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Committee backs sending Guardsmark security contract to full board after contested RFP and public comments
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee accepted the budget analyst's recommendation on a Human Services Agency contract to award security services to Guardsmark LLC; the award generated prolonged public comment from the incumbent and site supervisors over job losses and cost differences. The item was amended per analyst recommendations and scheduled for the full Board.
The Budget & Finance Committee agreed to send an amended recommendation to the full Board of Supervisors on a contested five-year security-services contract for the Human Services Agency (HSA).
Dave Curdo, HSA director of contracts, said the department's competitive RFP process ranked Guardsmark higher than incumbent Cypress Security on service, benefits and training criteria. HSA and the budget analyst presented an adjusted five-year savings estimate of $481,314 for Guardsmark over Cypress once wage and benefits required by the new collective bargaining agreement and equalized hours were…
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