Indiana’s K-12 schools have already purchased more than 463,000 computer items at a discount, and now those purchases are delivering another return: rebates of more than $1.1 million.
Indiana Department of Administration Commissioner Rob Wynkoop said 125 schools and school corporations will receive the rebates – ranging from $525 to more than $110,000 – as a result of purchases the schools made through a state contract with Dell Computer Corp.
The rebates are in addition to the discounted cost of products available to schools via the state’s ability to negotiate extremely competitive pricing.
At a discount, schools have purchased 42,075 desktops, 29,685 laptops and 610 servers, in addition to printers, imaging devices and peripherals in the last three years. Over the five years of the state’s OneIndiana program, the contract with Dell has saved an estimated $14 million for Indiana schools on computer-related purchases. One year ago, the state initiated K-12Indiana to provide more targeted savings for schools through state-negotiated purchasing contracts.
The state is expanding its effort to save money for schools beyond computers through K12Indiana. Using a state purchasing portal, schools participating in the free program are provided easy access to a broad range of state-negotiated contracts for many of their purchases.
K-12Indiana is a partnership started in 2010 between the state and Indiana Educational Service Centers that gives K-12 public schools the purchasing advantage of statewide-negotiated contracts, organized into convenient online catalogs, all on one easy-to-use website.
For more information, visit: www.k12indiana.com.
