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Maine’s Multi-State Learning Technology Initiative

Maine’s pioneering work in leading a multi-state procurement for devices just announced conditional contract awards to:

Bidder

Student   Device

Teacher   Device

Tier   1 Annual Per Seat Price

Tier   2 Annual Per Seat Price

Tier   3 Annual Per Seat Price

Network   Annual Per Seat Price

Apple, Inc. (Primary Proposal) of Cupertino, CA iPad 32GB iPad Mini & MacBook Air $217 $361 $49
Apple, Inc. (Alternate Proposal) of Cupertino, CA MacBook Air MacBook Air $273 $471 $46
CTL of Portland, OR 2go Convertible Classmate PC NL4 2go Convertible Classmate PC or CTL W130 $294 $294 $294 $49
Hewlett-Packard Company (Primary Proposal) of Palo Alto, CA ProBook 4440 ProBook 4440 $254.86 $285.73 $307.10 $30.91
Hewlett-Packard Company (Alternate Proposal) of Palo Alto, CA ElitePad 900 ElitePad 900 $314.28 $345.15 $366.51 $30.91

The bidders listed above received the highest rankings according to Maine’s Sourcing Team. The Sourcing Team consisted of members from the State of Maine and other participating states. The Department will be contacting the aforementioned bidders soon to negotiate contracts for these services.

Additional information can be found here. More on Maine’s Learning Technology Initiative here.