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Ayor Erry Anders: Program Could Save The City As Much As $21.6 Million

Mayor Jerry Sanders commended the San Diego City Council for unanimously approving his plan to outsource the city's information technology services to two vendors, Atos IT Solutions and Services and CGI Technologies and Solutions. The outsourcing is estimated to save taxpayers a minimum of $7.4 million over five years, or $21.6 million if a two-year extension is approved. The cost savings can be used to improve services like road repairs, public safety, and libraries. The outsourcing also aims to provide greater budget transparency, enhanced disaster recovery, and fixed price contracts.

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Ayor Erry Anders: Program Could Save The City As Much As $21.6 Million

Mayor Jerry Sanders commended the San Diego City Council for unanimously approving his plan to outsource the city's information technology services to two vendors, Atos IT Solutions and Services and CGI Technologies and Solutions. The outsourcing is estimated to save taxpayers a minimum of $7.4 million over five years, or $21.6 million if a two-year extension is approved. The cost savings can be used to improve services like road repairs, public safety, and libraries. The outsourcing also aims to provide greater budget transparency, enhanced disaster recovery, and fixed price contracts.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2012

Contact: Darren Pudgil (619) 301-2884

MAYOR JERRY SANDERS FACT SHEET CITY COUNCIL ENDORSES MAYORS IT OUTSOURCING PLAN
Program could save the City as much as $21.6 million
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders commended the City Council today for unanimously passing his plan to outsource the citys information technology services. For the first time in 30 years, the City of San Diegos IT services have gone out to bid to ensure they are handled by the best, most cost effective provider, Mayor Sanders said. The millions in savings from this program can be used to resurface more roads, hire more police officers and firefighters and extend library and rec center hours even further. The Council accepted Mayor Sanders recommendation to enter into contracts with two IT service providers, Atos IT Solutions and Services and CGI Technologies and Solutions. These vendors will provide a variety of services, including: Maintaining, upgrading and developing new software systems; serving as the Citys Help Desk; providing a single point of contact for City employees to report problems and request services; providing secure data center facilities that house the Citys hardware; supporting City email and file storage systems; and a host of other services. All told, this outsourcing is estimated to save taxpayers a minimum of $7.4 million over the next five years. If at a future date the Council approves a two-year option to extend services at the end of the five-year term, that figure jumps significantly to $21.6 million. Through this program, the City will also achieve additional benefits, including greater transparency regarding IT budgeting process and cost allocations; a data center that will support - more -

disaster recovery and business continuity services were not getting in our current contract without significant costs; enforceable financial remedies for not meeting minimum contractual performance requirements; and fixed price contracts, as opposed to just paying a bill that can change month-to-month, that allow for better predictability in the Citys IT costs. Together, because of the reforms weve already made, we have taken this city from the brink of fiscal collapse to become one of the rare big cities in America with budget surpluses for the foreseeable future, Mayor Sanders said. This is much different than whats happening in other big cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco, which are both facing deficits next year in excess of $200 million. Weve come a long way but were far from done. With the Councils approval today, the city can begin the transition to the new vendors at the beginning of the new fiscal year, on July 1st.

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