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Committee authorizes purchase orders for Stanton Elementary furniture and technology after vendors quote higher tech cost

Norwich Building Committee · March 23, 2026
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The committee authorized purchase orders for Stanton Elementary’s mission-critical furniture and technology packages. The fully quoted technology package rose to $746,888.30, about $93,836.97 above the earlier estimate; committee approved issuing POs for the time-sensitive items and asked staff to return with remaining quotes.

The Norwich Building Committee authorized the city purchasing agent to issue purchase orders for critical furniture and technology items for Stanton Elementary after staff presented vendor quotes and discussed lead times and reimbursement eligibility.

Staff (speaker 2) said the technology package had been fully quoted off state contracts at $746,888.30, up from an earlier estimate of $653,051.34 — "$93,836.97 in excess of the original estimate," he said. The technology package described by staff included LAN/network switches and…

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