Alameda County Procurement & Contracting Committee Quarterly Update - July 22, 2026
Alameda County Procurement and Contracting Committee Meeting Summary - July 22, 2026
The Procurement and Contracting Committee met on July 22, 2026, at 5:45 PM, with Supervisors Marquez and Miley present, forming a quorum. The meeting initially paused briefly to fix a non-working Zoom link. Key updates included GSA's quarterly procurement report, a 12-month contract outlook, and the Measure A1 labor and contract compliance pilot program report.
Discussion Items
- GSA Informational Update (Item 1A): Director Kimberly Gasway presented GSA's procurement and contracting report for Q1 2026 (January 1 to March 31, 2026). Highlights: 11 formal procurements totaling ~$7.9 million; 62% awarded to local/SLEB vendors; 59% to certified SLBs. Sole source approvals: 151 (~$14.5 million), including 69 exceptions ($6.7M) and 82 exemptions ($7.8M). 29 piggyback approvals (~$7.6M). SLB waivers: 245 (~$32.1M total; 35% to local firms). The Project Stabilization and Community Benefits Agreement labor report showed cumulative countywide local hire at 50.55% (exceeding 40% goal), apprentice hours at 16% (below 20% state requirement), and disadvantaged resident apprentices at 40% (meeting goal). Supervisor Miley asked about consistently low apprentice hours on public works projects; Director Gasway noted vendors meet with the Joint Advisory Committee (monthly) and receive corrective action letters. Deputy County Counsel Kathy Lee clarified that state law makes the prime contractor responsible for apprenticeship compliance. Supervisor Marquez asked about unbundling; Procurement Administrator Dietra Dillon said GSA advises client departments but decisions rest with them. Supervisor Miley requested the next quarterly report include unbundling examples.
- 12-Month Outlook Report (Item 1B): Dietra Dillon presented GSA's forecast: 207 single/multi-vendor contracts expected; 90 await department instructions (potential unbundling opportunities), 47 in rebid, 17 no longer needed, 24 extending for time, 8 increasing funds only, 6 departments self-conducting rebids. Supervisor Miley asked about countywide visibility beyond GSA; agreed to coordinate with Health and Social Services departments to include their projections in future reports. Specific contracts noted: shuttle bus service (ending 3/31/2027); concern flagged about Santa Rita Jail shuttle ending 12/31/2026. Supervisor Marquez requested next meeting update on unbundling data.
- Measure A1 Labor and Contract Compliance Pilot Program (Item 2): Anna Olivia (Compliance Program Lead) presented the ninth report. Since Measure A1's 2016 approval, 54 rental housing projects (4,206 homes) received funding; 35 completed, 12 under construction, 7 in pre-development. $3.3 billion total construction activity catalyzed (1:7.4 leverage). All local contracting goals met/exceeded: local businesses awarded $1.19B (over 392% of A1 investment); small local businesses awarded $135M (nearly 47%). Minority-owned businesses: $36.5M (29% local); women-owned: $16.3M (21.5% local). Supervisor Marquez requested future reports include geographic mapping and clear distinction between A1 and Measure W funding on mixed-funded projects. Staff noted a new interactive website is launching within a month. Supervisor Miley asked for resident demographic data (seniors, veterans, formerly incarcerated); Asset Management team can provide data after a database transition (estimated ~6 months). The next report will cover workforce demographics and job creation.
Public Comments & Testimony
- No public comments were made on any agenda item.
Key Outcomes
- GSA will provide unbundling examples and improved data at the next quarterly update.
- The 12-month outlook report will be expanded to include projections from Health and Social Services departments.
- The Measure A1 team will present a future report with resident demographic data and a geographic map of projects.
- A discussion was initiated about improving public communications and addressing inaccurate media coverage.
- The meeting adjourned without other business.
Meeting Transcript
All righty, great. Okay, let's call to order the procurement and contracting committee meeting for July 20th. Clark want to take the roll. Supervisor Marquis present. Supervisor Miley. Present. We have a quorum. All right. Do you have to give any instructions for participation? For all public commenters, please state your name for the record before speaking. If you wish to comment on a matter down on today's agenda, please wait until Supervisor Miley calls for public comment on non-agentized items. Please note that only items within the committee's jurisdiction may be addressed. If you are attending in person, please complete a speaker card at the front of the room and hand it to the clerk. If you're joining online, please use the raise hand feature. If you are participating by phone, press start five to raise your hand. Press star five again to lower it. The clerk will call your name when it's your turn to speak. If you are here in person, please come to the podium. If you're joining remotely, you will be unmuted when it is your turn. Okay, County Council's just mentioned to me that there's an issue with posting, but it's not legally required. But if we could go ahead and post anyway, I want to let the clerk know what to do. I'm a deputy county council with the County Ballamita. I've just conferred with the clerk because uh the link that is posted to the agenda for the Zoom access appears not to be working. Um it may be worthwhile to take a five-minute recess just to uh see if that could be addressed and reposted so any members of the public who wish to um can access the Zoom link from the posted agenda. Uh it's not legally required, but it is an option if that's something that you as chair of the meeting would like to do. Sure, let's go ahead and do that. We'll take a hopefully five minutes and see if we can get the link posted, the correct link posted. Okay. So recess for five minutes. Okay, so we're reconvened the procurement and contracting committee meeting, and clerk want to take the roll. Supervisor Marquez, present. Supervisor Miley. Present. We have a um quorum. And we've got the correct link posted. Yes, it's been reposted. All right, great. So we're good to go. Okay, so our first item is the general services agency informational update. I'll turn it over to the agency director. Good afternoon, supervisors. Kimberly Gasway, Director of General Services Agency. And today I'll be presenting on GSA's procurement and contracting policy report for the activities through the quarter of January first, 2026 through March 31st, 2026. The clerk will show the presentation on the board. So this quarter, um, GSA purchasing administered 11 formal procurements for goods and services, totaling approximately 7.9 million. 62% of the contracts were awarded to local or slev vendors, with 59% going to certified slabs. GSA has made significant positive steps in increasing slab and local vendor participation on contract awards. So sources and piggybacks. This quarter, GSA purchasing approved 151 sole source approvals, totaling approximate approximately 14.5 million. This included 69 sole source exceptions for 6.7 million and 82 sole source exempt exemptions for 7.8 million.
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