Contracted out: How Maryland school districts do business
The Baltimore City Public Schools board made 2,411 recorded payments above $25,000 from FY2019 to FY2022 to 979 total distinct vendors. The school board paid these major vendors a total of $1,958,732,446 over that period.
This data does not contain payments to most local, state and federal government agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service or Maryland Board of Education, which are often the top vendor, because of inconsistencies among counties in interpreting the reporting law.
Explore the top 10 recipients of that money below, or browse our database for records from Baltimore City Public Schools.
Top 10 Vendors
| Vendor Name | Total Amount |
|---|---|
| CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield | $400,800,458 |
| Express Scripts | $126,338,416 |
| Daly Computers Inc | $48,878,635 |
| WGL Energy Systems Inc. | $30,093,451 |
| Baltimore Curriculum Project | $29,216,248 |
| Cam Construction Co Inc | $27,203,017 |
| Durham School Services | $26,696,083 |
| J F Fischer Inc | $25,522,321 |
| Kaiser Permanente | $25,399,108 |
| Afya Public Charter School | $24,542,805 |
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Between FY2019 and FY2022, Baltimore City Public Schools paid a combined $400,800,458 to the vendor CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, which is the school board's top recipient across all payments.
Hover over the bars on the chart below to see the top vendors over the observed years, or hover over the line graph to see the total spending from this school district by year.
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