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Council approves findings to extend BRIDAL/PRIMA testing, authorizes small contract increase

Los Angeles City Council ยท October 31, 2025

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Summary

The council approved findings and a special-item amendment to keep the BRIDAL/PRIMA procurement system contractor on contract, authorizing roughly $231,000 in additional funds for regression testing and to target a December 4 go-live date after software issues delayed implementation.

The City Council approved findings and a special-item contract amendment to allow continuation of the BRIDAL/PRIMA procurement system implementation after developers and city staff reported software regression problems.

Gail Weingart, assistant city attorney, said the BRIDAL project had encountered unforeseen software problems that delayed the scheduled October 1 completion and that, to keep the contractor on contract and allow them to finish, the council needed to make the findings and increase the fixed total price. John Muckrey of the Department of General Services (DGS) and project manager Bob Jensen told the council the implementation phase had been an 18-month effort and that staff had already conducted about 2,600 tests, identifying six serious problems; DGS said they were resolving those problems with PeopleSoft developers on-site.

Councilmember Chick said the requested funds would not impact the general fund and framed the approval as a learning moment for how the city manages large IT projects. Councilmember Wilders questioned whether the December 4 go-live date was realistic. DGS staff answered that regression testing was under way and that the additional $231,000 would cover necessary work; staff said they were "hopeful" of meeting the December 4 date.

The council approved the required findings (recorded 14 ayes) and then approved the special item to continue and amend the contract to allow the additional work to proceed. Staff said the total spent to date on the program was about $10,840,000 and that the city expected vendor support and PeopleSoft assistance to complete fixes.