Tracking the Spend: $158M for CDT’s 5 Biggest IT Buys in Q3

The California Department of Technology (CDT) spent just more than $158 million on its five largest purchases of IT goods in the third quarter of 2024.

Four of the five contracts were made on July 1 and run for five years, through July 1, 2029. The fifth purchase, also on July 1, has a term of just less than two years.

According to the State Contract and Procurement Registration System, CDT spent $158,061,717 from July 1 through Sept. 30 on the five purchases (all numbers are rounded). They were:

• $91,598,162 for 288-strand fiber cable in a formal competitive bid. The contract was with Anixter Inc.
• $22,562,702 for Microsoft 365 enterprise, a software licensing program (SLP) contract with Crayon Software Experts LLC
• $19,739,662 for CDT’s portion of sales taxes paid to IBM in a proprietary, noncompetitive contract
• $12,534,410 for Microsoft Office 365 in an SLP contract with Crayon Software Experts LLC
• $11,626,781 for Microsoft implementation services in an SLP contract with Insight Public Sector Inc., that began July 1 and runs through March 31, 2026

The periodic reports of spending on IT goods and services by agencies and departments in state government are compiled by Industry Insider — California as a way of highlighting procurements and trends.