Tracking the Spend: Top 3 State Agencies Spent $1.5B on IT in 2024

In 2024, the Florida Department of Health (DOH), Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF), and Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) were the top three agencies in tech spending, totaling more than $1 billion, mainly on IT consultation services.

According to the Florida Accountability Contract Tracking System, the top three agencies in 2024 spent $1.5 billion on technology-related services. Here are the top three vendors for each state agency and its top three commodity categories amounts.
The three agencies with the highest spending were:

• DOH: $701.3 million
• DCF: $407.5 million
• FDC: $364.7 million

DOH’s three largest buys were:

• $235 million to Cardinal Health 110 Inc.
• $87.6 million to IBM Corporation
• $38.6 million to Insight Public Sector Inc.

Noteworthy tech commodity categories include:

• $479.8 million for IT consultation services
• $85.2 million for business and corporate management consultation services
• $79.5 million for software maintenance and support

The second agency, DCF, had the following three largest buys:

• $54.1 million to Deloitte Consulting LLP
• $40.8 million to Hopper Consulting and Staffing
• $30.3 million to Talx Corporation

Key tech commodity categories include:

• $70 million for IT consultation services
• $30.3 million for data services
• $13.8 million for networking software

The third highest IT spender in 2024 was FDC, with its top three purchases below:

• $44.5 million to Cardinal Health 110 Inc.
• $19.8 million to Northgate Limited Inc.
• $15.9 million to The Greentree Group

Main tech commodity categories include:

• $67.8 million for IT consultation services
• $9.6 million for data center services
• $5.6 million for business function-specific software

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.