According to the State Contract and Procurement Registration System, SOS’ top five buys totaled $1,008,793 (all numbers are rounded).
The five largest purchases for 2023’s third quarter were:
- $297,620 for “Splunk Cloud Subscription with attested FedRAMP Moderate impact level controls, Encryption at Rest, and Standard Success Plan - 300 GB/day,” in a July 1 Software Licensing Program (SLP) contract with Optm.
- $295,547 for Microsoft Enterprise licenses in a Sept. 11 SLP contract with Crayon Software Experts LLC.
- $202,779 for a Salesforce Premier Success Plan, Enterprise Edition, in an Aug. 30 SLP contract with Taborda Solutions Inc.
- $141,072 for Palo Alto Networks “GlobalProtect subscription,” term dates Nov. 15, 2023, to Nov. 15, 2024, in a July 1 statewide contract with Optm West.
- $71,775 for computer hardware maintenance and support (printer, scanner and multifunctional equipment maintenance), in a July 1 cooperative agreement contract with Ray Morgan Company LLC.
In the corresponding period of 2022, SOS spent $604,095 on its five largest purchases.
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.
