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Clerk begins competitive RFP for Budget Analyst services; supervisors debate in‑house option
Summary
Clerk Angela Calvillo presented an RFP timeline to competitively procure budget analyst services before the current contract expires at end of 2009; supervisors debated advantages of continuing consultant services versus creating an in‑house office or charter change.
The Clerk of the Board, Angela Calvillo, told the Budget & Finance Committee she would begin a competitive process to select the Board’s budget analyst services in advance of the current contract’s expiration on Dec. 31, 2009. Calvillo described Prop J cost certification and presented a draft timeline intended to complete the RFP by late June and identify a preferred vendor by early September.
Calvillo reviewed pros and cons of consultant‑provided budget analyst services versus an in‑house office (including cost estimates provided by the Controller’s Prop J analysis), and said the committee must decide whether to incorporate the Office of Legislative Analysts into a combined scope. Deputy Controller Monique Zamuda summarized a Prop J comparison showing a range of potential savings or additional costs depending on civil‑service salary steps.
Supervisors acknowledged the long institutional relationship with the incumbent consultant and raised the municipal executives association discussion about an autonomous city budget office; several asked for more analysis of costs, transition timing and civil‑service classifications. The committee asked the clerk to return in two weeks with a draft scope of services and to proceed with a competitive process unless the board directs otherwise.
