Item scheduled for City Council July 28. Needs scrutiny, should not be rushed because of the pandemic.

Issues include negotiation of financial terms + digital identity mgmt. Long-term implications. Economic localism is *way* down on the list of trouble: https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2020/07/24/toronto-tech-firms-fume-at-proposed-sole-sourced-deal-between-city-and-us-firm.html">https://www.thestar.com/news/city...

Put another way: if this was a Toronto firm selected to sole-source, the process issues and the content issues would still be major concerns. This framing, that it should be done by a Toronto company, misses the major and higher priority points.

When I see the City of Toronto taking its Digital Infrastructure Plan seriously I& #39;ll feel more confident in staff decisions. Right now our policy is to be reactive to the market - not a good way to engage in negotiation, on the back foot and defensive.

This is not hard. It& #39;s a case of actions speaking louder than words. The actions say we don& #39;t care enough about our digital infrastructure to design it on our own and now our systems are all so bad that whoever shows up with a product will do.