The $2,584,498 third-quarter spend was down significantly from CHP’s corresponding buys in the second quarter of the year, when it spent $4,794,381, with rounding. Those purchases included radios, stereo microscope equipment, an Internet phone system and other hardware.
In the just-ended quarter, according to the State Contracting and Procurement Registration System, the CHP purchases included licenses, data protection and software. The five largest buys were:
- $799,121 for a three-year enterprise license agreement with VMware, purchased Aug. 28 from Dell Marketing LP under the state Software Licensing Program (SLP).
- $795,774 for Visual Studio Enterprise, a combined offering from Microsoft that allows a subscriber to use both Visual Studio and GitHub Enterprise. The Aug. 24 transaction was with SoftwareOne Inc. under the SLP.
- $443,027 for a Cisco Enterprise Licensing Agreement in an Aug. 30 award to SLED IT Solutions under the SLP.
- $323,468 for Commvault Complete Data Protection (DP for Non-Virtual and File), in an Aug. 28 award to ePlus Technology Inc. in a competitively bid contract.
- $223,108 for what’s listed only as “annual taxable amount,” in an Aug. 29 award to Smile Business Products Inc. 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.
