Dear Board of Education:

Specifications were prepared, bids advertised on September 3, 2009 and received for Science Supplies-Biotechnology on September 30, 2009 for the NEW YORK/ISLAND Cooperative Bid for Amityville, Babylon, Babylon Municipality, Bay Shore, Bayport-Blue Point, Bellmore, Bellmore-Merrick, Bethpage, Brentwood, Center Moriches, Central Islip, Cold Spring Harbor, Comsewogue HS, East Hampton, East Meadow, East Williston, Elmont, Elwood, Farmingdale, Franklin Square, Freeport, Garden City, Glen Cove,  Great Neck, Half Hollow Hills, Hampton Bays, Herricks, Hewlett Woodmere,  Hicksville, Huntington, Island Park, Island Trees, Jericho, Lawrence, Levittown, Lindenhurst, Locust Valley, Long Beach City, Longwood, Malverne, Manhasset, Massapequa, Merrick, Middle Country, Miller Place, Mineola, Mt. Sinai, New Hyde-Garden City Park, North Babylon, North Bellmore, North Merrick, North Shore, Oceanside, Oyster Bay E. Norwich, Patchogue-Medford, Plainedge, Plainview-Old Bethpage, Port Jefferson, Port Washington, Riverhead, Rocky Point, Roslyn, Sayville, Seaford, Shoreham Wading River, Smithtown Central, South Country, South Huntington, Southampton, Stamford,  Three Village, Uniondale, Valley Stream Central H.S., Valley Stream Free SD 30, Wantagh, Westbury, William Floyd, Ardsley, Argyle, Arlington, Auburn Enlarged City, Bedford, Boces Southern Westchester Voc., Blind Brook Rye, Brewster, Briarcliff Manor, Bronxville, Byram Hills, Canandaigua City, Carmel, Chappaqua, Clarkstown, Dobbs Ferry, Dover, Eastchester, Edgemont, Elmsford, Germantown, Granville, Greenwich, Haldane, Harrison, Hastings On Hudson, Hendrick Hudson, Irvington, Ithaca, Jordan Elbridge, Katonah Lewisboro, Mahopac, Marlboro, Mt. Pleasant, Nanuet, Newburgh,  New Lebanon, New Paltz, New Rochelle City, North Rockland, North Salem, Nyack, Pawling, Pearl River, Peekskill, Pelham, Pine Bush, Pleasantville, Port Chester, Poughkeepsie, Ramapo, Red Hook, Rockland Boces, Rye City, Rye Neck, Saratoga Springs, Saugerties, Seneca Falls, Somers, South Orangetown, Tarrytown, Ticonderoga, 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: