Overview
The New Mexico Department of Information Technology (DoIT) is the executive branch's central IT agency, headquartered in Santa Fe. It delivers enterprise services to state agencies — telecommunications, network and internet access, server and application hosting, the statewide SHARE ERP system, and public-safety radio (the Digital Trunked Radio System) — and is organized into six authorized programs: Program Support, Compliance and Project Management, Enterprise Services, Equipment Replacement, Broadband, and Cybersecurity.
DoIT funds most of its operations through cost recovery: it charges customer agencies published rates for services rather than running on a large general-fund appropriation, and uses non-reverting equipment-replacement funds to refresh aging infrastructure. Two policy offices are administratively attached to DoIT but operate with their own mandates — the Office of Broadband Access & Expansion (OBAE), which is executing New Mexico's federal broadband buildout, and the Office of Cybersecurity (OCS), whose CISO now reports to a Cybersecurity Advisory Committee rather than to the CIO.
For a Dell seller, DoIT is both an enterprise-infrastructure buyer for the state's data-center and network estate and the central authority that shapes how other agencies procure IT.
- DoIT is the technology buying center — Cabinet Secretary & State CIO Manny Barreras leads statewide IT and the DTRS radio motion
- Enterprise Services Director John Padilla owns the consolidated hosting/network/cloud and equipment-refresh buying center — the core DoIT infrastructure motion
- DoIT's IT project review (and Contract Review Board for larger buys) is the approval gate for technology and professional-services procurement
- Fastest compliant path: a GSD Statewide Price Agreement (State Purchasing Division) — pre-competed and open to state and local government entities
- Formal solicitations are required above the $60K threshold under the State Procurement Code — scope deal size against that early
Where Dell Can Play
- Confirm Dell coverage on the relevant GSD statewide price agreements — that, plus DoIT's IT review path, is the access route to the New Mexico public sector.
- Lead the Enterprise Services / Equipment Replacement refresh with ISG (server, storage, network) and tie messaging to the FY27 rate-supported reinvestment in the shared estate.
- Engage the Office of Cybersecurity (CISO Sambandam) on whole-of-state shared security tooling, leveraging the SLCGP grant economics and statewide procurement vehicles.
- Position network/edge and middle-mile infrastructure around the OBAE $382M BEAD buildout by mapping the 31 grantees rather than chasing OBAE as a direct buyer.
- Build the DTRS/public-safety angle with Secretary Barreras as a sustained infrastructure track adjacent to core IT.
Budget & Fiscal
DoIT is funded primarily through cost recovery, not a large direct appropriation: it bills customer agencies published rates for enterprise services and sustains its non-reverting equipment-replacement funds from those fees. Its FY27 appropriation request (submitted September 2025) aligned spending to FY25 actuals and accommodated a 5% rate increase for Enterprise Services approved by the rate committee. The most consequential dollars in DoIT's orbit are pass-through and grant funds — most visibly the $382M federal broadband award flowing through OBAE.
- DoIT recovers operating costs by charging customer agencies for telecom, hosting, network, ISP access, public-safety radio, and SHARE — so spend on Dell infrastructure shows up inside enterprise-service rates rather than a single line item.
- The largest end-spending IT budgets sit with the big program agencies (HHS, Human Services, public safety); DoIT is the central provider and procurement gatekeeper, not always the wallet.
- Broadband and cybersecurity dollars are heavily federal/grant-funded and time-bound — confirm the fund source and period of performance before forecasting against them.
Initiatives & Priorities
New Mexico's $382M federal BEAD plan (approved by NTIA in Jan 2026) funds 31 grants to connect 42,500+ unserved/underserved locations across 32 of 33 counties, using a tech-neutral mix of fixed wireless, fiber, and LEO satellite. OBAE, attached to DoIT, runs the program. Adjacent opportunity for network, edge, and middle-mile infrastructure rather than a direct DoIT data-center play.
Broadband Federal FundsNew Mexico's Cybersecurity Act stood up an independent Office of Cybersecurity whose CISO reports to a Cybersecurity Advisory Committee, with scope extended to local, county, tribal, and education entities. The state expects roughly $13M over four years via the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (80% to locals) and is pursuing statewide procurement vehicles for shared security tooling.
Cybersecurity Whole-of-StateDoIT's Enterprise Services program is the core motion for Dell: consolidated hosting, network, cloud, and the equipment-replacement refresh cycle for aging state infrastructure. The 5% FY27 rate increase signals continued reinvestment in the shared estate.
Data Center ModernizationSecretary Barreras has named expansion of the statewide public-safety radio system (DTRS) a top priority to improve coverage and interoperability for federal, state, local, and tribal users — a sustained capital and infrastructure track adjacent to DoIT's core IT services.
