Dear Board of Education:

Specifications were prepared, bids advertised on August 21, 2007 and received for Science Supplies on September 21, 2007 for the NEW YORK/ISLAND Cooperative Bid for Ardsley, Argyle, Arlington, Auburn, Babylon, Bay Shore, Bayport Blue Point, Bedford, Bellmore, Bellmore-Merrick, Bethpage, Blind Brook Rye, BOCES Southern Westchester Voc., Brentwood, Brewster, Briarcliff Manor, Bronxville, Byram Hills, Carmel, Canandaigua City, Center Moriches, Central Islip, Chappaqua, Clarkstown, Cold Spring Harbor, Comsewogue HS, Dobbs Ferry, Dover, East Hampton, East Williston, Eastchester, Edgemont, Elmont, Elwood, Farmingdale, Franklin Square, Freeport, Garden City, Germantown, Glen Cove, Granville, Greenwich, Half Hollow Hills, Haldane, Hampton Bays, Harrison, Hastings On Hudson, Hendrick Hudson, Herricks, Hicksville, Hyde Park, Huntington, Irvington, Island Trees, Ithaca, Jericho, Jordan Elbridge, Lawrence, Levittown, Lindenhurst, Locust Valley, Long Beach City, Lynbrook, Mahopac, Malverne, Manhasset, Marlboro, Massapequa, Merrick, Middle Country, Miller Place, Mineola, Mt. Pleasant, Mt. Sinai, Mt. Vernon City, Nanuet, New Hyde-Garden City Park, New Lebanon, New Paltz, New Rochelle City, Newburgh, North Bellmore, North Merrick, North Rockland, North Salem, North Shore, Nyack, Oceanside, Oyster Bay E. Norwich, Patchogue-Medford, Pawling, Pearl River, Peekskill, Pelham, Plainedge, Plainview-Old Bethpage, Pleasantville, Port Chester, Port Jefferson, Port Jervis, Port Washington, Poughkeepsie, Putnam Valley, Ramapo, Red Hook, Riverhead, Rocky Point, Roslyn, Rye City, Rye Neck, Saratoga Springs, Saugerties, Seaford, Seneca Falls,  Shoreham-Wading River, Somers, South Huntington, South Orangetown, Southampton, Stamford, Three Village, Ticonderoga, Tuckahoe, Valley Stream, Wantagh, Westbury and Yorktown  Boards of Education.

SPECIFICATIONS WERE PREPARED, BIDS ADVERTISED FOR THE ABOVE AND RECEIVED FROM THE VENDORS LISTED BELOW. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT UNIT PRICE AWARDS BE MADE TO LOW BIDDERS ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS AS FOLLOWS: