School District U-46, Elgin
1,600 Display stands and laptop rollouts
We assembled and installed mobile display stands, and delivered the district’s laptops - 1,300 to 1,400 at a time.
Pace Systems images, asset-tags, and delivers laptops for school districts, handling 1,300 to 1,600 devices at a time.
Pace Systems also mounts classroom displays on stands and builds school Wi-Fi networks through E-Rate. For districts in the Chicago area, our crews also install security cameras and door access systems. From our lab and warehouse in Naperville, Illinois, we ship equipment to school districts nationwide.
- E-Rate SPIN
- 143033722
- Contracts
- TIPS 230105 and 260202, OMNIA Partners 01-169
- Laptops per deployment
- Typically 1,300 to 1,600
- Setup stations in the lab
- More than 100
- Delivery around Chicago
- On Pace’s trucks
Student devices
Laptops are stored at our facility until each school is ready for delivery.
When a district orders setup, each laptop or Chromebook is imaged, asset-tagged and recorded by serial number at one of more than 100 stations in our lab in Naperville. The serial numbers go straight into the district’s equipment register in the Pace Hub, so nobody at the district has to type them in.
If a school isn’t ready for its laptops yet, they simply wait in our 40,000-square-foot building until it is, and then our trucks deliver them school by school. Laptops that don’t need setup go to the district straight from the vendor or the distributor.
1,300 laptops in one deployment
Imaged
Asset-tagged
Serial number recorded
Held until the school is ready
Delivered on Pace’s trucks
Classroom displays
Classroom displays arrive pre-mounted on your selected stand or cart.
Our technicians assemble the Balance Box mobile stands or the carts, mount the displays on them and install them in the rooms, so the teachers don’t have to put anything together themselves.
A district that buys displays and laptops in the same year can have both staged in our warehouse and delivered on our trucks, room by room and school by school.
Classroom displays and stands
Wi-Fi and E-Rate
District Wi-Fi bought under E-Rate goes on our SPIN, 143033722.
We supply the access points, switches and firewalls from Cisco and Meraki, Juniper Mist, HPE Aruba, Fortinet and more, and we ship them anywhere in the US. If the district is around Chicago, our crews install the network and run its cabling as well, so one company answers for the whole job.
Safety and security
Around Chicago, our crews install school security and fire alarms.
We install cameras, card access, intercoms, secure vestibules and door hardware in schools under our Illinois alarm contractor license, number 127001360, and we replace fire alarm systems as well. The electricians on those crews are IBEW Local 134 members.
For security reasons, we never publish which school has which system or how a school is protected, and that goes for our case studies as well.
Chicago Public Schools
Video surveillance and keyless entry upgrades
We upgraded video surveillance at dozens of schools, and put in keyless staff entry and access-control upgrades at nearly 50.
West Chicago School District 33
Fire alarm replacements in one summer
We replaced the fire alarm systems at two elementary schools before the school year began, and the old systems stayed live until the new ones took over.
How districts buy
TIPS and OMNIA Partners let districts buy without a bid.
TIPS members buy from us on contract 230105 for technology and 260202 for security systems, and OMNIA Partners members on contract 01-169. Your business office will know whether a cooperative contract fits the district’s rules, and if none does, the district can simply send us a purchase order.
If your rules call for a bid, we answer districts’ public bids and requests for proposals as well.
Questions
Questions school districts ask Pace
Can the laptops be ready before the first day of school?
Yes, we typically prepare district deployments of 1,300 to 1,600 laptops or Chromebooks at a time, using more than 100 workstations in our Naperville lab. Each device is imaged, asset-tagged, and recorded by serial number, then stored at our facility until the schools are ready for delivery. Simply include the schools’ required delivery date in your quote request so we can ensure everything is ready on time.
Can the district buy its Wi-Fi under E-Rate?
Yes. Pace Systems is an E-Rate service provider, and our Service Provider Identification Number (SPIN) is 143033722. Districts can purchase Wi-Fi equipment, switches, and firewalls through E-Rate, with installation services also available throughout the Chicago area.
Does Pace put the classroom displays together?
Yes, our technicians assemble the Balance Box mobile stands or the carts, mount the SMART or Promethean displays on them and install them in the classrooms. If the district is around Chicago, our trucks deliver them to each school as well.
Can a district buy from Pace on a cooperative contract?
Yes, if the district is a TIPS member it can buy on contract 230105 for technology and 260202 for security systems, and OMNIA Partners members can buy on contract 01-169. Your business office will know whether a cooperative contract meets the district’s rules.
Get a quote
Tell Pace which devices the schools need, and by when.
The district’s device list is enough for us to start, and standard items are usually quoted the same business day. If the district already has a quote in hand, ours comes back within one business day.