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MAY 4, 2026
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Hi,
Please find attached my public comment for the May 4, 2026 Pasadena City Council Meeting, agenda item 5. Cybersecurity.
Thanks,
Yadi
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Item 5
5. DolT Managed Endpoint Cybersecurity Protection and Monitoring Services I thank the City of Pasadena for investing in the protection of our invisible critical infrastructure.
We are in a positive position to have received a good amount of well-qualified vendors to select from to assist with protecting our technology infrastructure.
I ask the City Council to award the contract to an alternate vendor who does not have ties or contracts with DHS or ICE. and in alignment with the City's commitment to protect residents regardless of immigration status. As you see from the chart below, several other vendors scored very close in capabilities, and some vendors scored stronger than Carahsoft in terms of experience, organizational qualification and compliance capabilities.
Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Services Summary of Proposal Scoring 'Tofa3"Score'
(Capabllltes
only, not J
including |
cost)
Proposer
Carahsoft Technology Corporation
XX (DHS - ICE CONTRACT) XX
Implementation
Approach,
Operations, & Co-
Management
(max 30 pts}
~2or
Detection &
Response
Capabilities
(max 25 pts)
24.33 Experience,
Organizational
Qualifications &
Compliance
Alignment (max 20
pts)
Cost
Proposal (max
ZOpts)
Small or
Micro-
Business (max
5pts)'
Total Score
(max 100
pts)
16.8314.00~r83.4969.49
NuHarbor Security Inc27.0023.0019.178.40077.5769.17
68.84 65.34
64.33 63.67
63.50 63.17
63.01 61.17
56.67 55.83
54.17 54.16
CDW Government LLC
Information Management
Resources, Inc. (IMRI)
26.67 '24~1T
23.17 20.00
19.0011.20080.04
Global Solutions Group, Inc.-26?TT
16.17 16.33
~5AO~~sw70.74
21.83-8^0~072.93
SecurityHQ26.6722.3314.677.60071.27
ALINEDS25.3322.0016.174.60068.10
AMTechnology LLC26.1722.1714.836.20069.37
Bulletproof Solutions, Inc.25.1721.6716.1720.00083.01
Long View S^tems25.0020.6715.5012.60073.77
Golden Five LLC
Lumlfl Cyber
M2 tech LLC
22.17 ~7\~SS~
18.33 ~\8W
11.17 16.00
9.805.0066.47
5.60T
~5W
61.43 56.37
Stellar Services Inc.
20.1718.5010.50'220'
22-8318.3313.00~9£0'~0~63.76
Moreover, what is not indicated in this scoring matrix is the additional problematic capabilities of Carahsoft to help fuel Al-powered data brokers collecting personal information, often times referred to as "consumer intelligence", "location intelligence", "foot traffic insights", geospatial data, geofencing, and other methods to analyze people's behavioral patterns, daily movements and location data. This is also the same tools DHS and ICE is using to persecute and snatch people off the streets of our communities. Data brokers are hated by the public, and they are the means law enforcement use to skirt around the fourth amendment, eroding our civil liberties, due process and democracy.
5. DolT Managed Endpoint Cybersecurity Protection and Monitoring Services Say no, reject the Carahsoft contract and go with another competent vendor.
Yadi
Pasadena City Council Meeting
May 4, 2026
5. DolT Managed Endpoint Cybersecurity Protection and Monitoring Services