Award Information

This is an Award Information file related to an Invitation to Bid (ITB 22-041) issued by the Houston County School District in Georgia for the procurement of copy paper. The district solicited bids for white copy paper in 8.5" x 11" format with a 92 brightness rating, packaged at 500 sheets per ream in cases of 10 reams, with a total quantity requirement of 2,520 cases to be delivered in three shipments on May 31, June 21, and July 19, 2022. Bids were due on May 24, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. EST, with award notification to be announced within sixty days of bid opening. The district reserved the right to award to one or more vendors based on the bid submissions received.

Pricing must be submitted on a flash drive in Microsoft Excel format and include all purchasing, packing, and transportation costs on an FOB Destination basis to the Houston County Board of Education Distribution Center at 200 Jerry Barker Drive, Warner Robins, Georgia 31088. All quoted prices must be guaranteed for a minimum of six months from bid submission. Acceptable brands include Econosource, Fascopy, Gstetner, Wausau Exact, Xerox, and Boise, while bids for Comet, Whitebox, Natural Choice, Scholastic, and E-Copy Global were explicitly prohibited. Vendors were required to provide Material Safety Data Sheets for all applicable items and submit samples for any brand or model not specified by the district. The district is exempt from state sales tax and federal excise tax, with payment to be made within thirty days of receipt, inspection, acceptance, and invoice.