CATEGORY HISTORY. New York State Executive Agencies spent approximately $140 million on HBITS during the 2010-2011 State Fiscal Year. Historically, the amount spent has been distributed across several contracting vehicles and across multiple Executive Agencies with little consistency and continuity. The result was a very inefficient HBITS program and process. Following a detailed analysis of prior Statewide spending in this IT category, several areas were identified for savings within the procurement area of HBITS. The sourcing analysis showed that Executive Agencies paid vastly different hourly rates for similar job titles; sometimes differing by more than 40%. In addition, the prior procurement process proved to be costly and time consuming for both the Authorized Users and vendors. As a result, several agencies developed their own information technology services contracts and created a unique process for obtaining hourly-based consultants. This caused confusion within and across the Executive Agencies and within the vendor community. It is clear through the analysis that the Executive Agencies in many cases did not have visibility into the hourly xxxx rates being paid to vendors across agencies, nor did the State understand the layers of sub-contracting occurring within placements. This HBITS Contract seeks to resolve the identified issues. The State will compel most, if not all, spending on HBITS for Executive Agencies via this HBITS Contract.
