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Rules Committee forwards ordinance easing purchases of data and content subscriptions
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee on April 14 voted to forward to the full board an ordinance that would exempt certain data and content subscription purchases from standard solicitation and contracting requirements, city officials said.
San Francisco — The Board of Supervisors Rules Committee on April 14 voted to forward to the full board an ordinance that would let city departments buy specific data and content subscriptions without complying with some solicitation requirements and certain municipal contracting obligations, committee members and city staff said.
The change is intended to speed procurement of low-dollar, commercially provided data services that departments say are difficult to obtain under the city's current contracting rules. Molly Peterson, a representative of the Office of the City Administrator, told the committee the proposal is narrowly tailored to purchases in which "the city is downloading or receiving data" and does not…
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