Chromebooks, Hard Cases, White Glove and Google Management Licenses
Agency: Mississippi > Pearl River County School District
Reverse Auction: 33897936

REVERSE AUCTION HELP/FAQ
REVERSE AUCTION INFORMATION:

The Pearl River County School District is seeking to obtain proposals for Student Chromebooks. The District is accepting bids from qualified companies for a solution in accordance with the terms, conditions and requirements set forth in the Invitation for Bid (“Invitation for Bid” or “IFB”).
 
The bids will be received by an Electronic Sealed Bid Process administered by Central Bidding on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 1:00 PM CST at which time bidding will begin and run until Vendors have completed entering all bids. Thereafter, bids will be taken under advisement and an award will result after careful consideration of all scoring categories.
 
A complete bid package which contains bid instructions, specifications and requirements may be obtained from Central Bidding.  The following must be placed in the Subject Line of the email:
 
Chromebooks for Pearl River County SD 
Potential Vendors will receive a complete bid package and information on how to register with Central Bidding. Please include full contact information including company name, contact person, contact person’s email address and phone number. Emailed requests will be filled within 24 hours of submission and successful registration.
 
Specification and requirement responses other than price must be submitted for this bid event electronically in PDF format only and are due on Friday, October 13, at 2:00 PM CST. These PDF responses are to be submitted to the following two recipients:
 
  [email protected]
 
[email protected]
 
Do not include pricing information with your specification and requirement responses. Pricing will only be taken online at the appointed time and date.
No bids shall be withdrawn for a period of 45 days without the written consent of Pearl River County SD. Within the limitations of Mississippi State Purchasing Laws, Pearl River County SD reserves the right to reject any or all bids received, to waive any informalities or irregularities in the bids received, or to accept any bid which is deemed the most favorable offering.
 
 
Pearl River County School District
 
Advertise September 27, 2023
 
Advertise October 4, 2023
 
Electronic Bid Specification and Requirement Responses – October 13 @ 2:00 PM CST
 
Electronic Bid for Pricing – October 17, 2023 @ 1:00 PM CST


Chromebooks:

? Quantity: 3300 units

? Description: HP Chromebook 11 G9 Education Edition - 11.6" - Celeron N4500 - 4 GB RAM - 32 GB eMMC - US

? Specifications: HP Chromebook 11 G9 Education Edition, Intel Celeron N4500 / 1.1 GHz, UHD Graphics, 32 GB eMMC, Wi-Fi 6, Chrome OS, 4 GB RAM, 11.6" 1366 x 768 (HD) Screen
Chromebooks:

? Quantity: 300 units

? Description: HP Chromebook 11 G9 Education Edition - 11.6" - Celeron N4500 - 4 GB RAM - 32 GB eMMC - US

? Specifications: HP Chromebook 11 G9 Education Edition, Intel Celeron N4500 / 1.1 GHz, UHD Graphics, 32 GB eMMC, Wi-Fi 6, Chrome OS, 4 GB RAM, 11.6" 1366 x 768 (HD) Touch Screen
? Warranty: ADP 4 Year - Extended Warranty with Accidental Damage Coverage. Repair

Depot.
Google Chrome Education Management Licenses:

? Quantity: 3600 licenses

? Description: Licenses to manage and administer Chromebook devices efficiently using

Google's management console, including device enrollment, configuration, security

settings, and software updates.

? Support: Ensure seamless management and monitoring of the Chromebook fleet.
White Glove:

? The device will be thoroughly inspected for physical damage or blemishes

? The device will be enrolled to the customer’s domain by performing enterprise

enrollment and validation

? The successfully configured device will be re-boxed for shipment

? Including asset tagging
Protective Covers:

? Hard Protective case.

 
REVERSE AUCTION BIDDING:

• The real-time bidding interface will appear below at the start date and time set by the owner. If you are viewing this page before the set start time of the reverse auction, you may need to refresh the page in your web browser in order to see the real-time bidding interface below.

• The Central Bidding time listed for this Reverse Auction is the official time for the placement of bids. All bidders acknowledge that this Reverse Auction is conducted electronically and relies on hardware, software, internal and external network speeds, as well as other variables that are outside of the control of Central Bidding. Central Bidding does not suggest waiting until the final seconds to place your Reverse Auction Bid. Vendors are solely responsible for the placement of timely bids.

• If you are viewing a Multi-Line Item Reverse Auction and you do not see the next item for bid once the time for that item expires, you may need to refresh/reload your page. You can do so by clicking the "Refresh" or "Reload" button which is normally located near the Home, Forward, and Back buttons in your web browser (depending on which web browser you are currently using).

• For questions regarding automatic extensions of the Reverse Auction time and other Reverse Auction technical information, please refer to the Anti-Bid Sniping section on the Reverse Auction FAQ page.

• When entering a bid amount, you may ONLY enter numbers (and one decimal point if necessary).


DO NOT ENTER A DOLLAR SIGN OR COMMA WITH YOUR BID AMOUNT.

SUBMITTAL INFORMATION
Owner/Creator Username: PRCSDTB
Reverse Auction Type: Single Item
Bid Solicitation Start Time/Date: 20-Sep-2023 12:00:00 AM CDT
Bid Solicitation End Time/Date: 13-Oct-2023 2:00:00 PM CDT
Reverse Auction Start Time/Date: 19-Oct-2023 11:00:00 AM CDT
Reverse Auction End Time/Date: 19-Oct-2023 12:15:00 PM CDT ( Expired )
Status Realtime Event
Action: Sign-In to Bid
Username:

Password:
DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
REVERSE AUCTION
Starting Bid Amount: $0.00
Current Winning Bid Amount: $ {current_winning_bid}

Time to auction end:
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Realtime bids history
UPDATE/ADDENDUM HISTORY
All updates/changes are listed below::
28-Sep-2023 1:17:22 PM CDT
Addendum 1 was added to the attached files to address some questions we received from potential bidders
18-Sep-2023 9:52:26 AM CDT
Updated submission and auction dates