Award Information

This Award Information file documents the contract award for the Houston County School District in Georgia's copy paper procurement under ITB 22-041. The district solicited bids for white copy paper in 8.5" x 11" format with 92 brightness rating, requiring a total of 2,520 cases (500 sheets per ream, 10 reams per case) to be delivered in three shipments on May 31, June 21, and July 19, 2022. Bids were due May 24, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. EST, with samples required for any non-specified brands. Acceptable vendors included Econosource, Fascopy, Gstetner, Wausau Exact, Xerox, and Boise, while bids for Comet, Whitebox, Natural Choice, Scholastic, and E-Copy Global were explicitly prohibited. The award was announced within sixty days of bid opening.

Garrett Consulting, Inc. was selected as the successful bidder with a total contract value of $718,338.00. All pricing was required to be submitted on an FOB Destination basis to the HCBOE Distribution Center at 200 Jerry Barker Drive, Warner Robins, Georgia 31088, with costs including purchasing, packing, and transportation. Quoted prices were guaranteed for a minimum of six months from bid submission. The district is exempt from state sales tax and federal excise tax. Payment terms specified payment within thirty days of receipt, inspection, acceptance, and invoice. All products required sturdy sealed packaging on extra-strength pallets with glued and shrink-wrapped boxes, and vendors were required to provide Material Safety Data Sheets for all applicable items.