Tracking the Spend: HHS Spent $59M on IT Goods in Q1

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHS) spent about $59 million on its five largest IT purchases in this year’s first quarter.

The agency oversees various programs and organizations, including clinics, health organizations and resource centers; foster care; Medicaid; the children’s health insurance program; Medicare; palliative care; and women and children services.

Here, with rounding, are those purchases, according to the Texas Comptroller’s “Payment to Payee” visualization:

• $28 million to the Texas Department of Information Resources, which offers technology solutions to state and local government entities
• $9 million to Insight Public Sector Inc., which provides hardware, software, and cloud solutions and services
• $8.4 million to Deloitte Consulting LLP, which provides audit and assurance, tax, consulting and risk and financial advisory services to government agencies
• $7.5 million to UT Health Science Center at Houston, a comprehensive academic health center within the University of Texas system
• $6.2 million to CenturyLink Communications LLC, which offers high-speed Internet, fiber, voice, phone and TV services

Regarding specific purchases, HHS spent $26 million on computer services, $13 million on IT services, $7.5 million on purchased contracted services, $4.2 million on communication services, $2.5 million on computer equipment and $2.1 million 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.