Obion County Board of Education
May 7, 2012

Background Information:

In addition to advertising, we solicited bids for the purchase of a Microsoft Software agreement that is based on three hundred sixty (360) FTE employees, which includes licensing for Microsoft Office, Windows 7.0, and server CAL for the System. This purchase was anticipated during the budget planning process and funds are available for this purchase within the General Purpose School Fund budget for the current fiscal year as previously approved by the Board. We received bids from five (5) companies, which are summarized on the bid request tally sheet. Individual bids were as follows:

GovConnection – $18,352.00
CDW Government LLC – $19,011.60
Personal Computer Systems, Inc. – $18,914.40
Aprisa Technology LLC – $18,320.00
Central Knox, Inc. – $18,684.00

Staff Recommendation:

I recommend approval of the low bid meeting all specifications as submitted by Aprisa Technology LLC in the amount of $18,320.00 for the Microsoft Software agreement.