Health Department's Big Spends in June: COVID-19 and Cannabis Licensing

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH), which is spearheading the state’s efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, spent more than $5 million in June on IT services.

According to data from the state Department of General Services and the Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal), the two largest contracts awarded by CDPH last month for IT services were related to COVID-19 and cannabis licensing.

Following is a breakdown of the five largest IT services contracts awarded in June by the department, which is part of the California Health and Human Services Agency:

• $1.5 million to The Highlands Consulting Group for “IT Project management support services for COVID-19 directives.”
• $1.5 million to Deloitte Consulting for “IT Consulting Services for the Manufactured Cannabis Licensing system (MCLS).”
• $500,000 to Net Incomm for “MS Access Database Programming Services”
• $500,000 to Analytica Consulting for “Data Visualization Consulting Services”
• $500,000 to Stratosphere Technical Consulting for “Pega Oversight.”