Bids to provide ‘Classroom Instructional Materials’ were received from 67 vendors on April 13, 2022.  The bids of ABDO Publishing, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc., B.E. Publishing, BSN Sports, LLC, Capstone, CareerSafe, LLC, Children's Plus, Inc., Delaney Educational Enterprises, DKMarsh, Inc. dba Destination Knowledge, Dreambox Learning, Inc., EarlyChildhood, LLC dba Discount School Supply, Edmentum, Inc., Educational IDEAS, Inc. dba Ballard & Tighe, Publishers, EAI Education, Educational Products, Inc., Essential Skills Software, ExploreLearning, LLC, Flinn Scientific, Inc., Fisher Scientific Company, L.L.C., Follet Content Solutions, LLC, GL Group, Inc. dba Booksource, hand2mind, Inc., IB Source, Imagination Station, Inc. dba Istation,  IXL Learning, Inc., Kaplan Early Learning Company,  Lakeshore Learning Materials, LLC, Learning 2020, Inc. dba Penda Learning, Learning A-Z, LLC, Legends of Learning, Inc., Lerner Publishing Group, Lexia Voyager Sopris Inc., Mackin Educational Resources, Mrs. Nelson's Book Company, Music in Motion, Newsela, Inc., Next Level Libraries, Paper Dragon, Peoples Education, Inc. dba Mastery Education, Perfection Learning Corporation, Perma-Bound Books, Pitsco Education, LLC, Quill LLC, Rainbow Book Company, Really Good Stuff, LLC, Rethink Autism, Inc., S&S Worldwide, School Specialty, LLC., Speech Corner, Superior Text LLC, Teaching Strategies, LLC, TestOut Corporation, Textbook Warehouse, LLC, The Continental Press Inc., The Reading Warehouse, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., Thimble.io, Wayside Publishing, Whole Phonics, VWR International, LLC (Sargent Welch), VWR International LLC (Ward's Science Brands), were the best low bids meeting the advertised specifications.  This bid is for a period of one year with an option to renew for two additional one-year periods.  The funds for these purchases are contained in the budget allocated to Schools and/or Departments.

That the bids of the above referenced vendors for ‘Classroom Instructional Materials’ in an amount not to exceed $500,000.00 be approved as presented.

Not to exceed:  $500,000.00

Goal: 5 Strategy: 1