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Local IT: San Jose Mulls ‘Smart’ Streetlights, San Bernardino Purchases Storage Network Services

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 members better insight on what’s happening in California’s technology sector. Here’s a look at IT projects in the works at city and county governments you may have missed.

The city of San Jose is moving forward with a project to replace its streetlight fixtures with a more modern and energy-efficient solution.

A Request for Proposals for the project, which will convert approximately 39,000 lights citywide to LED luminaires with smart controllers, was initially released in August 2015. In a memorandum from Assistant City Manager Michelle McGurk, it is recommended that City Council either negotiate a contract with top-scoring proposer Siemens, or reject all bids and reissue procurements. 

Siemens’ submission includes replacement fixtures, as well as pilot installation of 1,000 controller units from anyCOMM, a proposal partner. However, if the council decides to decline all submitted proposals, the city will then issue new separate procurements for LED luminaires, 64,000 smart controller units, and management and marketing of city infrastructure related to telecommunications.

The project’s initial costs are estimated at $36.7 million. The City Council is scheduled to discuss the matter on Jan. 24.

In other local news, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 10 approved a purchase order of more than $1 million with Virtual Enterprises Inc. for Hitachi storage platform maintenance and support services. Managed by the county’s Information Services Department (ISD), the Hitachi Storage Area Network interconnected devices to approximately 50 physical and 250 virtual servers.

The board also authorized a $30,501 purchase order with Pitney Bowes Software Inc. at the same meeting. Under the agreement, Pitney Bowes will provide ISD with Code-1 Plus and U.S. Postal Database software license and support. The software will be used to assist the county in reducing the amount of returned mail due to invalid addresses.



Maggie Cabrey is a staff writer for Techwire.