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PEPPM

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Buying Group, Uncategorized

PEPPM is a national technology bidding and purchasing cooperative administered by Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit (CSIU), a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Authorized by the Pennsylvania Department of Education for the past 32 years to take the responsibility for state bid law compliance for technology procurement, PEPPM aggregates buyers & demand in states across the country to get the lowest prices for technology products.

PEPPM currently has more than 280 product line contracts awarded to more than 200 different vendors in various technology areas:

  • Computers
  • Copiers
  • Networking Equipment
  • Telecommunication Equipment
  • Software
  • Furniture
  • Printers
  • And much more!

PEPPM solicits sealed competitive bids on popular lines of computer equipment, peripherals, software, audio-visual, and communication products. When you purchase through PEPPM, not only do you save time and money, but you can satisfy state competitive bidding requirements.
Since PEPPM began in 1982, schools, libraries, government and non-profit agencies have purchased more than $2 billion of technology products saving not only on the price of the products but also on the cost of bidding.

For complete information including the PEPPM Buyers Guide and availability in your state, visit the PEPPM web site at: http://www.peppm.org/

BuyBoard

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A program of the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and several State School Boards Associations, BuyBoard was developed to comply with state laws which require government entities to make purchases from an approved list of vendors who have gone through a competitive procurement process.

The Cooperative is governed by an 8-member Board of Directors composed of staff from the districts which formed the cooperative and representatives appointed by each of the four School Boards Associations which collaborated to enable the cooperative to be created.

BuyBoard is administered by staff at the National School Boards Association and at the Texas Association of School Boards under the terms of service agreements with the Cooperative Board of Directors.

States in BuyBoard National Purchasing Cooperative:

  • Idaho School Boards Association
  • Illinois Association of School Boards
  • Maryland Association of Boards of Education
  • Missouri School Boards Association
  • Ohio School Boards Association
  • Oklahoma State School Boards Association
  • Pennsylvania School Boards Association
  • Rhode Island Association of School Committees
  • Tennessee School Boards Association
  • Texas Association of School Boards
  • Washington State School Directors’ Association

For complete information and to become a BuyBoard member please visit their web site at:  http://www.nsba.org/services/state-association-services/service-partnerships/buyboard/about-buyboard#sthash.dMoJdub5.dpuf

Advice from Support

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A frequent issue this year-start involves new versions and/or updates of antivirus software that are blocking the communications ports between FASTrak and Alanas / NetPOS touch screens. This creates a “PC Time-Out” error message. If you run into this situation, please make sure that your IT department excludes the following ports from the antivirus software: Ports 5600, 200, 204, 203, 6600, and 6601.