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Kansas Contract Usage 2017-2018 Kansas Contract Usage 2017-2018 MHEC CONTRACTS leverage the potential volume of institutions. Additionally, because of MHEC’s statutory the region’s purchasing power while saving institutions status, many of these contracts can also be adopted time and money by simplifying the procurement process. for use by K-12 districts and schools, as well as cities, The2 contracts0162017 provide competitive solutions established states, and local governments. Smaller institutions in accordance with public procurement laws thereby benefit from these contracts as they allow these negating the institution’s need to conduct a competitive institutions to negotiate from the same pricing and terms sourcing event. By offering a turnkey solution with the normally reserved for larger institutions. MHEC relies on ability to tailor the already negotiated contract to match institutional experts to participate in the negotiations, ANNUAL the institution’s specific needs and requirements, MHEC sharing strategies and tactics on dealing with specific contracts shift some of the negotiating power back to the contractual issues and vendors. HARDWAREREPORT CONTRACTS Tabor College Unified School District 240 - Unified School District 380 - Twin Valley Vermillion Higher Education University of Kansas to the Member States Unified School District 253 - Unified School District 394 - Baker University University of St. Mary Emporia Rose Hill Barton Community College Washburn University Unified School District 260 - Unified School District 437 - Benedictine College Wichita State University Derby Auburn Washburn Bethany College Unified School District 267 - Unified School District 443 - Renwick Dodge City Dodge City Community College HARDWARE CONTRACTS K-12 Unified School District 305 - Unified School District 453 - Emporia State University Salina Leavenworth Garden City Community CPRF School of Adaptive Unified School District 313 - Unified School District 456 - College Computer Training Buhler Marais des Cygnes Valley Highland Community College Good Shepherd Catholic Unified School District 315 - Unified School District 470 - School Hutchinson Community Colby Arkansas City College Holcomb Consolidated Unified School District 321 - Unified School District 497 - Schools Johnson County Community Kawvalley Lawrence College Kansas Association of School Unified School District 333 - Unified School District 505 - Boards Kansas City Kansas Concordia Chetopa Community College Kansas School for the Blind Unified School District 342 - Wichita Collegiate School Kansas State University Kansas School for the Deaf McLouth Unified School District 356 - Kansas Wesleyan University Lawrence Virtual School HARDWARE CONTRACTS Conway Springs Midamerica Nazarene Unified School District 207 - Government/Other University Fort Leavenworth Unified School District 362 - Prairie View 8th Judicial District Court Newman University Unified School District 230 - Spring Hill Unified School District 367 - 8th Judicial District Court - North Central Kansas Osawatomie Geary County Courthouse Technical College Unified School District 233 - Olathe Unified School District 373 - Bureau of Investigation Pittsburg State University Newton Unified School District 239 - Cheyenne County Southwestern College North Ottawa County Unified School District 375 - City of Atchison Sterling College Circle 1 KANSAS MHEC Contract Usage 2017-2018 City of Baxter Springs Office of Education Sedgwick County - Sheriff’s Augusta High School Department City of Chanute Office of the District Attorney Bishop Miege High School Sedgwick County - Tag Office City of Fort Scott Osage County - Sheriff’s Office Complete High School Maize Smoky Hill Education Service City of Garden City Ottowa County Appraiser Eisenhower High School Center City of Garden City - Recreation Overland Park Convention Hayden Catholic High School Topeka Housing Authority Commission Center Hillsboro High School United Methodist Church City of Hutchinson Pawnee County - Sheriff’s - Great Plains Annual Hugoton High School Office City of Lansing Conference Kansas City Christian School Police Administration Justice City of Lawrence Wilson County - Health Center Department Lawrence Free State High City of Lawrence - Police School Pottawatomie County - Department Sheriff’s Department Maur Hill-Mt. Academy City of Leavenworth SOFTWARE CONTRACTS Pratt County Metropolitan Meridian Alt High City of Leawood Higher Education School