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<p class="MsoNormal">I agree with Rachel.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Plus, if you do treat it as equipment, IMLS will have to approve it!
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<p class="MsoNormal">I had something similar (those tablet checkout kiosks) and the vendor did supply a cost breakdown, when pushed.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> lstac <lstac-bounces@omls.oregon.gov> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Rachel Cook via lstac<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 01, 2023 9:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Forbes, Lyndsay (BLC) <lyndsay.forbes@state.ma.us><br>
<b>Cc:</b> lstac@omls.oregon.gov; Harmon, Meghan L. <MHarmon@ilsos.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [lstac] Bundled Goods<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I actually would not consider this equipment because equipment is defined as one
<i>single</i> item costing over $5000. Ultimately, I would separate services and supplies if I could, but if they really can't give you a broken out invoice, I would put it all as supplies/materials. Just my two cents!
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rachel<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 10:51 AM Forbes, Lyndsay (BLC) via lstac <<a href="mailto:lstac@omls.oregon.gov">lstac@omls.oregon.gov</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Harmon, Meghan L. via lstac<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 1, 2023 12:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:lstac@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">lstac@omls.oregon.gov</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [lstac] Bundled Goods<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">Could you weigh in on a budget question, please? We have a library that is purchasing two “kits” for $12,711.50 each. Initially, this was placed under “Equipment,” so we inquired. Here are the contents of the
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black">“Each kit contains 10 headsets with perpetual licenses, 2 teacher devices with perpetual licenses, and several other things including controllers, batteries, chargers, and the case itself.”</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">Now we are conflicted! Is it Equipment because it’s over $5,000? Is it Supplies because the contents of the kit don’t contain any overly expensive items? Could even a portion of this be Services because the
of the licenses? </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">Because the items are bundled at a discount, they don’t know the individual prices for each piece. Hmm... what would you do?
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