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CDT IT Services Buys Include Cloud Migration, Strategic Planning

The state technology agency, which frequently collaborates with other departments on tech initiatives, spent less than $1 million on IT services in August but made several purchases that could be crucial for state IT policy and architecture.

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Editor’s note: This article has been changed to reflect an updated contract title.

The state’s technology agency had a relatively quiet August in terms of its purchases of IT services. However, officials at the California Department of Technology (CDT), which frequently works with other state entities on tech and innovation initiatives, did make several key buys.

CDT, led by Director Amy Tong, who is also the state chief information officer, made four IT services purchases in August, accounting for a combined total of nearly $826,000. The contracts – all two years or less – could in some cases help guide state IT for years to come. Here’s more detail, with rounding, on what CDT committed to spend:

• $500,000 without rounding, for a “system architect for CAMS refactor and migration to cloud,” to North Ridge Consulting. That’s likely a reference to the CALNET Application and Management System (CAMS), a Web app that “acts as a business portal for CALNET customers, CALNET staff, and CALNET contractors,” according to CDT. The two-year contract began Aug. 3 and ends Aug. 2, 2022. Per its website, the Sacramento-based company provides executive management consulting for state and local government clients. Its services include project management, PeopleSoft (Enterprise Resource Planning) ERP advisory, (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) ITIL IT service management, and state Project Approval Lifecycle (PAL) expertise.

• $247,000 for consulting services on the Vision 2023 IT Strategic Plan, to Very Little Gravitas LLC. The state will contract with the Portland, Ore., company for one year, from Aug. 10 to Aug. 9, 2021. Its principal, Dan Hon, is the former editorial director of Code for America (CfA) and a former product strategist at Child Welfare Digital Services (CWDS). CDT released Vision 2020, its previous statewide technology strategy, in November 2017. Its three chief goals were creating one digital government; ensuring secure delivery; and building a dynamic workforce.

• $69,000 for Viprion Service Premium, levels 1, 2 and 3, and software support to SLED IT Solutions Inc. Viprion, generally, provides controlled, on-demand application delivery that lets users scale their Application Delivery Networks (ADN). SLED IT Solutions, based in Roseville, is an enterprise computing provider that specializes in “IT infrastructure, data security, and wireless solutions” and has worked with more than 35 state and local government agencies in the past five years, according to its website. The contract is for one year, from Aug. 2 to Aug. 1, 2021.

• $10,000 for CWS-CARES Independent Review, also to Very Little Gravitas. That’s likely an acronym for the state’s Child Welfare Services. According to the company’s website, Hon’s work at CfA helped in the founding of Child Welfare Digital Services, a collaboration of state and local government on child welfare. The contract is for just more than a month, from Aug. 21 to Sept. 30.

Theo Douglas is Assistant Managing Editor of Industry Insider — California.