[Vision2020] Computer contract over estimate

[Sue Hovey]

Oh, I think he adds pretty well.  What he cannot do, is tell the truth.  Want to bet HP is helping to fund the YES vote?   One of the concerns I heard the other day concerned the type of bid.  It is so whole cloth that it cuts out all the smaller vendors.  I suppose HP might sub-contract, but that wasn’t  what the companies wanted.

Sue H 

From: Joe Campbell 
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:50 AM
To: Ron Force 
Cc: Moscow Vision2020 
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Computer contract over estimate

Essentially the Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction cannot add.

On Oct 27, 2012, at 9:13 AM, Ron Force <rforce2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:


  $180 Million Contract Divides Lawmakers

  The Associated Press
  BOISE, IDAHO — The eight-year, $180 million pact with Hewlett-Packard Co. for laptops required under public schools chief Tom Luna's education overhaul is dividing Idaho's Republican lawmakers.
  Rep. Lynn Luker of Boise said Friday during a meeting inside the Capitol the price was "double pretty much what we anticipated."
  Sen. John Goedde of Coeur d'Alene countered it's only 10 percent above estimates.
  Who's right?
  In 2011, Luna estimated the five-year cost at $70.8 million, or $14.6 million annually.
  For the first five years of the actual H-P contract, the cost is $82 million, about 16 percent higher, conceded Luna spokeswoman Melissa McGrath.
  And over eight years, the average annual cost runs $22.5 million, well over Luna's estimate when calculated yearly.
  Voters weigh in on the computers and Luna's additional education changes Nov. 6.

  Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/10/27/2325238/180m-computer-contract-divides.html#storylink=cpy
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