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November 21, 2008 By News Report
The Center for Digital Government's Paul Taylor was in Georgia during the signing. For more details, check out his blog.
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue yesterday announced the signing of contracts to consolidate and outsource IT operations for the state of Georgia. The contracts will lead to a transformation in the state's use of information technology and address the significant risks that currently threaten critical operations and services, according to the Governor's Office.
"Georgia's technology investments have not resulted in a reliable, recoverable and secure system that ensures data is protected and needs are being met," Perdue said. "We have two of our nation's most respected technology companies on board for this transformation, and I look forward to our partnership in providing the state better services than we have today at a cost savings to the taxpayer."
The state contract for IT Infrastructure Services was awarded to IBM. The contract is valued at $873 million over eight years with two, one-year options to renew. It includes mainframes, servers, print, service desk, end-user computing and disaster recovery. Dell and Xerox will be subcontractors. The commencement date is April 1, 2009.
The state contract for managed network services was awarded to AT&T. The contract is valued at $346 million over five years with two, one-year options to renew. It includes wide-area network, local-area network and voice services. The commencement date is May 1, 2009.
Over the length of the contracts, said the Governor's Office in a release, the state will save an estimated $180 million compared to the existing IT spend across the agencies affected by the change. GTA will not need additional funding from the state budget to get the contracts started.
A professional, third-party assessment of the state's IT operations in 2007 documented serious and chronic problems throughout state government, including aging infrastructure, inability to meet minimum industry standards, lack of processes and skills, little coordination of spending and deficiencies in disaster recovery.
The assessment concluded that the state's capabilities to fix its problems had deteriorated to such an extent, only a statewide effort drawing services and skills from the marketplace could bring about timely repairs.
The consolidation and outsourcing will result in numerous benefits, including:
The procurement process was the most competitive and rigorous in state history, said the release, with 31 vendors initially vying to provide services to the state.
"Technology management is not a state core competency, and our best option for a sustainable solution is in the marketplace," said Patrick Moore, executive director of the Georgia Technology Authority and state CIO. "Throughout the procurement process, we were clear about the problems we are solving and what we need."
A total of 291 current state employees will be offered jobs with IBM or one of its subcontractors and 33 will be offered jobs with AT&T.
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The office of the Governor of Georgia needs to read up on what IBM has been doing or not doing in the fiasco their contract with IBM has been. Unfortunately this comment may be too late for that.
The office of the Governor of Georgia needs to read up on what IBM has been doing or not doing in the fiasco their contract with IBM has been. Unfortunately this comment may be too late for that.
I wonder if Northrup Grummon bid on this, given the issues in Virginia. So, all this infrastructure is managed by ~260 people? In Virginia it was like 2 or 3 times that.
I wonder if Northrup Grummon bid on this, given the issues in Virginia. So, all this infrastructure is managed by ~260 people? In Virginia it was like 2 or 3 times that.