<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">This is so good to know. Thank you!</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 1:26 PM Kelyn Ralya via lstac <<a href="mailto:lstac@omls.oregon.gov">lstac@omls.oregon.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg1484878159912867055">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Something else to think about. Sometimes the over $5,000 issue extends to more than an individual item. For example, we have had subgrantees receive LSTA grants for RFID systems.
Although the individual components (i.e. gates, self-check, etc.) may cost less than $5,000, since they all have to work together to make it function, it is considered as one unit and therefore meets the equipment definition and may require prior approval
from IMLS. (Trust me. Dennis and I have been down this road.)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">lstac <<a href="mailto:lstac-bounces@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">lstac-bounces@omls.oregon.gov</a>> on behalf of Sulin Jones via lstac <<a href="mailto:lstac@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">lstac@omls.oregon.gov</a>><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Sulin Jones <<a href="mailto:SulinJones@admin.nv.gov" target="_blank">SulinJones@admin.nv.gov</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 12:13 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Rachel Cook <<a href="mailto:rcook@utah.gov" target="_blank">rcook@utah.gov</a>>, "Forbes, Lyndsay (BLC)" <<a href="mailto:lyndsay.forbes@state.ma.us" target="_blank">lyndsay.forbes@state.ma.us</a>><br>
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<b>Subject: </b>Re: [lstac] Bundled Goods<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I agree with Rachel.<u></u><u></u></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 <<a href="mailto:lstac-bounces@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">lstac-bounces@omls.oregon.gov</a>> <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) <<a href="mailto:lyndsay.forbes@state.ma.us" target="_blank">lyndsay.forbes@state.ma.us</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:lstac@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">lstac@omls.oregon.gov</a>; Harmon, Meghan L. <<a href="mailto:MHarmon@ilsos.gov" target="_blank">MHarmon@ilsos.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [lstac] Bundled Goods<u></u><u></u></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">On Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 10:51 AM Forbes, Lyndsay (BLC) via lstac <<a href="mailto:lstac@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">lstac@omls.oregon.gov</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> lstac <<a href="mailto:lstac-bounces@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">lstac-bounces@omls.oregon.gov</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Harmon, Meghan L. via lstac<br>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;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:12pt;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><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;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><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;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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