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Mayor’s efficiency study proposes $4 million Ernst & Young spend-implementation contract to pursue 5–15% savings
Summary
Mayor’s office and Finance officials previewed an Ernst & Young spend-analysis dashboard and recommended a roughly $4 million, 12-month follow-on contract to implement category management and renegotiate vendor contracts, with a target range of 5%–15% in savings.
Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen David and Finance Department staff briefed the committee on the mayor’s efficiency study work stream focused on spend analysis, and previewed a live dashboard produced by Ernst & Young that groups three years of city spending into eight procurement categories and allows staff to drill down by vendor, purchase type and NIGP commodity code.
Key proposal: hiring outside help for implementation
City staff said they plan to ask council to approve a follow-on contract with Ernst & Young to perform spend implementation work and help the city execute category-management strategies. Officials estimated an implementation cost of approximately $4,000,000 and described a 12-month engagement that would front-load effort to identify rapid savings and renegotiate contracts; Ernst & Young estimated the…
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