November 28, 2012
Educational Data Services, Inc.
236 Midland Avenue
Saddle Brook, New Jersey 07663
(973) 340-8800
ClarkstownCentralSchool District
62 Old Middletown Road
New City,NY 10956
Subject: Teaching Aids Bid Advertised Date: 11/8/12 – Bid Due Date: 11/15/12
Dear Board of Education:
Specifications were prepared, bids advertised on November 8, 2012 and received for Teaching Aids on November 15, 2012 for the NEW YORK/ISLAND Cooperative Bid for Amityville, Babylon, Baldwin, Bay Shore, Bayport-Blue Point, Bellmore, Bellmore-Merrick, Bethpage, Brentwood, Carle Place, Center Moriches, Central Islip, Cold Spring Harbor, Comsewogue, 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, Islip, 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, Northport-East Northport, Oceanside, Oyster Bay E. Norwich, Patchogue-Medford, Plainedge, Plainview-Old Bethpage, Port Jefferson, Port Washington, Riverhead, Rocky Point, Roosevelt, Roslyn, Sayville, Seaford, Shoreham Wading River, South Country, South Huntington, Syosset, Three Village, Uniondale, Valley Stream Central HSD, Valley Stream Free SD 30, Wantagh, West Babylon, Westbury, Westhampton Beach, William Floyd, 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.
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:
VENDOR NUMBER |
NAME |
ITEMS BID |
AMOUNT BID |
ITEMS AWARDED |
AMOUNT AWARDED |
5868 |
BECKERS SCHOOL SUPPLIES |
66 |
$1,795.28 |
18 |
$1,006.52 |
2612 |
EAI EDUCATION/ERIC ARMIN |
67 |
$2,729.12 |
23 |
$777,.76 |
7384 |
KAPLAN EARLY LEARNING CO. |
135 |
$6,453.29 |
14 |
$411.76 |
0885 |
LAKESHORE LEARNING MATERIALS |
1,155 |
$69,382.40 |
632 |
$43,698.51 |
0518 |
NASCO |
51 |
$2,453.60 |
10 |
$630.72 |
1748 |
REALLY GOOD STUFF |
49 |
$1,544.97 |
32 |
$1,212.31 |
1914 |
SCHOOL SPECIALTY/CHILDCRAFT |
637 |
$16,241.60 |
127 |
$4,182.65 |
1538 |
UNITED SUPPLY CORP. |
747 |
$24,358.56 |
52 |
$1,748.55 |
4884 |
ISLAND SCHOOL & ART SUPPLY |
329 |
$5,636.81 |
35 |
$495.39 |
0432 |
KURTZ BORS. |
577 |
$10,977.88 |
212 |
$3,077.79 |
0003 |
CASCADE SCHOOL SUPPLIES |
645 |
$10,314.53 |
338 |
$4,874.80 |
The Boards of Education reserves the right to increase or decrease quantities in the bid.
Prices remain firm until November 30, 2013.
Very truly yours,
John O’Connor
Educational Data Services, Inc.