Vendors / Carahsoft
Carahsoft
2states with a current system
2current state systems: unemployment insurance 2
$10.4Min documented contract totals (1 system)
7contract actions on record
2021–2026years covered by the record
How these are counted: from this site's records only, so they grow as more states are researched. 4 states appear in the record in all, including replaced systems. Contract totals are approved ceilings or current contract values as the source states them, not money paid, and they are summed only where a state was researched in depth.
Every state system and contract action on this site that names Carahsoft. Figures are as stated in each source; follow the state link for the full record.
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State systems 2
| State | System | Agency | Product | Cost | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | Unemployment insurance systems (EZARC claims, Tax21 employer tax) and the UI modernization | Arkansas Division of Reemployment (Department of Commerce); formerly the Division of Workforce Services | Legacy mainframe benefits system (about 50 years old in 2023) and Tax21 employer tax system (about 11 years old in 2023), being moved to Amazon Web Services | $10.4M Carahsoft mainframe contract | state page |
| Wisconsin | UI benefits system modernization (claimant portal, worker portal and mainframe) | Department of Workforce Development | Custom build, cloud based; rescaled in 2025 to convert COBOL code to a modern language on premises | $80.8M budget; $55.2M spent to June 2026 | state page |
Contract actions 7
| Date | State | Action | Amount | Running total | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2022 | District of Columbia | Salesforce cloud licenses | $55,577 | source Public record | |
| Oct 23, 2023 | Arkansas | DWS UI Mainframe Modernization Project, original | $9,325,000 | $9,325,000 | source Public record |
| Jul 3, 2024 | Wisconsin | Google Cloud professional services for UI modernization, up to 52 weeks (quote 48456476). DWD later said there was no contract with the vendor to complete the work. | $18,247,000 | source Public record | |
| Sep 24, 2024 | Hawaii | Data preparation and cloud solutions for systems modernization (Carahsoft/Guidehouse support), 10/1/2024 to 5/31/2027 | $7,504,824 | source Public record | |
| Oct 14, 2024 | Arkansas | Amendment 1: extends to 7/31/2025 and adds scope | $1,067,024 | $10,392,024 | source Public record |
| Aug 18, 2025 | Arkansas | UI modernization go-live (hypercare) support for an application migrated to AWS; original plus Amendment 1 ($300,000) | $600,000 | $600,000 | source Public record |
| Apr 24, 2026 | Arkansas | Amendment 2: adds to the go-live support contract | $226,859 | $826,859 | source Public record |