AGENDA ITEMS OF CONCERN

86. 250086-RFP, ELECTIONS COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW

Approve the contract for award between Maricopa County and Berry, Dunn, and McNeil & Parker LLC dba Berry Dunn. This contract is to provide consulting services related to Maricopa County Elections processes, including Chain of Custody, Physical Security, Candidate Filing Compliance, Temporary Worker Hiring and Training, Ballot Drop Boxes, and Vote Center Selection and Setup. This contract award is for an estimate of $400,000.00 over one year until June 30, 2026, with options to renew up to a maximum of four additional years. The effective date of this contract will be June 25, 2025. (C-73-25-041-X-00)

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CONCERNS

• There is no RFP Matrix accompanying the agenda and the other RFPs haven't been posted, violating the basic rules of procurement. This spells major corruption.

• Chosen RFP company's plan is unserious. For example, Misidentifies voting systems and Arizona laws, proving they’re clueless about Maricopa’s elections.

• Ignores Past Failures: The proposal skips critical data like chain of custody logs and voter complaint records, dodging the root causes of 2020 and 2022 debacles.

• Shallow and Generic: BerryDunn’s cookie-cutter approach offers no real fixes, just a superficial review to check boxes, not solve problems.

• The RFP proposal is riddled with embarrasing errors that shows this vendor is not qualified for this project. For example, Maricopa County uses vote centers, we don't have DRES, and the law doesn't require chain of custody for things like signs. 

• The RFP proposal chosen if 4x the cost of the lowest cost competing proposal.

• The company selected is currently in a major data breach scandal they caused. This should be disqualifying.

• Historically the company selected has never provided any recommendations of significance. Their review process is insuffient as they only interview people and they don't have anyone on staff qualified on election law or experience with election adminstration. 

• This is a massive waste of tax dollars and corruption is highly suspicious in this selection.

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CONTACT INFORMATION BY DISTRICT:

• Supervisor Mark Stewart: 602-506-1776, District_1@maricopa.gov

• Chairman Thomas: 602-506-7431, District2@maricopa.gov

• Vice-Chair Kate Brophy McGee: 602-506-7563, district3@maricopa.gov

• Supervisor Debbie Lesko: 602-506-7642, district4@maricopa.gov

• Supervisor Steve Gallardo: 602-506-7092, district5@maricopa.gov