{"id":487,"date":"2018-05-11T15:16:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T14:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=487"},"modified":"2018-05-11T15:20:18","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T14:20:18","slug":"national-framework-for-desktop-client-devices-price-reduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2018\/05\/11\/national-framework-for-desktop-client-devices-price-reduction\/","title":{"rendered":"National framework for Desktop Client Devices \u2013 price reduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a result of an improvement in the currency exchange rates, a price review was triggered within the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/Government\/Procurement\/directory\/IThardware\/desktopcomputing\">Desktop Client Devices<\/a> framework. The ICT Products team have successfully negotiated a 9.5% price decrease applied to devices and accessories. The pricing for services will remain unchanged. 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This decrease is in addition to the already excellent value for money for Scottish public sector stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information please contact <a href=\"mailto:karen.pow@gov.scot\">Karen Pow<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:bryan.dodds@gov.scot\">Bryan Dodds<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even better value for money on devices and accessories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":407,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,54,10],"tags":[186,57,142,97,187],"class_list":["post-487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-framework-agreements","category-ict","category-procurement-news","tag-desktop-client-devices","tag-ict","tag-ict-products","tag-scottish-public-sector","tag-value-for-money"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>National framework for Desktop Client Devices \u2013 price reduction - 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