Dec. 9 Weekly Roundup: Upcoming IT Projects in City, County Governments

Whether it’s a big contract or a project in the early planning stages, the Techwire team is constantly tracking initiatives and contracts with the goal of giving our users better insight on what’s happening in California’s technology sector. Here’s a look at six IT projects in the works at city and county governments you may have missed:

• Alameda County plans to release a request for proposals/qualifications on Jan. 10 for inmate telephone services and service-enabled tablets, according to the county’s procurement website. This project is scheduled to begin May 2017.
  
  
• Sacramento County on Dec. 6 authorized the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center in Elk Grove to participate in one year of testing for drone detection technology from SkySafe Inc. The Sacramento Sheriff's Department said drones are becoming a vector for smuggling contraband to inmates. The testing will come at no cost, the county said.
  
  
• The San Jose City Council on Dec. 13 is scheduled to authorize contracts for a new business intelligence enterprise solution specializing in police and fire functions. AgreeYa Solutions Inc. of Folsom won a competitive procurement to become the prime contractor. The project will utilize several Microsoft products, including Power BI PRO, HDInsight, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Storage for Azure SQL DW and Azure Data Factory.
  
  
• Contra Costa County on Dec. 6 approved a $1.9 million contract with Echo Consulting Services of California Inc. to provide hardware, software, maintenance and implementation through 2019 for the county Behavioral Health Division’s billing system. The county said it has used solutions from the vendor since 1999.
  
  
• The Santa Ana Police Department purchased mobile in-car computers from CDCE Inc. to replace staff’s outdated fleet installed nine years ago. City Council approved the contract, which is estimated at more than $1 million, on Dec. 6.
  
  
• The Placer County District Attorney's Office will install a new case management system from Journal Technologies Inc. after the Board of Supervisors authorized a $315,000 contract this week. The DA's Office has been using Damion case management software from Constellation Justice Systems since 2005. The Placer Superior Court also has been using the Journal Technologies cloud-based software, called New Dawn.