Tracking the Spend: Comptroller Spent $10.6M on Five Biggest Q2 Buys

The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts spent $10,552,826 on its five largest IT-related purchases during the second quarter of 2023.

The agency serves as the state’s chief tax collector, accountant, revenue estimator, treasurer and purchasing manager. It also “is responsible for writing the checks and keeping the books for the multibillion-dollar business of state government,” according to the comptroller’s website.

Here, with rounding, are the agency’s five largest purchases during Q2, according to the comptroller’s “Payments to Payee” visualization:

• $5 million to Accenture LLP, which provides management consulting and professional services
• $2 million to Resource Integrators LLC, which provides system integration solutions
• $1 million to KST Data Inc., which offers end-user IT outsourcing and managed services for IT assets
• $1 million to Oracle America Inc., which designs and manufactures network computing infrastructure solutions
• $1 million to Neos Consulting Group LLC, which offers deliverables-based IT services

Regarding specific purchases, the Comptroller spent about $8.3 million on IT services, $1.1 million on computer software, $821,813 on computer equipment rentals and $324,856 on telecommunications.

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.