5/25/2012 Gaithersburg High School $4.47 per square foot
10/17/2012 Paint Branch High School $4.47 per square foot
Pennsylvania's Keystone Purchasing Network: $4.89 per square foot
The BOE claims that their prices are based "off" the Keystone Cooperative pricing.
Now, here's the 10/23/2012 price a school system in Pennsylvania can pay for FIELDTURF artificial turf based on the COMPETITIVE BID they received from FIELDTURF
$3.77 per square foot
Keep in mind that an artificial turf field is about 92,000 square feet. So a savings of 70 cents per square foot on the two MCPS fields would have yielded savings of almost $130,000 on this one component of the project alone. (There are many other parts to an artificial turf field installation. None of the components are put out for bids in MCPS land.)
Want to hear more? The $3.77 price that the PA school system can pay for their FIELDTURF is a full $1.00 cheaper than the Keystone Pennsylvannia purchasing price that the BOE claims gives them such a "deal".
So is using the Keystone Purchasing Network really a good thing?
'Want to hear more?' NO! The County Council does not want to hear more. They just want to spend more.
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