Tracking the Spend: Department of Management Services Spent $24M on IT Services in Q1

The Department of Management Services is responsible for facilitating workforce and business-related operations for other state agencies as well as current and past state employees.

The department spent $24 million on IT services in the first quarter this year, $22.3 million of which went to five vendors between Jan. 1 and March 31.

Here are those IT-related purchases, rounded up, based on data from the Florida Accountability Contract Tracking System:

• $21 million to Insight Public Sector Inc., a company that specializes in providing cybersecurity software products and services
• $454,760 to Alltech Consulting Inc., a firm that focuses on making projects more efficient through the means of modernizing applications
• $390,288 to InterfaceSERVICES Inc., a flooring provider that specializes in modular carpet tiles, broadloom and other flooring
• $223,512 to Honeywell International Inc., a tech corporation that manufactures a range of products, including aerospace and automotive components and industrial control systems, specialty chemicals and engineered materials
• $215,394 to Oracle Elevator Company, an elevator service company with tech resources to maintain elevators and lifts
  

Regarding specific purchases, the department spent about $18 million on cloud-based software, $2 million on license management software, $1 million on closed circuit television installation services, $454,760 on IT consultation services and $243,374 on elevator maintenance services.

The periodic reports of spending on IT goods and services by agencies and departments in state government are compiled by Industry Insider — Florida as a way of highlighting procurements and trends.