it matters: The selection directs the Department of Public Health toward a particular partner for the Health Network's electronic health record (EHR) system and short-circuits the competitive solicitation requirement in the Administrative Code for this contract. Supervisors voting no said they dissented from suspending competitive procurement requirements in this case.
Context and next steps: The board's action authorizes the city to proceed with the preferred contractor process for the EHR project. The ordinance language before the board also directed the controller and involved departments to next steps in contract execution and implementation; specific contract terms were not discussed in detail during the public portion of the meeting.
