As of Monday, the California Department of Technology had made 16 purchases of IT goods — not a record-setting number in a month, but it had spent more than $21 million on just the five costliest buys. CDT spent $22,703,005 on those purchases. Here, with rounding, is where that money went, based on data in the State Contract and Procurement Registration System:
- $10 million with Crayon Software Experts LLC for “O365 GCCE5 FromSA ShrdSvr ALNG SubsVL MVL PerUsr Term: 8/1/2021 - 3/27/2022.” This was a more than four-year contract that runs from Aug. 1-March 31, 2026. It most likely reflects the ongoing need for Microsoft Office 365 E5 government community cloud shared servers — and a volume licensing purchase.
- $8.3 million with Crayon Software Experts for “M365 E5 From SA GCC ALNG SubsVL MVL PerUsr Term: 8/1/2021 - 3/27/2022.” This, too, was a more than four-year contract that runs from Aug. 1-March 31, 2026. It probably reflects the ongoing need for Office 365 E5 government community cloud shared servers — and another volume licensing purchase.
- $3.3 million with Taborda Solutions for “Splunk Enterprise ... License with Standard Success Plan ... “ likely a reference to the purchase of software and support. This is a three-year contract from Aug. 1-July 31, 2024.
- $580,000 with Crayon Software Experts for “M365 E5 From SA GCC ALNG SubsVL MVL PerUsr Term: 8/1/2021 - 3/27/2022.” This was another more than four-year contract that runs from Aug. 1-March 31, 2026 — and also likely indicates the need for Office 365 E5 government community cloud shared servers — and a volume licensing purchase.
- $544,000 with NTT America Inc. for “Network Assurance 100 n-node pack ... subscription with standard support and content.” CDT made the purchase Aug. 12.
