Activity Four – Statewide Device and Software Purchasing Consortium

Activity Four just finished receiving commitments through the State Procurement Online Tool (SPOT) for the device purchasing project. In all, over 475 districts forecasted that they would be purchasing devices through the pilot project. Here is the breakdown of the number of devices by type that were committed to be purchased:

Description Forecasted:

Netbook Computer, Windows 6,088
Netbook Computer, MacOS 2,633
Netbook Computer, Chromebook 16,017
Notebook Computer, Windows 6,523
Notebook Computer, MacOS 2,296
Notebook Computer, Linux 581
Tablet Computer, iOS 33,939
Tablet Computer, Android 2,303
Tablet Computer, Windows 1,462

Grand Total 71,842


Information on the incentive rebate will be sent out soon so that districts can begin to plan for the potential amount of money they will receive through the device incentive program.