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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 5, 2016 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-j <br /> SUBJECT: Resolution Regarding a Purchase Agreement between Orange County Schools <br /> and Chase Equipment Finance to Provide Computers for Teachers and <br /> Students <br /> DEPARTMENT: Financial and Administrative <br /> Services <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Resolution Gary Donaldson, Finance and <br /> Administrative Services, 919-245- <br /> 2453 <br /> Bonnie Hammersley, County Manager, <br /> 919-245-2300 <br /> Todd Wirt, OCS Superintendent, 919- <br /> 732-8126 <br /> Todd Jones, Chief Technology Officer <br /> 919-732-8126 <br /> PURPOSE: To adopt a resolution approving a purchase agreement between Orange County <br /> Schools (OCS) and Chase Equipment Finance for the purchase of computers for teachers and <br /> students to upgrade the District's digital technology. <br /> BACKGROUND: As part of Orange County Schools (District) need to utilize current technology <br /> to educate the students of its school district, the Orange County Board of Education approved <br /> on March 7, 2016 the purchase of 6,600 Dell Chromebooks for grades 3-12 students, 1,000 <br /> Apple iPads for K-2"d grade students, 700 Dell Latitude laptops for K-12 teachers, and <br /> associated accessories and management systems. This purchase will allow the District to <br /> replace the devices purchased for the original classroom computer project, now completing its <br /> fourth year. <br /> The computers currently utilized in grades 6 through 12 were purchased in bulk in 2012, with <br /> the elementary grades following shortly thereafter. According to Orange County Schools <br /> technology staff, the devices have been heavily used by students and are at the end of their <br /> effective usefulness and expected lifespan. The district is also changing computing platforms <br /> for the student computers, thereby making a staggered replacement problematic as it would <br /> leave some students with devices well beyond their expected service life and potentially <br /> creating inequities in computing platform throughout the District. <br /> The total cost of the purchase of the computers is $2,280,316. Orange County Schools <br /> received financing proposals from BB&T, Winthrop Resources, Dell, and Chase Equipment <br />