To: Board of Supervisors
From: Diana Becton, District Attorney
Report Title: Contract with LanceSoft to Provide Crime Analysis Services for the Project Safe Neighborhood Grant Funded Program
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the District Attorney, or designee, to execute a contract with LanceSoft Inc., in an amount not to exceed $336,000, to place qualified personnel to work in the District Attorney’s Office on crime analysis, for the period September 3, 2024 through September 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The amount of $336,000 is funded 100% by the FY 2022 Northern District of California Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) grant from the U.S. Department of Justice (US DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). The grant funding is budgeted in FY2024-2025.
BACKGROUND:
Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office received the FY 2022 Northern District of California Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) grant to fund a contracted Crime Analyst to work in the District Attorney’s Office through September 30, 2025. On April 26, 2024, the District Attorney’s Office released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) #2404-792 to solicit Statements of Qualifications from professionals and organizations interested in serving as a contracted Crime Analyst for the DA’s office. Following the procurement process, LanceSoft Inc. was selected to enter a contract with the District Attorney’s Office for the PSN grant funded program.
LanceSoft Inc. will place qualified personnel to work in the D.A.’s Office on crime analysis. Personnel working on crime analysis will be responsible for collecting, compiling, and analyzing criminal intelligence data; using data sources to develop suspect information; determining crime patterns; and projecting crime trends. LanceSoft Inc. will ensure that personnel placed in the D.A.’s Office are capable of satisfactorily completing the required tasks.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The District Attorney’s Office will be unable to fulfill the agreed upon terms of the FY 2022 Northern District of California Project Safe Neighborhoods grant awarded to the Department.