BID CERTIFICATION & ACCEPTANCE FORM
Project Name:
Chromebooks
Refer ALL Inquiries to:
REQUEST FOR BID
NO. HC-03-10-26B
Commodity: CHROMEBOOKS
Columbia County School District
4781 Hereford Farm Road
Evans, GA 30809
ATTN: Hudson Chandler, Purchasing Supervisor
Contract Type: Fixed Price
Telephone:
Facsimile:
E-Mail:
706- 541- 2723
Ext. 5108
706- 855-3843
Hudson.Chandler@ccboe.net
FOR CCBOE USE ONLY
Contract Number:
(See page 2 for mailing instructions.)
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
BIDs are due no later than 2:00 p.m., March 10, 2026.
Offers are subject to rejection if not received by the due date and time specified and may be subject to rejection if not submitted with
this form.
EXECUTION
In compliance with this Request for BID, and subject to all the terms and conditions herein, the undersigned offers and agrees to furnish
all products, materials, equipment, and labor necessary to perform to the attached specification, at the price and within the time
specified herein. I certify that this Offer is made without prior understanding, agreement, or connection with any firm, corporation, or
person submitting a BID for the same purpose, and is in all respects fair and without collusion or fraud. Under penalty of perjury, the
undersigned Offeror certifies that, to the best of its knowledge and belief: (1) the prices in this BID have been arrived at independently
without collusion, consultation, communication, or agreement, for the purposes of restricting competition, as to any matter relating to
such prices with any other Offeror, or to any competitor or with any officers, agents or employees of the CCBOE; and (2) unless
otherwise required by Federal or Georgia Law, the prices which have been offered in this BID have not been knowingly disclosed by the
Offeror and will not be knowingly disclosed by the Offeror prior to opening, directly or indirectly, to any other Offeror or to any other
competitor; and (3) no attempt has been made or will be made by the Offeror to induce any other person, partnership or corporation to
submit or not submit a BID for the purpose of restricting competition.
Failure to execute/sign BID prior to submittal may render the BID invalid. Late BIDs may not be accepted.
OFFICIAL BUSINESS NAME,
COMPANY NAME, TRADE NAME:
STREET ADDRESS:
FEDERAL ID OR SOCIAL SECURITY NO:
P.O. BOX:
ZIP:
CITY & STATE & ZIP:
TYPE OR PRINT NAME & TITLE OF PERSON SIGNING:
TELEPHONE NUMBER: TOLL FREE TEL. NO
(800)
FAX NUMBER:
AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE:
DATE:
WEB ADDRESS:
E-MAIL:
Offer valid for 45 days from Request for BID due date unless otherwise stated here: ____ days
TYPE BUSINESS
Check one or more where applicable:
Minority-Owned Business (at least 51% owned and controlled by minority group members)
Woman-Owned Business (at least 51% owned and controlled by women)
Small Business
ACCEPTANCE OF OFFER
If any or all parts of this BID are accepted, an authorized representative of the CCBOE shall affix their signature hereto and this
document and any other special terms and conditions, scopes of work, specifications, and any Columbia County Board of Education
Contract conditions applicable to this Request For BID shall then constitute the entire written contract agreement between the parties
(“Contract”). This Contract supersedes all prior written or oral agreements and there are no other promises or conditions in any other
agreement, whether written or oral, having effect on this Contract. A copy of this acceptance will be forwarded to the successful Offeror
and a CCBOE Purchase Order and/or General Contract For Services will issued as a release against this Contract.
FOR CCBOE USE ONLY
Offer accepted and contract awarded this ____ day of _____________________, 20_____,
By ___________________________________________________________ (Authorized contracting representative of CCBOE).
