The agency works with communities to promote safe and healthy families and protect children and vulnerable adults from abuse, neglect and exploitation through five major programs: adult protective services, child protective services, child protective investigations, prevention and early intervention, and statewide intake.
Here, with rounding, are the agency’s five private-sector tech vendors with the highest spending between Sept. 1, 2023, and Aug. 2, 2024, according to the Texas Comptroller’s (CPA) “Payment to Payee” visualization:
- $9.4 million to AT&T Mobility Best Wndcd for telecommunications charges
- $8.9 million to SHI Government Solutions Inc., which offers software products and related maintenance, technical and training services
- $6.6 million to Nipun Systems, which offers staffing, software development, cloud services and managed services
- $5.1 million to Neubus Inc., which provides document and information management for government entities
- $3.8 million to Presidio Networked Solutions Group, offering cloud, cyber and data services and solutions, among others
DFPS also spent $18.4 million with the Texas Department of Information Resources, which offers technology solutions to state and local government entities.
As to specific categories, the agency spent a total $144.9 million on purchased contracted services and $17.4 million on computer services — statewide technology center.
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.
Editor's note: The total agency spending number has been removed in this story, and the agency spend with the Department of Information Resources has been corrected from an incorrect figure.
