Gerry Boucher
Retired School Business Administrator
New Hampshire
“We received unmatched service through Virco’s PlanSCAPE program. I’ve already recommended PlanSCAPE, and will continue to recommend this program to anyone who purchases furniture and equipment for schools.”
“During my career as a school business administrator, I spent 16 years buying educational furniture and equipment. I also took part in three school construction projects. Although I’ve worked with many contractors, consultants and sales people over the years, our PlanSCAPE representative was simply the best.”
“Before deciding to use PlanSCAPE we went through a rigorous vendor selection process. And even after that, I wanted to meet with the person from Virco who would be coordinating our project.”
“Right from the start, I recognized that we were working with a conscientious, experienced professional. Our representative thoroughly explained the PlanSCAPE service; he also met with all the school’s staff members who would be receiving new furniture to answer their questions. Soon after that, he provided the first of many layouts that illustrated our product preferences in the arrangements and groupings we specified.”
“Taken together, the PlanSCAPE layouts and our representative’s expert service really saved us time. He was always glad to create revised layouts that showed how different products would work in a given space. He also encouraged us to call people in other districts where he’d coordinated projects to get even more information about product performance. As a result, when we were ready to purchase, we knew that we’d thoroughly investigated the items we were choosing.”
“PlanSCAPE also helped us optimize our furniture dollars. In the past, we typically took a low-bid approach to purchasing school furniture. Unfortunately, low-bid can often mean questionable quality. PlanSCAPE enabled us to purchase top-quality furniture and equipment through the U.S. Communities contract, which had been recommended to me by a colleague in another district. I tried to find fault with U.S. Communities, but it’s much faster and easier than bidding and the pricing is very good. PlanSCAPE and U.S. Communities add up to a definite ‘win-win’ for schools.”
“Our PlanSCAPE representative did an exemplary job. Everything he promised, he delivered. Our $1 million dollar furniture and equipment purchasing project has been a great success.”
