Tracking the Spend: State Tech Department’s IT Goods Purchases in January

The state’s technology department made 31 purchases of IT goods in January and spent nearly $6 million on the top five.

The California Department of Technology spent exactly $5,827,873.30 on its five most expensive such buys. Here, with rounding, is what that money paid for, based on data in the State Contracting and Procurement Registration System:

• $2.7 million to Direct Systems Support for a “72-core system” with 4 terabytes of memory including 2 terabytes active, and five years of support. This is a five-year contract, from Jan. 9-Jan. 8, 2028.
• $2.3 million to Allied Network Solutions for MNF rational application developer for WebSphere Software. This is a one-year contract, from Jan. 1-Dec. 31.
• $578,000 to SAS Institute to renew the SAS Enterprise Computing package for 1,200 users. This is a one-year contract, from Jan. 31-Jan. 30, 2024.
• $177,000 to InterSystems Corp. for a renewal on IBM’s AIX operating system with natural language processing and enterprise cache protocol. This is a one-year contract from Jan. 1-Dec. 31.
• $137,000 to IBM to renew enhanced secure support for its Passport Advantage. This is also a one-year contract from Jan. 1-Dec. 31.

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.