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District Attorney’s Office recommending the Board:
1) Make findings in accordance with Procurement Policy C-17, Section 3.4.2 (a & f) to exempt the services provided under Agreement 8299 from the competitive bidding process because the procurement can only be sourced from a single vendor due to the technological, specialized, or unique character of the procurement and the continuity of providers will provide efficiency or critical knowledge, and other providers cannot provide similar efficiencies or critical knowledge;
2) Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent to execute Amendment II to Agreement 8299 with Sicuro Data Analytics Inc., contingent upon County Counsel and Risk Management approval, for Phase 4 of the Racial Justice Act project and additional projects, including data maintenance, internal dashboard setup, dashboard special requests, and analytical requests, extending the term through March 31, 2028, and increasing the amount by $310,178 for a new amount of $585,178; and
3) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to execute any necessary Amendments relating to Agreement 8299, excluding term extensions or increases to the amount, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management.
FUNDING: General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On September 29, 2022, Assembly Bill (AB) 256, also known as “The Racial Justice for All Act”, was signed into law giving offenders charged with (or convicted of) a crime the ability to raise issues of bias or discrimination based on race, ethnicity, or national origin in their cases. These pre- and post-conviction motions require the District Attorney’s (DA’s) Office to produce detailed information regarding their cases, such as demographic information about the defendant and victim, charging information, information about plea offers, and case disposition. In response to the law, the DA’s Office contracted with Sicuro Data Analytics Inc. (Sicuro) to extract the data elements from the DA's previous and curren...
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