To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Contract #20-739-0 Blanket Purchase Order with Equifax Information Services LLC
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, or designee, to execute on behalf of the Employment and Human Services Director, a purchase order with Equifax Inc. dba Equifax Information Services LLC, subject to Equifax’s Terms of Use Agreement in an amount not to exceed $1,000 for the purchase of credit report histories for the KEYS Auto Loan Program participants for the period January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% Federal through California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) (AL# 93.558) which is all budgeted in FY 25/26.
BACKGROUND:
Equifax Information Systems LLC is the preferred vendor for the Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) Workforce Services KEYS Auto Loan Program (KEYS). KEYS is EHSD’s low-interest auto loan program intended to provide auto loans to help employed CalWORKs participants (clients) in Contra Costa County to purchase a vehicle. KEYS has a required component that any vehicle financed through the program must have a title and history report accessed before it is funded for a loan. In addition, participant (client) credit reports must be screened and reviewed prior for auto loan eligibility. Approval of this staff report will allow for ongoing participant credit report history access.
This purchase order requires the County to agree to the Terms of Use Agreement which includes a limitation of liability for any loss or injury arising out of or caused, in whole or in part, by any negligent acts or omissions and an indemnification under which the County agrees to hold Equifax Information Systems LLC harmless from and against actual loss, costs, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) resulting from the County’s breach of the agreement.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the proposed action not be approved by the Board of Supervisors, the Employment and Human Services Department Workforce Services KEYS Auto Loan Program will not be in compliance with all mandates; therefore, families will remain at risk and encounter unsafe environments and lack of transportation options.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This Purchase Order supports one of Contra Costa County’s community outcomes of the Children’s Report Card: (5) "Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families.”