Before the pandemic, many public sectors in Sweden relied heavily on American cloud services. Thepandemic's onset necessitated remote work, highlighting the need for secure and legally compliantcommunication systems. The dSam project (Digital Collaboration Platform for the Public Sector)evaluated the market for such solutions, completing its report in autumn 2022. The project's mainpurpose was to investigate, analyze, and present factors influencing the procurement of digitalinformation systems within the public sector in Sweden, and to understand the interaction betweenpeople and technology. This understanding aims to optimize behaviors and attitudes forsuccessful procurement. The empirical material includes semi-structured interviews with authoritiesand supplementary observations. The study identifies ten key factors affecting the procurement ofdigital information systems in the Swedish public sector and highlights a significant research gap intheories related to IT artifacts.