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Adopt a Resolution to:
a. Approve and authorize the Acting Contracts/Purchasing Officer to sign an agreement with Darryl L. Sink & Associates, Inc. for the revision of the Monterey County Contracts Academy and consultation for updating the Purchasing Manual for a not to exceed amount of $198,200; and
b. Direct the Auditor- Controller to amend the FY 2021-22 Adopted Budget for Contracts/Purchasing 001-CAO002-8047, increasing appropriations by $169,351, financed by General Fund Productivity Investment Program Assignment 001-3125. (4/5th vote)
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution:
a. Approve and authorize the Acting Contracts/Purchasing Officer to sign an agreement with Darryl L. Sink & Associates, Inc. for the revision of the Monterey County Contracts Academy and consultation for updating the Purchasing Manual for a not to exceed amount of $198,200; and
b. Direct the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2021-22 Adopted Budget for Contracts/Purchasing 001-CAO002-8047, increasing appropriations by $169,351, financed by General Fund Productivity Investment Program Assignment 001-3125.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
On February 25, 2014, the Board approved an Agreement with Darryl L. Sink & Associates, Inc. (DSA), for the development of a Monterey County Contracts & Purchasing Academy (CPA). DSA designed and developed the award-winning CPA (which we refer to as CPA Version 1.0), and Contracts/Purchasing delivered the CPA to the target audience across the County's twenty-seven (27) departments. The last presentation of the CPA occurred in Summer, 2019. Unfortunately, the Covid pandemic halted the delivery of CM's instructor-led classes as well as a Contracts/Purchasing plan to revise the CPA in early 2020.
The CPA focuses on developing solutions to assist in resolving high-level organizational needs; such as increasing productivity and efficiency throughout the contract and purchasing lifecycle, increasing the consistency...
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