New City Hall, San Jose, CA
Feb 15, 2005OUTCOME: Successful re-procurement of IT systems
Invited by City to serve as consultant and Chair of Evaluation Committee, a group of experts assembled to advise city officials and oversee the reprocurement of VOIP telephones and other IT services. ... The first contract award was set aside due to alleged misconduct in the definition of the requirements and the source selection process. City officials had been dismissed and/or disqualified and a nationally known consulting firm [Gartner Group] engaged to redo the procurement. The Evaluation Group observed the redefinition of requirements, resolicitation and re-award of the contract, making periodic reports to the city manager and city council, and responding to questions from the contracting staff during this process. The reawarded contract was completed in time to meet the building completion schedule, and was signficiantly less expensive than the original award.
