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The Department of Finance, Office of Management and Budget and DTI work together to achieve the provisions outlined in 29 Del. C. §9006C related to the requirements for agency technology projects. Section 6.6.1 – Technology Purchases, in the State of Delaware Budget and Accounting Policy, lays the groundwork for procuring any IT related products and services.

The examples shown below are not comprehensive or inclusive of all scenarios. Each organization is encouraged to work with their Customer Engagement Specialist to discuss their State organization’s needs.

 

Examples of IT-related items requiring review and approval include:

  • Hardware maintenance support contracts, original and renewals;
  • Software maintenance support contracts, original and renewals, includes arrangements with third-party contractors who provide continuing application support services;
  • Software licenses;
  • Computer equipment (PC/desktop, laptop, notebook, tablet, monitors, printers, servers), both new and replacement (especially, bulk or department-wide replenishments);
  • Application/system/infrastructure enhancement activities; and
  • IT-related training and education that is directly related to a project that requires a Business Case review.

Exceptions to the review and approval requirement include:

  • Daily operational components including supplies (e.g., paper, toner cartridges, forms) and spare parts for day-to-day operations (e.g., memory, hard drives);
  • Legislature spending on IT-related goods and services;
  • DTI’s own purchases of IT-related goods and services;
  • Department of State, Division of Libraries spending on IT-related, telephone and security goods and services (The Libraries do not have to follow DTI standards & policies for IT purchases.);
  • Delaware National Guard purchases of IT-related goods and services;
  • Higher Education (UD, DSU, DTCC) spending on IT-related, telephone and security goods and services;
  • School district purchases of IT-related, telephone and security goods and services;
  • Charter school purchases of IT-related, telephone and security goods and services;
  • Change orders/PO Modifications that result in decrease of the dollar amount of a purchase order, requisition or voucher; and Change orders/PO Modifications that are strictly accounting related (e.g., changing appropriation or account numbers, the accounting date, or other similar elements).