From April 1 through June 30, SOS spent $7,018,005 (with rounding) on services including consulting, subscriptions and a management plan for independent verification and validation (IV&V). According to the State Contracting and Procurement Registration System, the purchases included:
- $5,600,000 for “Phase 1 deliverables” with CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. The contract was competitively bid and had a start date of June 24.
- $621,896 for an IV&V management plan in a June 14 contract that was awarded to Technology Management Solutions Inc. under the IT Master Services Agreement (IT MSA).
- $500,000 for consulting services related to data cleansing, transformation, and migration for the NAP 2.0 Project (Year 1) in a June 21 IT MSA contract with Lunar Systems Inc.
- $174,900 for consulting services related to the VoteCal Security Assessment in a May 10 contract with Public Consulting Group LLC that was awarded under the California Multiple Award Schedules (CMAS).
- $121,209 for an annual subscription with Secure Smart Solutions LLC in a June 9 competitively bid contract.
By way of comparison, SOS spent roughly $3,254,921 on its five largest buys of IT services in the corresponding period 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.
