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Committee questions recurring IT contract increases as budget analyst recommends approval
Summary
Supervisors pressed purchasing and the controller's office about frequent, incremental increases to IT 'requirements contracts' for vendors including En Puente and Extech; the budget analyst and purchasing staff explained the contracts' variable scope and coordination with DITAS/COIT and recommended approval of the requested authorizations.
Clerk read a resolution authorizing amendments to city IT contracts, including a sixth amendment with En Puente to increase the contract to $35,000,000 and an eighth amendment with Extech to increase the contract to $51,000,000.
Chair Supervisor Aaron Peskin asked why so many incremental increases were coming before the committee. Bill Jones, assistant director of purchasing, explained these are…
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