Tracking the Spend: DMV’s Top IT Services Purchases in November

One of California’s most crucial state departments made significant IT-related expenditures around its ongoing modernization in November.

The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) made six such purchases and spent $6,016,575 on its five most expensive buys of IT services — nearly half of that with one company. Here’s more information, with rounding, on what the department spent:

• $3 million with Taborda Solutions to “implement Mobile Driver’s License issuance, Drive Safety Application Program ... .” This is a one-year contract from Nov. 22-Nov. 21, 2023. (Taborda Solutions and Enterprise Networking Solutions were purchased in August 2021 by Fulcrum Technology Group.)
• $1.25 million with Infinite Solutions for “project manager and organizational change management” around Assembly Bill 796 on voter registration. This is a three-year pact, from Nov. 28-Nov. 28, 2025.
• $1 million to Avere Inc. for Amazon Web Services “professional services.” This is a one-year contract from Nov. 18-Nov. 17, 2023.
• $750,000 to Infinite Solutions for “expert business process reengineering services to improve process efficiency, effectiveness, quality and customer satisfaction.” This is a roughly one-year contract, from Nov. 14-Nov. 23, 2023.
• $16,575 to Fairfax Imaging for “purge services.” This is a six-month contract from Nov. 7-May 6, 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.