County Government

This is a real-life case study of how Green Technology Services successfully saved the county government & taxpayers approximately $660,000.
 

IT Cost Comparison

Project Details

Business: County Government
Location: Salem, NJ
Website: salemcountynj.gov
Services: Managed Services, Networking, Website Design

County-Run IT Department

Three Full-Time County Employees:

  • Network Administrator
  • Technical Support Specialist
  • Data Processing Programmer

PLUS Temporary IT Contractors when required

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Cost of Full-Time Employees: $297,757

  • Salaries – 179,703
  • Overtime – 2,378
  • Taxes – 15,095
  • Pension – 21,851
  • Workers Comp – 6,289
  • Medical – 59,233
  • Training (1) – 12,432
  • Mileage – 776

Cost of Temporary Staffing (2013): $77,127

  • Protocol Temporary Staff – $53,885
  • PC Networks Temporary Staff – $14,327
  • JHS Web Design – $8,915

Other Office & Phone Operating Expenses: $1,640

TOTAL COST OF COUNTY-RUN IT DEPARTMENT: $376,524

Bar chart showing savings

Green Tech Services Outsourcing

Eleven GTS Team Members:

  • Industry Certified Network Techs and Engineers
  • Web Designer / Multimedia Specialist
  • Telecom Engineers
  • Network Security Specialists

Other services / amenities included in contract:

  • 24/7 Availability
  • On Site Staffing
  • Helpdesk
  • Web Design and Maintenance
  • Information Technology Management Services
  • Network Monitoring
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Security Patch Management
  • Risk Analysis
  • License Management
  • Antivirus Software

TOTAL COST OF OUTSOURCING TO GREEN TECHNOLOGY SERVICES: $266,600.00

Savings so far: $109,924

Additional Project Savings:

Upgrade Project – Network Infrastructure and 204 new PCs and Laptops
County IT Estimate: $1.75 million
Outsourced IT Vendor: $1.2 million

Additional Savings $550,000.00

TOTAL TAXPAYER SAVINGS:

$659,924