Board Agenda - June 06, 2006

13. #3735, Teaching aids

Presenter: Richard Matkin

Purpose: A - Request decision - closure required

Time: No time limit

Description:

Bids for the following items were advertised, received, and opened by the Purchasing Services Department. The appropriate department has evaluated all bids and forwarded their recommendation to Purchasing Services to be reviewed for compliance with Education Code 44.031 and School Board Policy.

This is a bid that will establish a list of approved vendors, catalogs, and discounts for the purchase of teaching aids. This is the first year of a renewable bid. This bid establishes discounts and criteria to give teachers and principals the best pricing with the most flexibility.

Staff recommends awarding all vendors submitting bids for teaching aids to achieve the widest range of choice for teachers and principals. Tab sheet is attached.

Recommendation:

The Administration recommends that the bid for teaching aids be awarded to all of the following vendors: ABC School Supply; Abecedarian Abrams & Co.Publishers; Achievement Products; American Book Company; American Educational Associates, Inc.; Arroyo Viejo Books; ASCD (Assoc. for Supervision & Curriculum Dept.); Asel Art Supply; Attainment Co.; Big Books by George; Brodart Company; Budgetext Corp.; Calloway House; Carson Dellosa Publishers; Cheng & Tsui Co.; Childcraft Education; Chiquitillos; Community Products d/b/a Rifton Equip.; Creative Classrooms (Remedia, Carson, TCR); Creative Classrooms (2006 Catalog); Creative Classrooms (SI Products and Safe-T Products); Dawn Sign Press; Delaney Education Enterprises; Delta X Industries; Demco; Dick Blick Company; Don Johnston, Inc.; ECS Learning Systems; Educational Record Center; Educator Expo; Educators Outlet; Ellison Educational Equipment ; ETA/Cuisenaire; George F. Cram; Glendale; Great Source Education Group; Gumdrop Books; Gumdrop Professional Resource Center; Hammond & Stephens;Harcourt Achieve; Highsmith, Inc.; Howbrite Solutions; Imagestuff.com; Innovative Learning Concepts; Intellitools, Inc.; JK Children Supply; Kamico Instructional Media, Inc.;Kaplan Early Learning; King Joe Educational Enterprises; Laerdal Medical Corp.; Lakeshore Learning Materials; Laureate Learning Systems; Lectorum; LEGO Education; Library Skills, Inc.; Long's Electronics;Madentec Limited; Marco Products; Mariuccia Iaconi Books; MindWare; Modern School Supplies; Music in Motion; National Educational Systems; Novel Units, Inc.;Office Depot; Okapi Educational Materials; Oxton House Publishers; Olmstead-Kirk Paper; Oriental Trading Co.; Paxton/Patterson ; PCI Education; Pearson Education (Pearson AGS Globe); Pearson Education (Modern Curriculum Press, Celebration Press, Dominie Press, Dale Seymour Publications and Pearson Early Learning);Perfect Solutions; Pocket Full of Therapy; Positive Promotions; Precision Business Machines, Inc.; Premier Agendas, Inc.; Prentke Romich Co.; Pro-E; Prufrock Press; QEP, Inc.; Really Good Stuff; Renaissance Learning; Resources for Reading; Reynolds Mfg. Corp.; S&S Worldwide; Safe-T Classroom Products; Sax Arts & Crafts; School Specialty; Social Studies School Service; Spaceshots, Inc.; Sportime (Abilitations and Integrations); Steps to Literacy; Summit Learning; Super Duper Publications; Teacher Direct; Teacher's Tools; The Learning Patch;Thomas S. Klise/Crimson Multimedia; Thomson Learning; Trinity Ceramic Supply; Ultimate Office, Inc.;US Toy Co. d/b/a Constructive Playthings; Wood, Etc., Corp.; Wright Group/McGraw Hill; YouthLight, Inc.

Business Impact:

Estimated Value: $1,500,000.00.
Budget/Financial Implication: Classroom Supply Budgets.
Evaluation Criteria: Best Meets the Needs of the District.

Summary:

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