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Contracts and vendors for MyCity portal development
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Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez inquires about the number of contracts and vendors involved in the development and maintenance of the MyCity portal. OTI officials provide details on the contracting process and vendor selection.
- Total of 78 contracts for MyCity, with a total value of over $7 billion since its inception
- Shift from using a single master systems integrator to spreading work among multiple MWBE vendors
- Competitive RFP process used for vendor selection, with a focus on MWBE participation
Jennifer Gutiérrez
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Thank you.
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Thank you commissioner.
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Can you share how many contracts have been registered for the development and maintenance of my city portal?
Matthew C. Fraser
0:13:23
Yeah.
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For the specifics on the number of contracts, I defer to the deputy commissioner of management and budget.
Edwin Pemberton
0:13:44
For my city, it's a a total of 78 contracts.
0:13:49
Total value of $7,076,900,000.0 since it started.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
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Since it started.
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And do you have the projection for f y twenty twenty six of the contract value?
Edwin Pemberton
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FY '26, '5 point '7 million dollars.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
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That's the budget, both four contracts.
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Yeah.
Matthew C. Fraser
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Total number of contracts.
Edwin Pemberton
0:14:14
No.
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I don't have that number of how many contracts.
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Most of our contracts are multi
Aguirette Kebrou
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year.
0:14:19
Mhmm.
Edwin Pemberton
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And and it's pretty much some of them stop, you know, each fiscal year.
0:14:24
So I could get that number.
Matthew C. Fraser
0:14:25
How much
Edwin Pemberton
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how much will actually be ongoing for
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:14:28
'20 And so just to confirm, the 78 is for f y twenty five.
Edwin Pemberton
0:14:33
Right.
Michelle Ann Blomingville
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To confirm.
Edwin Pemberton
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78 includes this total value of all the contracts spent for MyCity.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:14:42
Okay.
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Up until now.
0:14:43
Okay.
0:14:44
Can you share how many vendors are currently working on the MyCity portal?
Matthew C. Fraser
0:14:55
How many vendors?
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You mean consultants?
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You mean number of individual companies?
Jennifer Gutiérrez
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Yeah.
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Exactly.
0:15:01
Just the folks I know that at the last the last hearing that we had, I don't have the exact number, but just wanted to see, yeah, how many folks you're directly contracting with for the build out of the site?
Edwin Pemberton
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So each each vendor is is a contract.
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So the number I mentioned 78
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:15:17
Oh, those are just the vendors?
Gale Brewer
0:15:18
Okay.
Edwin Pemberton
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Each yeah.
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Different contract.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:15:21
Okay.
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Were there any RFPs issued to select these vendors?
Edwin Pemberton
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These these vendors are based on
Jennifer Gutiérrez
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Or the contracts.
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Excuse me.
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Your terms.
0:15:31
Were was there any RFP?
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Was there any, like, process or public facing Most
Edwin Pemberton
0:15:36
of them, we try to do MWBEs and it's competitive.
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Yes.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:15:41
Okay.
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So all the and and, you know, I don't wanna skip the fact that, you know, you've done a a great deal working with MWBEs.
0:15:48
I think that's great.
0:15:49
So of the these MWBEs that you included in your opening testimony responded
Matthew C. Fraser
0:15:53
to
Jennifer Gutiérrez
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RFPs
Matthew C. Fraser
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for Yes.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:15:56
That's correct.
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And specific to my city, the same process.
0:15:59
There was an RFP that went out.
Matthew C. Fraser
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Yes.
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Correct.
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So traditionally with programs like this, instead of having 78 contracts, you would have one master agreement that you would issue to a major systems integrator, and that systems integrator would bring in resources if you need it.
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With MyCity, we shifted the approach instead of having one master systems integrator.
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We spread the work throughout the MWB community so we could diversify the city spend while capitalizing on the talent that's in that pool.