MICROSOFT SELECT AGREEMENT

What is the Select Purchasing Program?

In February 2000, Northeast Wyoming Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) signed an Agreement with Microsoft to provide school districts and other educational agencies in the state of Wyoming with software at a phenomenal discount. In most cases, the discount is greater than Microsoft’s basic educational discount program. With Software House International (SHI) serving as the Prime Vendor for the program, the program has generated considerable interest within the state and resulted in significant savings for schools.  

In 2002 Hewlett Packard printers and Adobe software were added to the Software House International offerings.  If you are not currently participating, you may be spending more on these products than you should.

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How do you participate?

Participation in the Northeast Wyoming BOCES Select Purchasing is as easy as 1-2-3!!

Contact Julie Cudmore, Executive Director of Northeast Wyoming BOCES at (307) 682-0231 or email jcudmore@newboces.com for an Interagency Agreement*.
Return the signed agreement to Northeast Wyoming BOCES, 410 North Miller Avenue, Gillette, WY 82716 or FAX (307) 686-7628.
Contact Kevin Farrell @ SHI and start saving money with your software and hardware purchases!  E-mail: kevin_farrell@shi.com or phone: (888) 289-6088.

* Some educational agencies may be required to submit a letter requesting authorization to participate.

Who is participating?

To date, over $40,000 has been saved by participating Wyoming school districts and educational agencies on Microsoft purchases alone. Current participating districts and agencies include:

Big Horn County School District #4
Campbell County School District #1
Converse County School District #1
Converse County School District #2
Crook County School District #1
Fremont County School District #2
Fremont County School District #24
Johnson County School District #1
Laramie County School District #1
Lincoln County School District #1
Natrona County School District #1
Niobrara County School District #1
Park County School District #16
Platte County School District #1
Platte County School District #2
Sheridan County School District #2
Sublette County School District #1
Sweetwater County School District #1
Uinta County School District #1
Uinta County School District #4
Washakie County School District #2
Sweetwater County Head Start
LifeLong Learning Center BOCES
Northwest Wyoming BOCES

Also...recent examples of pricing from our E-Academy web page:

Product (all "Student Select"- Academic Users Only) March 2009 Pricing
Microsoft Windows Vista Business Upgrade (32 Bit) $83.36
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade $102.72
Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 $100.18
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 $84.92
Microsoft Office Standard 2007 $74.16
Microsoft Expression Studio 2 $84.96
Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2008 $27.13
Microsoft Office 2008 for MAC $74.74
Trend Micro AntiVirus plus Anti-Spyware $22.99
   

Who is our Vendor?

The vendor for the Select Purchasing Program is Software House International. Our representative's name is Kevin Farrell at kevin_farrell@shi.com and he can be reached by email or at 888-289-6088.

For a complete current list of pricing for both MAC and IBM compatible computers, please feel free to contact Kevin.