According to the State Contract and Procurement Registration System, EDD spent $4,784,763 (with rounding) on such services as executive counseling, claims batch reviews, staffing and research.
The five largest contracts were:
- $2,326,785 for staff augmentation in FY 2023-24 and 2024-25, in a Feb. 1-Sept. 30 contract with Mythics VIII LLC. It was a competitive “special statute” contract.
- $1,000,000 for unemployment and disability claims batch review subscription, paid in arrears for FY 2023-24, in a Feb. 26 IT Master Service Agreement contract with Thomson Reuters West.
- $779,430 for “CIO Counselor Membership Dedicated Executive Counselor, 4 Onsite/Virtual Counselor visits, Concierge Services, Industry Research, Unlimited Price Benchmarking, IT Vendor Negotiation Assistance for 4 contracts 12 months,” in a March 6 contract with Info-Tech Research Group Inc. that was awarded under the California Master Award Schedules (CMAS).
- $435,864 for Gartner for Enterprise IT Leadership Team Plus in a CMAS contract with Gartner Inc. that started Feb. 1 and runs through Jan. 31, 2026.
- $242,684 for a proprietary research subscription for EDDNext, the department’s modernization initiative, in a March 1 CMAS contract that runs through Feb. 28, 2025, with Forrester Research Inc.
The $4,784,763 is significantly less than the $9,832,876 that EDD spent on its five largest IT services contracts in the first quarter of 2023.
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.
