According to the State Contracting and Procurement Registration System, the CHP spent $14,615,388 (with rounding) on its five largest purchases. The expenditures for the first quarter totaled more than the corresponding spend in the previous two quarters combined; in the fourth quarter of 2022, the CHP spent $9,310,027, and in the third quarter it spent just over $4.1 million.
The five largest purchases of IT goods — apparently laptops, cameras, licensing and maintenance agreements — in the first quarter of 2023 were:
- $11,112,013 for “FOCUS-05-03-U-02, FOCUS In-Car Video Camera Unit, 2.8mm,UV,IMX290 (rear)” in a March 21 statewide contract with Coban Technologies Inc.
- $993,798 for “Part# 6T2D2UC#ABA; CLIN# LM101; HP Zbook 16 Fury G9 i7 16GB 256SSD Mobile Workstation” in a Jan. 25 statewide contract with NWN Solutions Corp.
- $937,318 for “HPE Maintenance Renewal” in a Feb. 3 cooperative agreement contract with CDW Government LLC.
- $851,485 for “Win10 Pro, Intel Core i5-10310U 1.7GHz vPro, AMT, 10.1” WUXGA Glovd Multi Touch+Digitizer, 16GB, 512GB OPAL SSD (quick-release), Intel Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth, Dual Pass, Infrared Webcam, 8MP Rear Camera, Barcode. ITEM #FZ-G2AZ002KM,” in a Jan. 25 statewide contract award to CDW Government LLC.
- $720,774 for “QEJ-00003, Visual Studio Ent with GitHub ALng SA” in a Jan. 23 Software Licensing Program contract with SoftwareOne Inc.
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.
