GR firm wins Muskegon school district's copier bid
By The Muskegon Chronicle
August 19, 2009, 4:04AM
MUSKEGON -- A Grand Rapids firm has won a bid to sell $191,000 in new digital copiers to Muskegon Public Schools.
IKON Office Solutions submitted the low bid of $190,950 for 45 copiers, that also scan and fax documents directly from computers.
The bid came "well under budget," said Gary Privasky, executive director of administrative services and finance for Muskegon Public Schools.
The multifunctional copiers were included in a $12.5 million bond issue approved by voters in May.
Office Machines Co., a Muskegon vendor with which the school district has done business for "many, many years," submitted a bid that was $38,000 higher than IKON's, Privasky said.
The district will save maintenance costs by switching to fewer digital printers connected through its computer system rather than a bunch of smaller printers, said Superintendent Colin Armstrong.
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