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Supervisors approve eighth amendment to Owens contract after debate over competitive bidding and Justice Project delays
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Dec. 8 voted 10-1 to approve an eighth amendment to the city's contract with Owens Information Systems to continue support for a legacy criminal justice mainframe system while a new Justice Project system is completed.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Dec. 8 voted 10-1 to adopt a resolution authorizing the Department of Technology to enter the eighth amendment to its Owens Information Systems agreement, extending the contract to continue support of a decades-old criminal justice mainframe system while the city completes a replacement project.
The amendment, described by staff as necessary to maintain a legacy court-management system that Owens wrote and continues to support, passed after supervisors pressed department staff and mayor's office representatives for details about procurement, project governance and whether the city had explored alternatives.
Supervisor Campos questioned why the contract had been amended so many times and said he found it "pretty disturbing" to amend a contract an eighth time without competitive…
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