As U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor reported a year ago, the U.S. Agency for International Development planned to send thousands upon thousands of computers, student and teacher laptops, and even cooking equipment to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. That plan finally is unfolding.
(See "Federal Government Funds Foreign Education Ministries as Schools Across U.S. Struggle with Budgets," Monitor, May 5, 2011.)
USAID today released a detailed lot-by-lot equipment list, provided below, for what the agency refers to the Jordan School Construction and Rehabilitation Program.
The contracts consist of 8 lots of the following 100% new, unused and flawless items:
LOT 1 – INTERACTIVE BOARDS & PROJECTORS
Item Description Total Quantity
RGB Projector (Mobile) 44
RGB Projector (Fixed) 11
Screen 22
Interactive Board & RGB Projector 79
LOT 2 - MICROSCOPES
Item Description Total Quantity
Microscope 252
Digital Microscope 21
LOT 3 – COMPUTERS
Item Description Total Quantity
Wireless Access Point 500
Student Computer 842
Teacher Computer 355
Student Laptop 140
Teacher Laptop 539
Charging Laptop Cart for 24 Students 22
LOT 4 - PRINTERS
Item Description Total Quantity
Printer (Mono Laser Multi-Function 4 in 1) 85
Printer (Color Laser Multi-Function 3 in 1) 11
LOT 5 – COPYING MACHINES
Item Description Total Quantity
Photocopier 11
LOT 6 – REFRIGERATORS
Item Description Total Quantity
Refrigerator 55
LOT 7- STOVES & HOT PLATES
Item Description Total Quantity
Stove 23
Hot Plate 24
LOT 8 – CARPET VACUUMS & TILE CLEANING MACHINES
Item Description Total Quantity
Tile Cleaning Machine 24
Carpet Vacuum Cleaner 27
Source Document: Solicitation #4US-2012.
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