Provision of a Lease Facility

The Department of Education has a requirement for a panel of pre-qualified financiers to provide an operating and/or finance lease facility. This arrangement will facilitate the lease and potential purchase by the Department of nominated equipment and assets, including but not limited to:

• Category 1 – Desktop/Workstations;
• Category 2 – iPads/tablets/slates/Active Tables/Smart Tables;
• Category 3 – Notebooks/Laptops including notebook derivatives;
• Category 4 – Servers, Data Storage Devices and other ICT equipment;
• Category 5 – Networking – Hubs, Routers, Switches, IP telephony (VOIP) and other network access equipment;
• Category 6 – Software licences, Maintenance and cabling;
• Category 7 – General Office Equipment – Printers, Camera’s, Plotters Telecommunication equipment;
• Category 8 – General Office Equipment – Projectors, Interactive boards;
• Category 9 – Photocopiers; and
• Category 10 – Plant and Equipment (e.g. buses, trucks, farm machinery, forklifts, motorcycles, boats; earthmoving and other industrial equipment, trailers, special purpose vehicles and Aircraft.

This facility will enable all public schools in Western Australia to source current technology for Digital Learning (such as notebooks or tablets) and support the professional development of teachers through improved access to information and the Notebook for Teachers program. It will also assist the Department to support teaching and operational requirements for non-IT equipment such as boats, buses, forklifts, lathes, farm machinery etc.