To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marc Shorr, Information Technology Director
Report Title: Contract with Maryland TEKsystems, Inc.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Chief Information Officer, or designee, to execute a contract with Maryland TEKsystems, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $3,000,000 to provide temporary information technology staffing for the period of January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The cost will be charged to County departments that utilize the services of this contract. 100% User Departments.
BACKGROUND:
Over the last several years, the Department of Information Technology (DoIT), as well as other County departments, have utilized contracted temporary help to augment staffing shortages due to high vacancy rates within the information technology classifications throughout the County workforce.
To comply with County purchasing policies and procedures, DoIT worked with the Purchasing Division of the Public Works Department to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to solicit bids from staffing agencies that provide temporary staffing services and are interested in partnering with Contra Costa County. The RFP was issued on March 29, 2024 and closed on April 29, 2024. When the bid officially closed on April 29, 2024, the County received fifty-five (55) responses. The Evaluation Committee was convened and spent the next month evaluating each response. After the committee finished their initial evaluation, ten (10) vendors were invited to make a formal presentation to the committee to further highlight their qualifications and to demonstrate their ability to successfully provide the County with qualified candidates. At the conclusion of the presentations, the County selected three (3) vendors to provide temporary staffing services to the County and Maryland TEKsystems, Inc. is one of the successful bidders. The term of the contract i...
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