According to a LinkedIn post, the DIR governing board approved the reduction. Any cost plans processed after Sept. 1 will include the 2.75 percent fee.
According to DIR’s website, STS is “a set of managed IT services that Texas government organizations can use to accelerate service delivery.”
More specifically, “STS are offered to eligible state customers in areas including managed application and security services, with each service component awarded through competitive procurement, resulting in single or multiple awards,” the agency’s former Chief Procurement Officer Hershel Becker previously told Government Technology.*
STS includes Texas Private Cloud, which provides “server computing services, data center facilities and network management for DIR customers,” and mainframe services, which “provides computer, storage, database management and production operations for DIR’s customers.”
Another active contract is Texas.gov, which “provides application services for Texas state agencies and eligible local governmental organizations, enabling them to cost-effectively conduct business online with their customers.” About 18 million transactions go through Texas.gov annually, according to DIR’s website.
More information about DIR’s Shared Technology Services and how to do business with the agency can be found online.
*Government Technology is a sister publication of Industry Insider — Texas, and the parent company of both is e.Republic.
