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Supervisors advance GTL award for inmate phone services amid protest from incumbent PCS
Summary
The subcommittee moved to forward a recommendation to award a three-year inmate telephone contract to GTL after a competitive RFP; incumbent Public Communication Services (PCS) protested the award, disputing controller audit findings that it owes millions.
The Budget and Finance Subcommittee on Tuesday advanced a recommendation to the full Board of Supervisors to award a three‑year inmate telephone services contract to GTL (GlobalLink) after a competitive solicitation, despite a formal protest from the incumbent, Public Communication Services (PCS). The Sheriff's Department said the contract would deliver a 60 percent commission to the department and roughly $913,000 in the first year.
Harvey Rose, the budget analyst, told the committee that the contract follows an RFP process and that the sheriff ranked GlobalLink as the top proposer. Rose said a…
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