Laptop Upgrade October 2026

Project Background The OEB requires all employees to have a laptop. To maintain up-to-date technology and ensure all employees have the necessary tools, the OEB undertakes an annual upgrade of approximately one-third of its laptop inventory. Additionally, new laptops are purchased each year to accommodate the onboarding of new employees and to ensure there are spare laptops available for instances where devices may break or require maintenance. Purpose and Objectives The purpose of this initiative is to procure fifty (50) laptops that meet the OEB's technical and business requirements at the best overall value. The laptops are required by November 30, 2026, or earlier. Scope of Work and Requirements Vendors taking part in the Request for Tender (RFT) process must be able to provide and deliver all hardware as listed below. Participating Vendors must be capable of delivering fifty (50) laptops that meet the specifications outlined herein to the OEB office located at 2300 Yonge Street, 27th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M4P 1E4, no later than 12:00:00PM EST on November 30, 2026. Participating Vendors are required to indicate whether they can provide all required hardware and to specify the anticipated delivery timeline for the hardware including any delivery constraints in their submissions. All proposed fifty (50) Laptops must meet the following specifications. Brand: HP Model: EliteBook 8 G1i Part Number: BG7N6UT#ABA Operating System: Windows 11 Pro Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Intel AI Boost Memory (RAM): 32GB LPDDR5X Storage: 512GB PCIe 4.0 NVMe Screen Size: 14-inch notebook Graphics: Intel Arc Graphics Touchscreen: 1920 × 1200 Wi-Fi: 7 Bluetooth: 5.4 Camera: 5 MP IR AI Color: Glacier Silver **PLEASE NOTE** Vendors offering specifications that exceed the minimum requirements will not receive additional evaluation credit. The price evaluation will be based solely on the compliant configuration. Full details are provided in the RFT document which is available only