Public Safety InfrastructureProcurement
New Mexico buying runs through two layers: the General Services Department (GSD) State Purchasing Division, which establishes statewide price agreements open to state and local government entities, and DoIT, which reviews IT projects and professional-services procurement. Confirm Dell's coverage on the relevant GSD statewide price agreements and understand where a deal needs DoIT's IT review.
| Vehicle / gate | What it means for Dell |
|---|---|
| GSD Statewide Price Agreements | The State Purchasing Division (GSD) establishes statewide pricing agreements usable by NM governmental entities; the state notes over $6B expended annually across these and cooperative contracts. The primary path to pre-competed access — confirm Dell hardware/services coverage. |
| DoIT IT review & professional-services route | Goods and non-professional services generally go through GSD; professional services and IT projects route through DFA/DoIT, with DoIT IT project review and a Contract Review Board in the loop for technology buys. |
| Formal solicitations (>$60K) | Procurements above the $60K threshold require formal sealed bids/proposals under the State Procurement Code; below it, agencies use quote-based methods. Scope deal size against these thresholds early. |
Spend Signals
GovSpend · as of Aug 5, 2026Dell vs. competitors (spend, payee)
Open bids / RFPs
| Solicitation | Due |
|---|---|
| High-Speed Internet Service As A Direct Connection New Mexico Department of Information Technology, New Mexico | Aug 21, 2026 |
- PO numbering here is clean sequential (e.g. '0000012585') with no VEN:/DT: duplicate-record artifacts seen elsewhere in this batch — spot-checked across the largest vendors (Insight, Dell Marketing LP) with no repeated DOC numbers or amounts found.
- Excluded as not on the named vendor list, all real and material: Motorola Solutions $54.5M (DTRS public-safety radio, matches the account's own DTRS narrative), Comcast $32.2M, Cellco Partnership/Verizon $26.3M, Qwest/CenturyLink $16.8M+$11.2M, plus numerous rural telecom cooperatives and Pueblo/Tribal entities (Pueblo of Laguna, Santo Domingo Pueblo, Pueblo of Jemez, etc.) receiving BEAD/broadband grant pass-through funds — all telecom/broadband spend consistent with DoIT's OBAE and DTRS programs, not IT hardware resale.
- dellFootprint could not be computed with the standard product-name text-match method (zero matches for dell/poweredge/optiplex/etc., and likewise zero for Cisco/HPE/Lenovo/Apple product terms): line-item descriptions here are generic ('Information Tech Equipment', 'IT HW/SW Agreements', 'Supply Inventory IT') with no brand names. The figure below sums Vendor.Name 'Dell Marketing LP' (9 records, all 'Supply Inventory IT') as a direct-only floor; no other Dell entity variant (Financial Services, EMC) appeared. Dell sold through Insight/Carahsoft/SHI/Presidio/WWT cannot be isolated from this dataset.
- categories is omitted: LineItem.Category is empty for these records.
- expiringContracts is omitted: DoIT's own GovSpend agencyId (54852) has exactly one contract on file (a Gartner service agreement that expired 2026-06-30, before this window) — effectively no contract data captured for DoIT.
Power Structure
| Decision-maker | Why they matter |
|---|---|
| Manny Barreras Cabinet Secretary & State CIO | Senate-confirmed March 2025 (appointed Sept 2024); former Motorola Solutions account executive. Top relationship for the statewide IT and DTRS radio motion. |
| Jason Habedank Deputy Cabinet Secretary | Joined Feb 2024 with 25+ years of IT and leadership experience; key operational counterpart. |
| Raja Sambandam State CISO (Office of Cybersecurity) | Reports to the Cybersecurity Advisory Committee, not the CIO, with statewide (incl. local/tribal) scope. Owner of the whole-of-state security buying center. |
| John Padilla Director, Enterprise Services | Owns the consolidated hosting/network/cloud and equipment-refresh buying center — the core DoIT infrastructure motion. |
| Jeff Lopez Director, Office of Broadband Access & Expansion | Runs the $382M BEAD program and grant awards — the broadband/middle-mile relationship. |
News & Signals
Sources
- NM DoIT — Leadership
- NM DoIT — FY2027 Appropriation Request (NMDFA)
- NM Office of the Governor — Feds approve $382M broadband plan
- GovTech — New Mexico Gives CISO More Reach, Independence
- NM DoIT — Senate confirms Manny Barreras
- NM GSD — Statewide Price Agreements
- NM DoIT — Broadband program
- NM DoIT — Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (1.12.5 & 1.12.9 NMAC), May 2026
- NM DoIT — New Mexico fully funds first responder radio network (Apr 2026)
- Los Alamos Daily Post — State Awards 19th Tribal Community Broadband Planning Grant (July 10, 2026)