Here Are OSI’s Top Buys for IT Services for November

The State of California Office of Systems Integration (OSI) made seven purchases of IT services in November and it spent slightly more than $450,000 on its top five buys.

OSI spent $450,162 on those top five expenditures with the vast majority of that — almost exactly $250,000 — on the top purchase. The remaining four comprised a combined spend of $200,163. Here’s what OSI spent, with rounding:

• $250,000 with First Data Government Solutions LP for “SAWS Liaison Services” on a one-year contract that runs Nov. 2-Nov. 1, 2021. That’s likely a reference to First Government Corp., now part of Wisconsin-based Fiserve Inc.; and OSI’s purchase is likely for Statewide Automated Welfare System services.
• $178,600 with San Francisco-based Epic Machines Inc. for “Anaplan Model Builder Annual License Agreement 71034057 ENY 2020” on a nearly two-year contract from Nov. 9-Nov. 1, 2022. That most likely refers to Anaplan, the planning and performance management software that enables businesses to plan and model via a single interface.
• $16,100 with the Military Department for “External Website Penetration Test – CMIPS Agreement 79033976-IA 20-21 CYB ENY 2020” on a one-year contract from Nov. 2-Nov. 2, 2021. This probably refers to a contract for penetration testing for OSI’s Case Management, Information and Payrolling System Office, which responds to the needs of the state’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Program. That testing appears to have been provided by the California Military Department.
• $3,000 with Sacramento-based Noted Technology Solutions Inc. for “Micro Focus (Attachmate) Reflection Enterprise Suite Business Support Level A PoP: 12/01/20-11/30/21 ITO/WDTIP” on a contract beginning Nov. 30 and of indeterminate length. This appears to be a contract for Attachmate’s Reflection Enterprise Suite software, now a part of Micro Focus.
• $2,600 with Allied Network Solutions Inc., a not unfamiliar name in state contracts, for “SonarSource SonarQube Developer Edition up to 500k LOCs Term: 1/10/2021-1/09/2022” on a contract that began Nov. 7 and is of indeterminate length. This likely refers to SonarQube, an automatic code review tool from SonarSource, and as many as 500,000 lines of code (LOCs).