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From: Subject: SchoolFacilities.com - Articles: Administration - Los Angeles Community Colleges Enter Into Groundbreaking Furniture Purchasing Program Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 10:12:38 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0038_01C55091.CC91BBB0"; type="text/html" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01C55091.CC91BBB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: http://www.schoolfacilities.com/resourceDetails_Print.asp?resourceID=879&mode=5 SchoolFacilities.com - Articles: Administration - Los = Angeles Community Colleges Enter Into Groundbreaking Furniture = Purchasing Program

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Los Angeles Community Colleges Enter Into=20 Groundbreaking Furniture Purchasing Program

In a first-of-its-kind program that will serve as a = model for=20 other public agencies, the Los Angeles Community College District = is=20 undertaking a groundbreaking furniture purchasing program that = will enable=20 the District to save 68% off of list prices for classroom and = office=20 furniture, paying only $60 million for items that would retail for = $187=20 million.

* As part of its Proposition A/AA bond program, The = District is=20 expected to save up to $40 million from what it had originally = budgeted=20 for furniture purchases for the replacement and upgrading of = furniture at=20 newly constructed buildings throughout its nine campuses.

* The savings achieved by purchasing the furniture at a = discounted=20 rate will be reprogrammed back into funding building construction = programs=20 throughout the District authorized by Propositions A/AA.

* In conjunction with the Foundation for California = Community=20 Colleges (FCCC), who worked with the District to negotiate the = discounted=20 prices from nineteen furniture vendors, the Los Angeles Community = College=20 District will be entering into one of the largest single furniture = purchase price agreements ever by an educational institution.

* In addition to the furniture being obtained at a = discount, 2% of=20 each furniture purchase will be returned into an escrow account=20 administered by the FCCC that will pay for programs such as the = Los=20 Angeles Community College District public arts program.

* Additionally, any other educational agency, government = agency,=20 or registered non-profit organization, may 'piggyback' with the = District=20 to take advantage of obtaining furniture at the negotiated = discounted=20 rate.

* The Los Angeles Community College District will be = developing an=20 online 'e-catalog' for both College District administration and=20 prospective educational or government agencies to view furniture = items=20 such as desks and chairs. In addition, the Los Angeles = Community=20 College District will be hosting a product fair for its Colleges = and=20 interested parties to view the types of products that are = available for=20 discounted purchase.

* The furniture prices that were negotiated - locked in = for a=20 period of five years -- include delivery and installation of the = furniture=20 as well as a fifteen year warranty.

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