New York: General

November 28, 2012

Educational Data Services, Inc.
236 Midland Avenue
 Saddle Brook, New Jersey, 07663
(973) 340-8800

Clarkstown Central School District
62 Old Middletown Road
New City, NY 10956

Dear Board of Education:

Specifications were prepared, bids advertised on November 8, 2012 and received for General Classroom Supplies on November 15, 2012 for the NEW YORK Cooperative Bid for Ardsley, Argyle, Arlington, Auburn Enlarged City, Averill Park, Bedford, Blind Brook Rye, Bloomfield, Boces Southern Westchester, Bolton, Brewster, Briarcliff Manor, Bronxville, Byram Hills, Canandaigua City, Carmel, Chappaqua, Charter School of Educational Excellence, Clarkstown, Corinth, Dobbs Ferry, Dover, Eastchester, Edgemont, Enlarged City School District of Troy, Ft. Edward, Geneva City, Glens Falls City, Greenwich, Hadley-Luzerne, Haldane, Harrison, Hartford, Hastings On Hudson, Hendrick Hudson, Irvington, Jordan Elbridge, Katonah Lewisboro, Lake George, Lyons, Mahopac, Marlboro, Millbrook, Mt. Pleasant, Nanuet, Naples, New Lebanon, New Paltz, New Rochelle, Newburgh Enlarged City, North Rockland, North Rose Wolcott, North Salem, Nyack, Palmyra Macedon, Pawling, Pearl River, Peekskill, Pelham, Pine Bush, Pleasantville, Port Chester, Poughkeepsie, Putnam-Northern Westchester Boces, Ramapo, Red Hook, Rockland Boces, Rye City, Rye Neck, Saratoga Springs City, Saugerties, Schuylerville, Seneca Falls, Somers, South Glens Falls, South Orangetown, Tarrytown, Ticonderoga, Wallkill, Waterloo, Yorktown.

TOTAL AWARD ANALYSIS-GENERAL CLASSROOM SUPPLIES

Company Name

Gross Bid

Discount

Net Bid

Number of Items Bid

Value of No Bids

Net Adjusted Bid

School Specialty Education

$1,640,295.26 $328,059.05 $1,312,236.21

1,982

$3,347.90 $1,315,584.11

W.B. Mason, Co., Inc.

$1,276,566.19 $255,313.24 $1,021,252.95

1,952

$7,290.90 $1,028,543.85

Cascade School Supplies

$1,266,016.00

$253,203.20

$1,012,812.80

2,000

$0

$1,012,812.80

Discounts apply for total award of category.

It is recommended that a unit price award be made to Cascade School Supplies, as low bidder according to specifications for General Classroom Supplies for a Net Total of $1,012,812.80. This total applies to the total cooperative bid. The Boards of Education reserve the right to increase or decrease quantities in the bid.  The discount from manufacturer’s current list price for items not specified on the bid is 20%.  Prices remain firm until November 30, 2013.

Very truly yours,

John O’Connor
Educational Data Services, Inc.