Nerd:Purchase2008

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List of bidders

sent email without and with attachment am on wed 23rd.

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added tigerdirect.com on 4/23/07 @ 11:17 am

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doc attached

O:\SKIP\2008rfp-bids-quotes

RFP – ALMA SCHOOL DISTRICT 1023 Hwy 64 East Alma, AR 72921 ph 479-632-4717 fx 479-632-4718 sthompson@almasd.net Bids are due Wednesday, May 30, 2007. Delivery by June 10, 2007 required. Invoice dated July 1. Payment can be expected by July 10.
For this year, I'm looking for 150 units of
HP/Compaq, Small Forms preferred, not required. will consider any top tier vendor, please submit your best deal for our consideration. We want to spend our tax payer funded dollars as wisely as possible! Minimum Specs are
  1. .P4/Celeron (1500 mhz+)
  2. .1gb RAM +
  3. .Windows XPPro COA
  4. .20GB HDD +
  5. .CDROM/sound/keyboard/mouse /power cord
  6. .1 year hardware warranty (or 15% more units for same cost)
we also need 150 monitors (give us your best deal on top tier)
17" CRT monitor
15” LCD
17” LCD
or________ (anything else 19, 20” anyone?)
As in the past, we will award the bid and let everyone know on the May 30th. Thank you for participating. Feel free to ask any questions before, during or after the cycle. Skip Thompson
Technology Director
Alma School District

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incoming quotes/bids

purpose of the buy is to replace last remaining white boxes (P3) running XP on teachers desks. jeanne and thad conducted survey of buildings, actual number of pc's needed is 135. skip ordered 150 to round it off.

The following returned bids

  1. "Ken Ballantyne" <kballantyne@insightinvestments.com>
  2. "Dino Lauretti" <DLauretti@cdicomputers.com>
  3. <Saturno.Pabon@TIGERDIRECT.COM>
  4. "James Bonisteel" <james@macx.com>
  5. "Marquette, Alex" <amarquette@itxchange.com>
  6. "drew russell" <drussell@flmicro.com>
Vendor met spec? amount/pc winner?
Insight yes 204 yes
ITXchange yes 260 no
CDI yes 228 no
usmicro yes 215 no
tigerdirect yes 549.91 no
florida micro yes 645.33 no

on 5/31. at 1:30 pm. skip sent email to "08bidders" with doc attached O:\SKIP\2008rfp-bids-quotesDesktopaward-alma.doc 

desktops awarded to ken ballyntine @insight investments.

s 00:25, 13 August 2007 (CDT)

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9th lab bid details

contacted ken for 30 more units of previous order d510 1gb. et.al. sent out rfq on 30 monitors to 08bidders 15 or 17 lcd 17 crt

Vendor size? crt/lcd price
tigerdirect 17 crt 130.99
itxchange crt 17 refurb 47
itxchange lcd 17 157
itxchange 17 new crt 83
insight 15 lcd 110
insight 17 hp-debranded lcd 145
mac-pcxchange 15 crt 86.50
florida micro 15 aoc new lcd 157
florida micro 17 crt 176
florida micro 17 lcd 157
florida micro acer 17 lcd 164
cdi 17 crt 42
cdi 17 lcd 139
masterworks hp 17 crt 25 
s 06:03, 14 August 2007 (CDT)sent po's

m109 to ken @insight for desktops.... D51S SFF P4/2.4/1024/40/CD @$212

m112 to bob @ masterworks for monitors MON17INCS1T016 371508-003-CS1 25.0000 25.00 MNTR-HP, s7540, 17" CRT, 0.28mm, 1280x1024@60Hz, CRBN/ @25 +shipping

expressed needs for expedited handling. both replied favorably. ken says monday latest. friday possibly bob says 3 day fedex only 200.

should be able to finish project monday 20th after school hours.

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10 cdr drives

******** text sent to active bidders**********

hi everyone,

I need a bit of supply of these to finish the year. requirements are simple

qty 10 IDE connector 5.25 internal size black or gray or silver face cd-r (rw ok) any software nero/roxio ok

dvd r-rw considered if you have a good deal on those please let me know. --

Vendor new/refurb? speed price
itxchange refurb mix $10.10
Techdepot new 52 $39.55
cdi ref cdr 12
cdi new dvd-r 26.50
PC & MacExchange new 32 $36.99
insight refurb mix $10 
Skip decided to award to Alex @ ITxchange. good history, not purchased a lot from him lately. cheapest price
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