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$20M device procurement pulled after vendors, commissioners raise concerns about deployment vendor advantage
Summary
After public comments from local vendors who said the district’s deployment vendor gained an unfair advantage, the board voted to postpone indefinitely a proposed $20 million device procurement (agenda item 11.11).
A large IT procurement item (agenda 11.11), described during public comment and on the agenda as a multi‑million‑dollar device purchase, was postponed indefinitely by the Memphis Shelby County Schools Board of Education on Dec. 3 after multiple local vendors raised concerns about fairness in the bidding process.
Local vendors and contractors used public comment to tell the board they believe a company that served as the district’s deployment vendor has an unfair competitive advantage when the district awards both deployment and…
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