Reno County - Administrative City of Lyons Services Kansas State University Northeast High School City of Merriam Riley County University of Kansas Northeast Magnet High School City of Mission Riley County - Information Perry-Lecompton High School Systems City of Neodesha SERVICES CONTRACTS Rock Creek High School Salina Regional Health City of Olathe Higher Education Royal Valley High School Sedgwick County City of Overland Park Bethany College Seaman High Sedgwick County - Appraiser’s City of Topeka Office Bethel College Smoky Valley High School Craig Homecare Sedgwick County - COMCARE Cloud County Community St. Francis High School College Department of Commerce Community Support Services St. James Academy Coffeyville Community College Derby Public Library Sedgwick County - District Trinity Academy Court Colby Community College Discovery Place Child Care Turner High School Center Sedgwick County - Division of Dodge City Community College Information and Operations Unified School District 205 - Douglas County Donnelly College Bluestem Sedgwick County - Election Douglas County - Information Office Flint Hills Technical College Unified School District 230 - Technology Spring Hill Sedgwick County - Emergency Fort Scott Community College Ford County Unified School District 233 - Communications Independence Community Olathe Great Plains Health Alliance Sedgwick County - Finance College Unified School District 253 - Hiawatha Johnson County Community Sedgwick County - Fire District 1 Emporia College Jackson County Sedgwick County - Fleet Unified School District 259 - Kansas Christian College Johnson County - Library Management Wichita Kansas City Kansas Community Juvenile Justice Authority Sedgwick County - Forensic Unified School District 260 - College Science Center Derby Kansas City Kansas Wesleyan University Sedgwick County - Health Unified School District 265 - Kansas Heart Hospital Department Northwest Kansas Technical Goddard College Labette County - Medical Sedgwick County - Information Unified School District 266 - Center Technology Services Salina Area Technical College Maize Linn County Sedgwick County - Juvenile Unified School District 308 - Field Services Hutchinson Mary E. Devin Center for SERVICES CONTRACTS Education Support Sedgwick County - Manager’s Unified School District 313 - Office K-12 McPherson County Buhler Sedgwick County - Public Andale High School Nemaha County Unified School District 315 - Works Colby 2 KANSAS MHEC Contract Usage 2017-2018 Unified School District 340 - Johnson County Community Bethany College Jefferson West College Bethel College Unified School District 383 - Kansas Association of Friends University Manhattan-Ogden Community College Trustees Group 1 Hesston College Unified School District 385 - Andover Cloud County Community McPherson College College Unified School District 412 - Newman University Hoxie Coffeyville Community College Ottawa University Unified School District 431 - Hoisington Fort Scott Community College Sterling College Unified School District 435 - Garden City Community College Washburn University Abilene Highlands Community Unified School District 443 - College Dodge City Independence Community Unified School District 446 - College Independence Neosho County Community Unified School District 491 - College Eudora Kansas Association of Unified School District 497 - Community College Trustees Lawrence Group 2 Unified School District 503 - Barton Community College Parsons Cowley Community College Washburn Rural High School Dodge City Community Wichita Virtual School College Winfield High School Hutchinson Community College Labette Community College STUDENT INSURANCE SOLUTIONS: MHECARE Pratt Community College Higher Education Seward County Community College Kansas Board of Regents Kansas Association of Emporia State University Technical Colleges (KATC) Fort Hays State University Northwest Kansas Technical College Kansas State University Wichita Area Technical Pittsburg State University College University of Kansas Kansas Board of Regents University of Kansas Medical Emporia State University Center Fort Hays State University Wichita State University Kansas State University Pittsburg State University PROPERTY INSURANCE: MASTER PROPERTY University of Kansas PROGRAM University of Kansas-Medical Center Higher Education Wichita State University Benedictine College Kansas Independent College Butler Community College Association (KICA) 3 KANSAS MHEC Contract Usage 2017-2018.
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