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Committee approves amended contract authority to keep San Francisco's 911 CAD operating until new system is ready
Summary
The committee approved an amendment to give the Department of Emergency Management authority to extend the city's Stratus CAD contract through June 30, 2014 (and provide retroactive authority for ~$256,004 in overspending), citing risks of gaps before cutover to a new system targeted for January 2014.
The Budget and Finance Committee approved an amendment and forwarded a recommendation to authorize the Department of Emergency Management (DEM) to extend the city's contract with Stratus Technologies for maintenance of the computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system and to provide retroactive contract authority for expenditures beyond the prior not-to-exceed amount.
DEM staff explained that the city's CAD system — used by 9-1-1 call takers and dispatchers — was first installed in 1999 and is at…
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