Caltrans’ Top 5 Buys of IT Goods in 2020 Topped $25M

The state transportation agency made more than 1,000 purchases of IT goods last year and spent more than $25 million on just its five most expensive purchases.

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) completed 1,094 buys of IT goods during 2020 — spending $27,256,949 on its five priciest expenditures. Here, with rounding, is what Caltrans spent:

• $8.2 million with Key Government Finance for Purchase Order #2660-202000000236-1, a purchase made July 5. The Colorado-based company, a subsidiary of KeyBank, develops custom financing solutions for the public sector that enable access to knowledge, capital and innovation.
• $6.7 million with NWN Corp. for HP EBx3601030G4 i7-8665U 13 16GB/512 PC: Part # 8TK37UC#ABA, a purchase made May 31. That’s probably a reference to buying HP EliteBook G4 laptops.
• $4.3 million with PC Specialists Inc. for Mobile Precision 3541 XCTO BASE, a purchase made March 24. It’s most likely for Dell Precision 3541 workstations.
• $4.2 million with NWN Corp. for HP 840 G7 16gb 128SSD, a purchase made Nov. 9 for HP EliteBook 840 G7 Notebooks with 16 GB of memory.
• $3.9 million with Presidio Networked Solutions Group for SNTC-8X5XNBD Cisco ISR 4321 (2GE,2NIM, 4G FLASH, 4G DRAM, IPB), a purchase made Dec. 12. That probably refers to the Cisco ISR 4321 router.