The Math Behind VA-Dell PC Deal
By Bob Brewin | Thursday, August 16, 2007 | 11:32 AM
Dell Federal said it won a $248 million contract from the Veterans Affairs Department in a deal which names the company as the department’s “exclusive” provider of desktop computers.
Dell said under a three-year lease agreement it will provide the VA with a minimum of 249,000 of its OptiPlex desktop computers and monitors, along with a variety of professional services including deployment, asset management and removal of the PCs – if VA so desires – at the end of the contract.
The math on this deal works out to about $1,000 a box. A quick check of the Dell Web site shows if anyone wanted to buy one OptiPlex PC, the price today runs from $342 to $497 plus another $249 for a monitor and $149 for the Vista operating system.
That puts the total retail price of a Dell OptiPlex PC with software and monitor at $730 at the low end and $995 at the high-end.
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