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Board approves low bids for CTE equipment and furniture, purchases to be made as needed
Summary
The board approved acceptance of low bids for Career & Technical Education equipment and furniture; vendor totals reported included Educational Furniture (~$276,000), Meteor Education (~$125,000), Air Gas (~$161,000) and a single high-cost 3D table (~$110,000); staff said purchases will be made item-by-item and not all items may be bought.
The North Knox School Corporation board voted to accept the low bidders for CTE (career and technical education) equipment and furniture as presented, while noting that actual purchases will be made selectively and not all listed items will necessarily be bought.
Staff presented a lengthy Tab J that listed equipment and furniture for the CTE area and emphasized use of the low-bid process. Vendor totals described in the presentation included Educational Furniture at about $276,000, Meteor Education at about $125,000, Air Gas at about $161,000, a high-value single-bid 3D table quoted at roughly $110,000, and Reality Works at about $20,000. The presenter said the total of submitted bids came in well under the available budget (the packet referenced a budget figure read as approximately $693,878 but the transcript contains extra digits).
Board members moved and approved acceptance of the low bidders; the motion passed by voice vote. Staff clarified that accepting the low bidders establishes which vendors the district will use if it elects to purchase items, but it does not obligate the district to buy every item on the list.
No roll-call vote was recorded in the transcript; the approval was recorded as a voice vote.
