Post by miamianne67 on Aug 6, 2020 15:01:45 GMT
Company that bungled Florida unemployment system gets new $135 million state contract
BY KIRBY WILSON AND LAWRENCE MOWER HERALD/TIMES TALLAHASSEE BUREAU
AUGUST 05, 2020 10:54 AM , UPDATED AUGUST 05, 2020 07:55 PM
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on May 4, 2020, that his inspector general will investigate the contract with Deloitte Consulting to produce the state's unemployment website, which has failed repeatedly.
TALLAHASSEE
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is preparing to award a nine-figure state contract to the company responsible for Florida’s disastrous unemployment system.
Deloitte Consulting beat out four other companies for a contract to centralize and manage Florida’s Medicaid data, the state Agency for Health Care Administration announced Monday. The agency is expected to enter negotiations with Deloitte in the coming weeks.
The announcement came after the company has weathered months of scorn for its 2013 overhaul of Florida’s unemployment system. Deloitte was paid more than $40 million to create CONNECT to handle unemployment claims. Amid a crush of coronavirus-related unemployment claims in March, it failed immediately and repeatedly.
DeSantis himself has blasted CONNECT and ordered his inspector general to investigate the state’s 2011 contract with Deloitte, which was signed a few months after Gov. Rick Scott took office.
The most recent contract is worth $135 million, according to Politico. A spokeswoman for the Agency for Health Care Administration did not comment, saying the department is under a 72-hour blackout period following Monday’s announcement.
The losing bidders included other multinational corporations such as IBM and Accenture.
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BY KIRBY WILSON AND LAWRENCE MOWER HERALD/TIMES TALLAHASSEE BUREAU
AUGUST 05, 2020 10:54 AM , UPDATED AUGUST 05, 2020 07:55 PM
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on May 4, 2020, that his inspector general will investigate the contract with Deloitte Consulting to produce the state's unemployment website, which has failed repeatedly.
TALLAHASSEE
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is preparing to award a nine-figure state contract to the company responsible for Florida’s disastrous unemployment system.
Deloitte Consulting beat out four other companies for a contract to centralize and manage Florida’s Medicaid data, the state Agency for Health Care Administration announced Monday. The agency is expected to enter negotiations with Deloitte in the coming weeks.
The announcement came after the company has weathered months of scorn for its 2013 overhaul of Florida’s unemployment system. Deloitte was paid more than $40 million to create CONNECT to handle unemployment claims. Amid a crush of coronavirus-related unemployment claims in March, it failed immediately and repeatedly.
DeSantis himself has blasted CONNECT and ordered his inspector general to investigate the state’s 2011 contract with Deloitte, which was signed a few months after Gov. Rick Scott took office.
The most recent contract is worth $135 million, according to Politico. A spokeswoman for the Agency for Health Care Administration did not comment, saying the department is under a 72-hour blackout period following Monday’s announcement.
The losing bidders included other multinational corporations such as IBM and Accenture.
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