Tracking the Spend: TxDOT's Top Buys of Tech Services in 2020 and 2021

The Texas Department of Transportation, which accounts for a large piece of the state budget every year, spent $544.68 million in calendar year 2021.

According to the Texas IT Spending Dashboard on Industry Insider — Texas, the largest spend during that time went to contracted services, at $235.63 million. The second-largest spend was on IT services, at $149.8 million.

Coming in at No. 3 was computer services for the Statewide Technology Center, at $47.46 million.

Those top three categories accounted for about 80 percent of TxDOT's 2021 expenditures. By comparison, TxDOT spent $548.61 million in calendar year 2020.

The department's top spend in calendar year 2020 was contracted services at $245.67 million. The second-largest spend in that year was for IT services at $147 million. Coming in at No. 3 in 2020 was computer services for the Statewide Technology Center, at $44.51 million.

Those top three categories accounted for about 80 percent of TxDOT's 2020 expenditures.