Selection Tools have been redesigned into Buying Guides. The Buying Guide topics include: computer bundles, digital cameras, document cameras, interactive whiteboards, multimedia projectors, podcasting, and printers. We have copies of the buying guides available to REMC Centers for your distribution at meetings and inservices as well as online presented as a PDF document under the Selection Tools link from our Home Page. Let us know if your interested in seeing them on other product categories or groups.
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Selection Tools have been redesigned into Buying Guides. The Buying Guide topics include: computer bundles, digital cameras, document cameras, interactive whiteboards, multimedia projectors, podcasting, and printers. We have copies of the buying guides available to REMC Centers for your distribution at meetings and inservices as well as online presented as a PDF document under the Selection Tools link from our Home Page. Let us know if your interested in seeing them on other product categories or groups.
Do you have a product you think should be on REMC Bid? Do you have a vendor experience you would like to share? REMC has two online forms - - tell us, we listen!
As REMC prepares for the next bid cycle, customer input on products or product categories not currently on REMC bid is valuable. It’s all about meeting the purchasing needs of schools in Michigan with the $AVE Focus Factor! REMC Bid is a service of your local REMC Center and was designed to competitively bid products on a statewide aggregated level. We also want your feedback on your business transactions to awarded REMC vendors. This information helps us learn about awarded vendors separate from the bid solicitation and contract award processes. In some instances, the REMC Bid Project has been able to avoid onset of potential problems through notification of an easily remedied solution through the use of this form. REMC is also able to identify to provide feedback to vendors on where they excel and what may need some improvement! Feedback is a major $AVE Focus Factor! These forms with your input are utilized in the bid process planning process for the next bid cycle.
To locate the forms navigate to the CUSTOMER CENTER section on this page by selecting the Product Recommendation the Vendor Evaluations links.
Thank you for your feedback!!
MACUL Session: Microsoft Sharepoint “Building a Learning Gateway — How portals are changing the 21st century learning experience”
Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Time: 8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, Grand Rapids
Cost: Free (includes Lunch)
Course Description: Create a customized dashboard that connects administrators, teachers, students, and parents. Discover how others are connecting their K-12 communities with a common set of collaboration tools, development skills and re-useable components that everyone can share! This discussion will provide an overview of Microsoft’s Web-based integration framework which delivers a communication-rich content delivery model tailored for the education system. The target audience for this hands-on lab is IT Professionals that want an overview of what Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is, and how to deploy it. The primary audience for this hands-on lab is the IT Professional who generally works with both Windows and Office technologies.
The session is limited to 30 participants so early registration is strongly recommended. Register today!
REMC will be releasing an Invitation to Bid (ITB) for its Computers and Network Electronics Purchase Program mid-February. The program will include contracts for computer systems, network eletronics, data management furniture, centralized device management tools, power backup and management system solutions and storage systems. Vendor applications are now being accepted from Enterprise Tiered companies until February 1, 2008. It is estimated that the contract period will run 36-months beginning July 1, 2008.
Mark your calendars for the REMC Regional Technology Showcase at the Genesee Intermediate School District on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
This showcase is your opportunity to see products available on the REMC Bid, meet and talk with representative vendors and REMC staff. The event is hosted by the REMC Statewide $AVE Bid Project, in partnership with REMC 14 and the Genesee ISD.
This is a FREE event with promotional giveaways. For more information or to register, follow the link: http://www.geneseeisd.org/remc/default.html
Join us!
Coming Soon! Effective January 1st, the REMC Statewide $AVE Bid Project will be releasing new pricing in multiple categories including Xerographic Paper, Supplies (Art, A/V, Instructional, Library, Office), Equipment, and Software. Along with the new pricing will be many new products some of which were received from you through our Product Recommendation feedback link on our website. Thank you to those who made product recommendations as we believe many schools will benefit from the new additions and competitive pricing available through REMC.
The REMC $AVE Bid Project looks forward to helping Michigan schools save time and money in these challenging economic times.