Vendor · #4854 by total payments to the State of Delaware

Tess INC

Tess INC has been paid $338,469 by the State of Delaware since FY2018, primarily through Dept of Education's Indian River School District division.

ARP federal fundsRecent payments
$338K
total payments · FY18–FY26
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Aug 3, 2017First payment
May 19, 2026Last payment
85Payments
0Documents
6Programs
5Agencies

Relationships

Programs

ProgramAgencyAmountYears
Indian River School District Dept of Education $147,605 FY18–FY26
Sussex Technical Schl District Dept of Education $54,850 FY18–FY26
Cape Henlopen School District Dept of Education $31,975 FY18–FY26
Howard T. Ennis School Dept of Education $30,920 FY18–FY26
Facility Operations Dept of Health & Social Services $25,349 FY18–FY26
Patrol Dept of Safety & Homeland Sec $20,140 FY18–FY26
Sussexvotech Esser III #19-21 Federal — American Rescue Plan $54,850 FY22

Money

Where it goes
By category
Building/Grounds Repair
$203K
Maintenance
$68K
Sanitary Services
$29K
Other Professional Service
$24K
Office Supplies
$6K
Which pot of money
Federal Funds
$55K
General Fund
$29K
Local Funds
$21K
General Fund
$9K
Capital Projects
$6K
By fiscal year
FY18$170K
FY19$20K
FY20$11K
FY21$16K
FY22$62K
FY23$17K
FY24$25K
FY25$4K
FY26$14K
State credit-card purchases $18K · 4 years
Fiscal yearAmountTransactions
FY21$4571
FY22$4,9507
FY23$9,57218
FY24$3,1008
Who swipes, and for what
DepartmentCategoryAmountTransactions
Dept of Safety and HomelandArchitectural Engineering... $8,20018
Dept of Safety and HomelandAntique Shops-Sales Repairs... $2,6007
Dept of CorrectionsArchitectural Engineering... $1,9004
Del Tech and Comm CollegeArchitectural Engineering... $1,5221
Dept of Natrl Res and Env ContArchitectural Engineering... $1,5001
LegalArchitectural Engineering... $1,4001
Dept of CorrectionsAntique Shops-Sales Repairs... $5001
Laurel School DistrictArchitectural Engineering... $4571

Source: state employee credit-card dataset, matched by merchant name. FY2025 is missing from the state portal.

How the spending is booked 6 account lines
AccountAmountLine items
Maintenance$65,4982
Building/Grounds Repair$31,6769
Sanitary Services$19,32324
Other Professional Service$3,0721
Food Service Operations$2,1322
Custodial Service Ofc/Bldg/Grd$8001

Fund and account lines come from the expenditure-detail dataset (source ↗), which itemizes payments at a finer grain than the checkbook.

Yearly totals — full table 9 fiscal years
Fiscal yearTotalChecks
FY18$169,68214
FY19$19,7089
FY20$10,7418
FY21$15,83715
FY22$61,6788
FY23$17,20110
FY24$25,0117
FY25$4,3917
FY26$14,2217
Browse every payment 85 checks →
Recent payments latest 15 checks
DateDepartmentCategoryAmount
May 19, 2026 Dept of Safety & Homeland SecSanitary Services $525
Feb 12, 2026 Dept of Safety & Homeland SecSanitary Services $425
Oct 16, 2025 Dept of EducationBuilding/Grounds Repair $1,116
Sep 18, 2025 Dept of EducationBuilding/Grounds Repair $6,768
Sep 18, 2025 Dept of EducationBuilding/Grounds Repair $4,512
Sep 9, 2025 Dept of Safety & Homeland SecSanitary Services $425
Jul 16, 2025 Dept of Safety & Homeland SecSanitary Services $450
Jun 12, 2025 Dept of Natrl Res and Env ContBuilding/Grounds Repair $369
May 16, 2025 Dept of Safety & Homeland SecSanitary Services $450
Apr 25, 2025 Dept of Safety & Homeland SecSanitary Services $450
Feb 7, 2025 Dept of Safety & Homeland SecSanitary Services $540
Jan 17, 2025 Dept of Safety & Homeland SecSanitary Services $450
Jul 24, 2024 Dept of EducationFood Service Operations $672
Jul 24, 2024 Dept of EducationFood Service Operations $1,460
Jun 21, 2024 Dept of Natrl Res and Env ContSanitary Services $5,063

Source: State of Delaware checkbook · synced 2026-07-25. Open source dataset ↗

Source datasets

State checkbook (payments) · synced 2026-07-25 data.delaware.gov/d/5s6n-7hpx ↗
ARP transparency (federal funds) data.delaware.gov/d/e2rw-zi3s ↗