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DeKalb operations committee approves multiple facility, roofing and IT contracts totaling several million dollars
Summary
The DeKalb County Operations Committee approved annual and change-order contracts covering card-access maintenance, electrical services, juvenile court courtroom build-out, roof work at health centers, and IT consulting and software extensions; one large Oracle cloud funding request was deferred to allow audit review.
The DeKalb County Operations Committee on Tuesday approved a series of vendor contracts and change orders for facilities, roofing and information-technology services that together authorize several million dollars in county spending and extend service terms for key systems.
Chair Marita Davis Johnson opened the package of items, which included a recommended award for countywide card-access maintenance and repair to Southeastern Security Professionals LLC and Georgia Entry Solutions for a not-to-exceed $858,000 contract to maintain badge-access systems at county facilities. A facilities presenter described the system as the county’s badge-entry and door-access control architecture: “This allows when you go to the building and do an entry gate or access doors, you use your badge,” the presenter said.
The committee also approved a $430,000 increase and term extension to on-call electrical services contracts used for inspections, maintenance and installation of electrical systems; staff said the action extends those contracts through Dec. 31, 2026 while a new solicitation is issued. A change order for the juvenile court justice center courtroom No. 2 build-out was approved for up to $75,000 to address unforeseen issues from a long-stalled project, including plumbing realignment, fire-alarm modifications, door adjustments, missing fire dampers and reconstruction of elevated platforms.
Committee members approved a roof-maintenance, repair and replacement change order that uses SPLOST II funds for multiple county health and recovery centers. The work, awarded to Hawks Construction Company and National Building Contractors, was presented with a not-to-exceed total of $3,736,514.10 to cover replacements and repairs at several county-owned health facilities.
On information-technology items, the committee approved a contract with Gartner Inc. for application-portfolio rationalization, billed as an assessment to identify redundant or underused county applications, not to exceed $183,000. A two-year extension for ProjectDocs (electronic plan-review software) was also approved to bridge operations while the county transitions to a new Oracle permitting and licensing system; staff gave the requested ProjectDocs extension amount as approximately $268,740.
One high-dollar request — an increase to Oracle cloud services totaling about $13.094 million — had not returned from audit and the committee voted to defer that item for two weeks so audit staff can review the request before the committee acts.
All contract and change-order approvals were moved, seconded and carried by voice vote during the meeting. The committee did not record individual roll-call tallies in the transcript; outcomes were recorded as approved or deferred.
What’s next: Deferred items will return after audit review. Implementation timelines and procurements tied to the IT items will proceed under the departments’ transition plans as staff bring replacement systems online.
