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

The state’s technology department made 31 purchases of IT goods in November and spent more than $30 million on the top five.

The California Department of Technology spent exactly $34,391,070.23 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:

• $14.2 million to Crayon Software Experts LLC, most likely for Microsoft Office 365 government community cloud E5 application suites for all language, through Microsoft Volume Licensing. This is a more than three-year contract, from Nov. 1-March 31, 2026.
• $7.7 million to Direct Systems Support for “Gold Camp hardware,” IBM’s LinuxOne Emperor 4 platform, most likely for use at CDT’s Rancho Cordova location which includes a data center. This is a three-year contract from Nov. 15-Nov. 14, 2025.
• $6 million to Dell Marketing for VMware Cloud on Amazon Web Services, including maintenance and support. This is a three-year contract from Nov. 2-Nov. 1, 2025.
• $4.7 million to Direct Systems Support for IBM DS8950F Agility Class all-flash mainframe storage, again likely for use at CDT’s Rancho Cordova location. This is a four-year contract from Nov. 28-Nov. 27, 2026.
• $1.9 million to Crayon Software Experts, probably for Microsoft Office 365 government community cloud E5 application suites for all language, also via Microsoft Volume Licensing. This is a nearly four-year contract, from Nov. 1-March 31, 2026.
  

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.