Grenada Schools Clamshell Cases and Chrome Education Upgrade Licenses Attachment: Grenada Schools Clamshell Case and Chrome Education Upgrade Licenses RFQ.pdf 
Mississippi > Grenada School District
Reverse Auction: 27685200

REVERSE AUCTION HELP/FAQ
REVERSE AUCTION INFORMATION:


The Grenada School District seeks to purchase Clamshell Cases for Lenovo 14e Gen 3 and Acer 311 C723T Chromebooks. Also, Chrome Education Upgrade Licenses.
 
To assure high and satisfactory quality, design and operation of products, reference has been made to brand names; however, it is not the intention of the Grenada School District to limit competition and items of brands that are equal in quality, design and operation of the stated items will be given full consideration.  The use of said brand names is to establish the minimum acceptable quality. Determination of equality is solely the responsibility of the Grenada School District.
Please note the Grenada School District will be utilizing the reverse auction process for this purchase. The bid process now requires two steps. If you qualify after the first step, you will be invited to take part in the Reverse Auction. All costs associated with this project SHALL BE included in the Reverse Auction. All instructions are provided within this bid packet. All bid pre-qualification submissions, questions, answers, results and information concerning this RFQ should be submitted and accessed at https://www.centralauctionhouse.com/rfpc10498-grenada-school-district.html
 

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BID SUBMITTAL INFORMATION
Owner/Creator Username: GSDCC
Reverse Auction Type: Multiple Items
Bid Solicitation Start Time/Date: 06-Mar-2025 12:00:00 PM CST
Bid Solicitation End Time/Date: 06-Mar-2025 12:40:00 PM CST
Reverse Auction Start Time/Date: 04-Apr-2025 2:00:00 PM CDT
Reverse Auction End Time/Date: 04-Apr-2025 2:30:00 PM CDT
Status Realtime Event
Action: Sign-In to Bid
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UPDATE/ADDENDUM HISTORY
All updates/changes are listed below:
04-Apr-2025 11:29:50 AM CDT
Added a line item for a Lenovo 300e Yoga Gen 4 Case, because it was the winning bid on our 11" reverse auction.

PUBLIC MESSAGE BOARD
Discuss questions with the owner/creator of this Listing.
VivacityTech on 13-Mar-2025 3:42:33 PM CDT
When does the school district anticipate a PO to be sent to the vendor?
When does the school district expect delivery?
GSDCC on 17-Mar-2025 9:07:20 AM CDT
PO is anticipated on April 9th. Delivery in mid-May.
centralbidding1 on 28-Mar-2025 1:51:55 PM CDT
milliardtek on 04-Apr-2025 2:02:12 PM CDT
We do not see any bid options enabled.
SHOTSComputers on 04-Apr-2025 2:02:43 PM CDT
yeah this bid is not allowing us to price
HowardTechnologySolutions on 04-Apr-2025 2:03:58 PM CDT
2:03 PM Is this starting at 2:00PM ??
richardraab on 04-Apr-2025 2:04:07 PM CDT
Can you please forward the link for this bid?
richardraab on 04-Apr-2025 2:04:08 PM CDT
Can you please forward the link for this bid?
DanmarkTechnologies on 04-Apr-2025 2:05:50 PM CDT
We are not able to price this one either
advancedcentralbidding on 04-Apr-2025 2:06:10 PM CDT
Is this auction live?
GSDCC on 04-Apr-2025 2:11:56 PM CDT
Working on getting this auction reset right now. Hopefully will start again at 2:20pm or a little after.
milliardtek on 04-Apr-2025 2:13:26 PM CDT
We do not see any line items for Chrome OS EDU licenses, Case for 14" Chromebook
GSDCC on 04-Apr-2025 2:13:34 PM CDT
Bidding is open.
advancedcentralbidding on 04-Apr-2025 2:20:24 PM CDT
lol that was fun
GSDCC on 04-Apr-2025 2:29:18 PM CDT
Alright. I added that line item today. I should have not been able to do that and it has thrown the system for a loop. Continue bidding as normal for now and I'll work out what to do next and let you all know.
kbock on 04-Apr-2025 2:32:22 PM CDT
will there be an auction for the remaining cases?
advancedcentralbidding on 04-Apr-2025 2:37:14 PM CDT
is it stuck?