Tracking the Spend: California Office of Emergency Services’ Q1 IT Goods Buys

The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) spent a little over $10 million on its five largest purchases of IT goods during the first quarter of 2023.

According to the State Contracting and Procurement Registration System, those five contracts were together valued at $10,343,810, with rounding. Cal OES is a Cabinet-level office responsible for overseeing and coordinating emergency preparedness, response, recovery and homeland security activities within the state.

The five top purchases were:

• $5,700,000 for equipment costs (FY 2022) in a cooperative agreement with Nokia Corp. that began Feb. 1 and runs through June 30, 2025.
• $4,088,503 for Motorola Solutions Inc. two-way radios and related equipment, in a statewide contract dated March 13.
• $244,500 for DocuSign government platform and related accessories and support, in a Software Licensing Program contract dated March 24 with Allied Network Solutions Inc.
• $167,040 for a one-year subscription to VMware shared cloud workspace and related support, in a March 30 DVBE contract with Granite Data Solutions. The contract runs through April 7, 2024.
• $143,767 for “3EM22715AH 9500 MPR SHELF KIT W/ALARM FAN EVO-HSV3,” apparently including a Nokia power distribution panel with fuse alarm card. The March 15 contract with Nokia of America Corp. was awarded under a cooperative agreement.
  

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.