Depends on your board's purchasing policy, your state, and whether this is a new purchase or an option under a contract you already competed. We'll tell you what the record shows, not that you're exposed, to make a sale.

Yes, and it matters more when the board meets once a month. Vendors quote one bundled number. We get licenses, implementation, training, support and warranty split out so the trustees can see what they're approving the first time it reaches the agenda.

Usually integration with the assessing or billing data you already hold, moving years of records into the new system, and training beyond the few hours included. Those land after you've committed. We ask for them in writing before you sign, and name implementation as the vendor's scope in the agreement.

The license price was competed once, by a larger agency with different volume. Implementation, data migration and annual support usually weren't, and for a township those are often the bigger half of the first-year number.

Usually. A first quote often carries modules a township won't touch in year one, and scope you defer isn't collecting escalators. We'll say which pieces can wait and price the smaller version.

Yes, from public records, with the source document attached. Township contracts and board minutes are public, so you can pull them yourself if you'd rather. We don't name an agency in anything we publish without their written sign-off.