According to the State Contracting and Procurement Registration System, FI$Cal’s five largest buys of IT goods from Jan. 1 through March 31 (with rounding) totaled $7,973,013. They were:
- $6,187,893 with Mythics VIII LLC for PeopleSoft Enterprise Financials, a tool for general ledger, accounts payable and receivables, in a Feb. 15 contract awarded under the software licensing program (SLP).
- $566,254 for a Feb. 28 SLP contract with HF Tech Services Inc. for ServiceNow Customer Service Management Enterprise with App Engine 1000.
- $547,658 for Palo Alto Networks software, in a March 1 statewide contract with OPTM West.
- $369,091 for IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management software as a service, in a Feb. 5 SLP contract with Allied Network Solutions Inc.
- $302,117 for Oracle Advanced Monitoring and Resolution, in a Jan. 19 statewide contract with Dynamic Systems Inc.
By way of comparison, FI$Cal spent $3,067,563 on the corresponding purchases in the first quarter of 2023 — with the same five vendors.
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.