MAILING INSTRUCTIONS: Mail (e.g., US Mail, Fed Express) pages 1 & 2 of this fully executed Request for Bid document and any
required RFB documents with your BID. This is a formal sealed RFB. Seal, address envelope and identify the Request For Bid
number on the outside of the package as shown below: It is the responsibility of the Offeror to have all required RFB documents
received by CCSD on or before the specified due date and time. INCLUDE ONE ORIGINAL BID RESPONSE AND ONE COPY.
Columbia County School District
Business Department
4781 Hereford Farm Road
Evans, Georgia 30809
Attention: Hudson Chandler, Purchasing Supervisor
Project:
RFP:
Final review:
Chromebooks
HC-03-10-26B
March 10, 2026 @ 2:00 p.m.
Bid Parameter Worksheet
Company Name:
Failure to respond to the following questions and/or to provide company authorized signature(s) may
result in disqualification of your bid.
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No
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_____ Attachments
Do your products and/or services meet all of the requirements described in the BID document? If not,
have you attached all variations to any requirements and specifications to your bid?
Have you completed or answered all BID response lines and questions? Please Note: Failure to do so
may result in disqualification of your bid.
Have you submitted your bid in accordance with any attached Special and/or Bid/Contract
Conditions? Please Note: Failure to do so may result in disqualification of your bid.
Does your company understand that the Columbia County School System reserves the right to reject
any and all bids and conduct a re-bid for any reason? Please Note: All information submitted within
bids, even if rejected or re-bid, is made available to the public unless marked “Proprietary” as
described within the General Conditions.
Do you acknowledge that all information presented within your bid becomes available to the public
unless marked “Proprietary” or “Confidential”? Please Note: Only certain items may be marked as
“Proprietary” or “Confidential. See the Bid Terms & Conditions for further information.
Do you understand that if your company is awarded the contract and does not deliver service(s),
product(s) or material(s) by the specified delivery date, then the contract award may be rescinded and
all orders cancelled?
Does your company accept that the Columbia County School System is the sole arbiter of this bid and
that all decisions are final?
Does your company accept that low bid price does not guarantee bid award and that awards may be
based on one or a combination of factors? Please Note: Failure to do so may result in disqualification
of your bid.
If requested with this BID, have you attached warranty information to your bid as requested? Please
Note: Failure to do so may result in disqualification of your bid.
If requested with this BID, have you provided or will you provide all insurance information as
requested? Please Note: Failure to do so may result in disqualification of your bid.
If requested with this BID, have you attached your company’s required financial statements? Please
Note: Failure to do so may result in disqualification of your bid.
If requested with this BID, have you attached your company’s required customer references? Please
Note: Failure to do so may result in disqualification of your bid.
Did you receive written amendment(s) to this Bid? If yes, how many? _______
Please Note: Failure to respond to this question may result in disqualification of your bid.
List the number (quantity) of attachments included with your BID response.
Attached Electronically
US Mail
Courier
Hand Delivered
Please indicate how you have submitted your required product
specifications and other requested documents or materials.
_________________________________________________________________________C_h_r_o_m_e_b_o_o_k_s ________
Organization Name
Project Name
____________________________________________________________________________
Name(s) and Titles(s) of Authorized Representative(s)
____________________________________________________________________________
Signature(s)
Date
____________________________________________________________________________
Signature(s)
Date
Instructions & Specifications
The Columbia County School District, 4781 Hereford Farm Road, Evans, GA 30809 (CCSD), is soliciting bids
for contract pricing for Chromebooks under Request for Proposal Number HC-03-10-26B (RFP). The validity
of the contract pricing is to be through April 2027. Contract pricing would be renewable annually for up to
four additional years (April 2031) at the same or equivalent fixed price with the written consent of both parties.
Bids are due no-later-than 2:00 p.m. EST on March 10, 2026, Business Office 4781 Hereford Farm Road,
Evans, GA 30809.
Awarded product will be “inside-delivered” to any one of the 30+ CCSD buildings in Columbia County.
Inside delivery shall include, as a minimum, delivery, unloading and placement in a designated area
inside the first floor of building.
