SUBJECT: Report of Purchases between $25,001 and $50,000

BACKGROUND:

At the March 8, 2001 Board of Regents Budget and Finance Committee meeting, the administration presented an item for discussion to increase the Board expenditure approval limit from $25,000 to $50,000. The increase was approved by the Board of Regents at its May 9, 2001 meeting.

DESCRIPTION:

In compliance with that approval and to ensure the Board fully complies with its fiduciary responsibilities, the Board of Regents requested all items approved by the administration between $25,001 and $50,000 be listed each month and included for ratification as a Consent Agenda item.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:

These expenditures are in line with current year budgets.

RECOMMENDATION:

President Farley recommends the Board of Regents ratify the attached procurements.

____________________ __________________________

(date) Jerry B. Farley, President

Description Vendor Amount

Communications Cabling D.L. Smith Communications $30,475.00

Student Recreation &

Wellness Center,

Facilities Services, Competitively bid

Six bids received, award to

lowest-price bid.

LaserJet Printers Micro Warehouse Inc. $46,084.68

Electronic Technology Fund

36 printers for various departments.

Competitively bid, four bids received.

Award to lowest-price bid.

Computers, CPU's Dell Marketing LP $49,842.00

71 CPU's for various departments.

Utilized a State of Kansas contract

available to political subdivisions.

Computers, 20 CPU's, 23 monitors Dell Marketing LP $46,685.00

2 servers for upgrade of CIS labs.

Electronic Technology Fund

Utilized a State of Kansas contract

available to political subdivisions.

Upgrade of Tivoli Storage Manager Source One Inc. $32,569.00

Network Backup

ITS Department

Electronic Technology Fund

Archive License Agreement JSTOR $31,333.00

Mabee Library

License and Archive on-line access to

scholarly journals.