Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Jon Walton, Chief Information Officer/Director of Information Services Department
Subject: Resolution authorizing the Chief Information Officer/Director or his designee to execute agreements with eligible vendors for contingency staffing services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the Chief Information Officer/Director of Information Services Department or his designee to execute agreements with the 28 vendors listed in Attachment A, to provide contingency staffing services, for the term of July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021, for an aggregate amount not to exceed $27,000,000 between all agreements.
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BACKGROUND:
ISD provides many types of Information Technology (IT) support and services to County departments including both operational and project support. ISD has embraced the agile staffing model and hires permanent staff only when long-term needs have been established. An important element of the agile staffing approach is the careful use of vendor provided contingency staffing services and term staff. Since 2006, ISD has regularly conducted Requests for Proposals (RFP) to establish multi-year agreements for as needed technology-based contingency staffing services. In its early years, the program would include the selection of only one or two vendors. The inclusion of a small vendor pool became problematic as ISD's increased needs for highly specialized skillsets could not be met in a timely fashion. In 2014, ISD released an RFP which resulted in a three-year contract with 25 eligible vendors. Due to the expanded vendor pool, ISD saw better vendor response times and expanded service offerings. In April of 2018, ISD released RFP No. ISD-20181835 to establish a new pool of eligible vendors for a new three-year term.
DISCUSSION:
The agreements under the new Resolution will be utilized based on three criteria: 1) Surge C...
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