Tracking the Spend: HHSC Spent $180 Million on IT in Q2 2024

The Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) spent $180 million on IT products and services in the second quarter of 2024.

The commission provides oversight and administrative support for Health and Human Services (HHS), which also includes the Department of State Health Services.

Here are the public safety agency’s top five vendors for Q2, according to the comptroller’s “Payments to Payee” visualization. Amounts are rounded up:

• $37.5 million to the Department of Information Resources (DIR), offering technology solutions to state and local government entities
• $30 million to Deloitte Consulting LLP, which provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management and tax services
• $11.5 million to Conduent State Healthcare, which provides health-care systems to help reduce costs, create engagement and advance health equity
• $11 million to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, a comprehensive academic health center within the University of Texas system
• $8 million to Vexcel Corp., a subsidiary of Microsoft that provides end-to-end cloud integration services

Regarding specific expenditures in Q2, a majority of HHSC’s spending went toward IT services, at $82 million. The commission’s second largest expenditure category was $35 million for computer services via DIR, followed by $21 million for contracted services.

Following Ricardo Blanco’s retirement in June, HHS is currently searching for a replacement CIO.

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