DATE:
April 9, 2024
23
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
OFFICE OF EVALUATION, PERFORMANCE, AND ANALYTICS: UPDATE TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND APPROVAL TO WAIVE BOARD POLICY A-87 AND AWARD CONTRACT(S) FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO UNIVERSITIES (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
Across the country, governments are facing rapidly evolving challenges and increasing demand for accountability. Properly used data provides evidence of which programs and policies achieve their intended results. For the County of San Diego (County), which serves a population of 3.3 million residents, along with an $8.2 billion budget, more than 20,000 employees, and hundreds of programs, this evidence can be an invaluable resource to help policymakers make decisions.
On May 18, 2021 (16) the County Board of Supervisors (Board) established the Office of Evaluation, Performance, and Analytics (OEPA) to serve an enterprise-wide function providing leadership, coordination, and capacity building to oversee County efforts around evidence-based policymaking, program evaluation, data sharing, collection, and metrics. Today's item provides an update on OEPA's efforts, highlighting its strategic approach to increase the use of data to inform decisions at the County. In addition, this item requests approval from the Board to award a contract or contracts for research and technical assistance services from universities.
RECOMMENDATION(S)
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
1. Receive presentation: Update on Office of Evaluation, Performance, and Analytics.
2. Waive Board Policy A-87, Competitive Procurement, and in accordance with Administrative Code Section 401, et. seq., of the County Administrative Code, authorize the Director, Department of Purchasing and Contracting, upon successful negotiations and determination of a fair and reasonable price, to award contract(s) with universities for Research and Technical Assistance for up to one (1) year, with up to two (2) one-year...
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