HCPSS MPIA Request #2020-371

Requested Information
I am requesting documents that list the specifications of the chromebooks approved at the BOE meeting on 4/7/2020 from the contract approved on July 12, 2018.

Specifically, I am looking for the attributes of the chromebooks that make them "industrial" and therefore justify the increased expense over chromebooks with the same functionality that could be purchased for less at Best Buy or other retailer.

Please also list the software that will be included on these devices.
Date Received
Status
Complete
Responsive Documents
Responsive to this request, please find attached specifications for the Chromebooks requested. With regards to software, staff indicates these devices are managed by web-based management console. Additional discussion about this purchase can be found under the video link within the Bids and Contracts agenda item from April 7, 2020: http://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BN9HZS4AF739, and subsequently under the video link within the April 16, 2020, Board of Education budget discussion: http://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BNER5T681B9A.

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