Statement: “There’s one small competition that the mayor was able to complete just a few weeks ago on the help desk function. … He saved 55 percent, 55 percent cost savings on that one function,” City Councilman Carl DeMaio recently said on KUSI.
Analysis: DeMaio appeared on KUSI to talk about a ballot initiative that would bring more city services up for bid. As an example of savings through competition, DeMaio mentioned a $1.2 million deal brokered by the mayor to have En Pointe Technologies take over the city’s IT help desk. The contract is 55 percent less than $2.3 million, which the city now pays its nonprofit partner, San Diego Data Processing Corporation, to manage the help desk.
Fact Check: DeMaio Repeats Mayor's Error
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