Bid new items only. No reconditioned items.
Scoring Based on the following:
1. Pricing 30%
2. Value Add (state examples) 20%
3. Success of previous work with CCBOE 20%
4. Adherence to the RFP requirements, including completion of all required forms, provisions of all
requested information and adequacy of responses. 15%
5. Quality of Proposal. 15%
Please read all RFP documents carefully. It shall be the sole responsibility of the Bidder to seek clarification
from CCSD in sufficient time prior to the RFP closing date and time to resolve any questions or
misunderstandings that may arise regarding the RFP. Clarification or information not obtained sufficiently in
advance of the bid closing shall be deemed to have been asked and answered. For questions, please email
James.VanMeter@CCBOE.net and copy Hudson.Chandler@CCBOE.net.
The Columbia County School District will accept bids sent by email. Bidders are to consider emailed
bids not received by Hudson.Chandler@CCBOE.net, until responding email accepting receipt. Email
greater than 18 megabytes exceed our size limit and cannot be received. Electronic Signatures will be
accepted on bids.
CCSD is a tax-exempt organization and as such, price should NOT include any federal, state or local sales tax,
or use tax (or fees) unless otherwise required by the Georgia Department of Revenue (e.g., diesel fuel tax). The
Federal Tax ID number for the CCSD is 58-6000217.
At the discretion of the CCSD, contract award notices may be sent only to those actually awarded and not to
every person or firm responding to this solicitation.
Bids which in any way qualify or vary the terms of these instructions, conditions and specifications may be
considered non-responsive and result in disqualification of the bidder. The award from this RFP may be made
to the most responsive/responsible Bidder offering product(s) deemed to be the best interest of CCSD. CCSD
Columbia County School District
Chromebooks
HC-03-10-26B
reserves the right to make award by item, groups of items, or on an all-or-nothing award basis, whichever
award is deemed to be in the best interest of CCSD.
The evaluation of bids and subsequent contract award will be at the sole discretion of CCSD and will be based
on the information furnished by the Bidder, references, interviews, price, experience, and delivery capability.
The CCSD reserves the right (i) to reject any and all bids or any part of any bid, (ii) to waive minor defects or
technicalities, or (iii) to solicit new bids on the same project or on a modified project that may include portions
of the originally proposed project as the CCSD, in the exercise of their sole and unfettered discretion, may
deem necessary.
Preparation and submittal of a bid is solely at the cost of the Bidder. Therefore, CCSD is in no way liable or
obligated for any cost incurred by the Bidder in determining and submitting a bid pursuant to the RFP.
By submitting a bid, the Bidder certifies that, to the best of its knowledge and belief: (1) the prices in this bid
have been arrived at independently without collusion, consultation, communication, or agreement, for the
purposes of restricting competition, as to any matter relating to such prices with any other Bidder, or to any
competitor or with any officers, agents or employees of the CCSD; and (2) unless otherwise required by
Federal or Georgia Law, the prices which have been offered in this bid have not been knowingly disclosed by
the Bidder and will not be knowingly disclosed by the Bidder prior to review, directly or indirectly, to any
other Bidder or to any other competitor; and (3) no attempt has been made or will be made by the Bidder to
induce any other person, partnership or corporation to submit or not submit a bid for the purpose of restricting
competition.
Any discussions regarding price with other Bidders prior to the bid opening is expressly forbidden and will
result in disqualification of your bid.
THE FOLLOWING RFP DOCUMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED AS PART OF YOUR PROPSAL.
FAILURE TO PROVIDE ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION OF
YOUR BID.
• Bid Certification and Acceptance form (2-Pages)
• Columbia County School System Bid Parameter Worksheet (1-Page)
• Business References Form (1-Page)
• Bid Inputs
• Attach specifications and warranty information for all bid items.
This is the opportunity summary page. It provides an overview of this opportunity and a preview of the attached documentation.