Board Agenda - May 20, 2008

13. RFP #2008-041 Teaching Aids

Presenter: Richard Matkin

Purpose: A - Request decision - closure required

Time: No time limit

Description:

This is a compliance proposal that will establish an approved vendor list for teaching aid purchases throughout the District. The Request for Proposals was formatted for a discount from catalog price. This is a two-year contract.

To allow the maximum ordering efficiency and to meet the needs of the District's teachers, staff recommends that all proposers be awarded. Tab sheet is attached.

Recommendation:

The Administration recommends that this bid be awarded to:
1-World Globes & Maps, A Splash of Class, A Teacher's Aide, ABC School Supply, Abecedarian, Abilitations, AccuCut, Achievement Products, Acute Mathematics LLC, Asel Art Supply Inc., Attainment Company, Barnes & Noble, Inc., Brewer Educational Resources, Brian M. Celico, OD PA Inc., Bright Apple, Inc., Buy Button Parts, Calloway House Inc., Cengage Learning, Inc., Cheng & Tsui Company, Childcraft, Education Corp., CPW-Classroom Products Warehouse, Creative Classrooms, Crystal Productions, Cyberguys, Delaney Educational Enterprises, Inc., Demco, Inc., Dick Blick Company, Discount School Supply, Don Johnston Incorporated, DynaStudy, Inc., EAI Education (Div. Of Eric Armin, Inc.), ECS Learning Systems, Inc., E-Deals USA, Inc., Educational Products, Inc., Educator Expo, Educator's Depot, Inc., Educators Outlet, Inc., Ellison Educational Equipment Inc., Enabling Technologies, ETA/Cuisenaire, Div. of A. Daigger & Co., Everlast Climbing Industries, Inc., EverythingAboutLearning.com, Fitness Finders, Inc., Franklin Covey, Frog Street Press, Gaylord Bros., Inc., GeoLeg, GF Educators d/b/a The Learning Patch, Glendale Industries, Great Ideas for Teaching, Gumdrop Professional Resource Center, Handwriting Without Tears, Health Edco (div. of WRS Group, Ltd.), Hearlihy Company, Heinemann-Raintree, Hendrick-Long Publishing Co., Highsmith Inc., HMH Supplemental Publishers, Inc., Hooleon Corporation, Independent Living Aids, Inc., Innovative Learning Concepts, Inc., JADE Distributing/Publishing, KAMICO Instructional Media, Inc., Kaplan Early Learning Co., King Joe Educational Enterprises, Knowledge Unlimited, Lakeshore Learning Materials, Laureate Learning Systems, Inc., LeapFrog School, Learning Services, Lectorum Publications, LEGO Education, LinguiSystems Inc., Macmillan/McGrawHill-Glencoe/McGraw Hill, Mar*Co Products, Inc., Maxiaids, Inc., Midwest Technology Products, MindWare, Nasco, National Educational Systems, Inc., National Reading Styles Institute, Inc., Nelson Education Ltd., Novel Units, Inc., Office Depot, Inc., Okapi Educational Materials, Oriental Trading Company, Inc., Oxton House Publishers, LLC, Pacific Learning, PASCO Scientific, Paxton Patterson LLC, PCI Education, Pearson Education, Inc./Scott Foresman, Pearson Learning Group, Pearson Prentice Hall, Perfection Learning Corporation, Perma-Bound Books, Pitsco, Inc., Pocket Full of Therapy, Positive Promotions, Precision Business Machines, Inc., Premier Agendas Inc., Prentke Romich Company, Prestwick House, Inc., Primary Concepts, Professional Associates Publishing, Pyramid School Products, QEP, Inc. Professional Books, Rand McNally & Company, Really Good Stuff, Remedia Publications, Inc., Renaissance Learning, Resources for Reading, Reynolds Manufacturing Corporation, Rifton Equipment, Robert-Leslie Publishing LLC, Saddleback Educational Publishing, Inc., Sax Arts & Crafts, School Mate, School Specialty, SchooLocker Teacher Supply, Inc., Sirchie Finger Print Laboratories, SmartSchool Systems, Social Studies School Service, Softchoice Corporation, Sportime d/b/a School Specialty, SRA/McGraw Hill, STAR Autism Support LLC, Steps to Literacy, Super Duper Publications, Teachers Depot, LLC, Teacher's Tools, The Gale Group, Therapro, Inc., Thomas Klise/Crimson Multimedia, Total Techniques/Holden Custom Products, Trinity Ceramic Supply, Inc., U.S. Toy Co., Inc. d/b/a Constructive Playthings, Ultimate Office Inc./Organize Now Catalog, VIS Enterprises, Weekly Reader Publishing, Wright Group/McGraw Hill, and YouthLight, Inc.

Business Impact:

Operating Budget - $2,000,000

Summary:

Appendix:

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