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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:#752C7D">INCENTIVIZED <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">PURCHASE WINDOW ENDS AUGUST 14, 2015</span></strong></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#752C7D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#752C7D">ORDER SOON AND DON'T MISS OUT!</span></strong><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#752C7D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:white">All public, public school academies and non-public K-12 and pre-school buildings, districts, intermediate school districts and Michigan public libraries are eligible to purchase using
the 2015 TRIG Bid Contract.<br>
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There are 36 devices and related accessories and upgrades available this year. To view the catalog, go to the TRIG Catalog in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.remcbids.org/catalog/view/cat/21444" target="_blank"><span style="color:white;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">SPOT</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and
select one of the categories on the left to view the items. You can also use the subcategories to narrow down the list. A<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://22itrig.org/downloads/device_purchasing/catalogdata-forimport-complete.xls" target="_blank" title="CatalogData-ForImport-Complete"><span style="color:white;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">spreadsheet
of the catalog items</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has also been created for your convenience. This spreadsheet contains information about all awarded items including devices, accessories and upgrades. The accessories and upgrades are
listed under the device to which they are related. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:white">Remember that to receive the bid pricing and the incentive funding, you must have a SPOT account and upload your purchase orders through SPOT. Information on setting up an account and
purchasing through SPOT can be found in the <a href="http://22itrig.org/activities/activity-four/spot-faqs/">
<span style="color:white;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">SPOT FAQs</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#454545">As of July 14, 2015, over $46 million worth of devices and accessories have been purchased statewide. The (unverified)
total number of devices purchased is 110,919, including 95,937 Personal Learning Devices (Chromebooks, notebooks, tablets) and 14,982 Desktops (small form factors, all-in-ones, minis).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#454545">Further broken down by device type, the quantities purchased are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#454545"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">2,008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Desktops-Mac<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">379<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Desktops-Windows<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">12,595<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Chromebooks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">58,332<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">4,700<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">10,171<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Tablets-Android<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">100<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Tablets-iOS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">21,933<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">701<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Grand Total</span></strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">110,919</span></strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#454545">If you have an interest in this information or any other questions related to Device Purchasing, email
<a href="mailto:spot@remc.org" target="_blank">spot@remc.org</a>. More information on the 2015 TRIG Bid can be found on
<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001pnL8oaA_1XMdqnoTRIOtvg8e10RlpLaV6x0ZDXNbfMaetm8a3MtCp2rcCMBmCAaafiBPbAvfnMVSbIwdAUEO55X6a1qM32odZkVPqbx519hIRG0geXRe4o7Euo3DR6VcGZ2IrTwmOjdXjfYh3_RweyqmghTAilZtzmTU2zds7jzQJ88hc8dXSUFZ8ze5mfItOteB7XfKoAk-UXL6394Aq15QfqugdsVUub2RB5mnN_FcjlEclc4cDZ9HzTh8GXGOYWosxFY8psH9y5RBD5tg3A==&c=sKk3bFGFahpDfUASy57lAZ829vFz1sl2stvF2jfJ1iN5-l3ASQEdMA==&ch=_ER0KF9abBsU44PoxE7N5UorTuohqUIIMw_gcnUetuDUzGW_kRh5vA==" target="_blank">
http://22itrig.org/activities/activity-four/spring-2015-bid-information/spring-2015-awards/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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