Tracking the Spend: The State Spent $301M in January

State agencies spent some $301 million in January, with money going to 2,442 vendors or agencies via 10,392 purchase orders.

Agencies with the highest spending were the Texas Department of Transportation at $55.8 million, the Department of Information Resources at $37 million, and the Health and Human Services Commission at $34.8 million.

Some payments were interagency spending, and some were non-technical such as those made during storm or disaster recovery efforts. There are 162 agencies in the state represented in these numbers.

According to the Texas Comptroller’s (CPA) “Payment to Payee” visualization, here are the top five IT companies receiving payments:

• $15.5 million to Deloitte Consulting LLP, which offers multiple contracts including research, advisory, management and implementation services
• $9.7 million to Rackspace US Inc, which offers IT services and public cloud management
• $9 million to Atos Governmental IT Outsourcing Services LLC, which offers IT services, mainframe services, provides Texas private cloud services, and is a reseller of products
• $7 million to SAP National Security Services, which provides secure adoption of SAP services, allowing customers to be in regulatory compliance
• $6.2 million to Accenture LLP, which offers cloud services and deliverables-based IT services

As for specific categories, the state spent $107 million on purchasing contracted services, $56.6 million on IT services, and $31.7 million on DIR payments to the 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.