Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 9/24/2020 - 6:30 PM
Category: Report of the Committee on Accountability, Finance, and Personnel
Type: Action
Subject: 5. Action on the Award of Exception-to-Bid Contracts
Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
Goal 3
Effective and Efficient Operations
Policy: Admin Policy 3.09 - Purchasing and Bidding Requirements
Attachments Overview of Action on the Award of Exception-to-Bid Requests: Proposed Contracts and Supporting Documents
File Attachment:
1. Action on the Award of Exception-to-Bid Contracts.pdf
2. B0001401 Durham School Services LP Original Contract.pdf
3. B0001401 Durham School Services LP First Extension & Modification.pdf
4. B0001395 First Student, Inc., Original Contract.pdf
5. B0001395 First Student, Inc., First Extension & Modification.pdf
6. B0001437 Complete Office of Wisconsin, Inc. dba Emmons Business Interiors.pdf
7. B0001436 Duet Resource Group, Inc..pdf
8. B0001439 School Specialty, Inc..pdf
9. B0001435 Virco, Inc..pdf
Background: Recommended for the Board's approval at this meeting are the following exception-to-bid requests:

Durham Schools Services, LP ($100,000) and First Student, Inc. ($100,000) for Field Trip Transportation Services, varies by location using services = $200,000

Complete Office of Wisconsin, Inc., for Education, Classroom Miscellaneous Support Furniture and Related Products, varies by location using services = $1,000,000

Duet Resource Group, Inc., for Education, Classroom Miscellaneous Support Furniture and Related Products, varies by location using services = $2,000,000

School Specialty, Inc., for Education, Classroom Miscellaneous Support Furniture and Related Products, varies by location using services = $5,000,000

Virco, Inc., for Education, Classroom Miscellaneous Support Furniture and Related Products, varies by location using services = $3,000,000

Gateway Education Holdings LLC D/B/A Savvas Learning Company LLC ($70,809.14), Follett School Solutions, Inc. ($37,993.33), and Textbook Warehouse LLC ($2,359,201.84) for Student Textbooks, GEN-0-0-INV-DW-EXTB = $2,468,004.31.31

Discovery Education, Inc., for Social Studies Middle School, GEN-0-I-CR1-DW-ESWRCOVD = $173,268
Fiscal Impact Statement: This item authorizes expenditures as indicated in the attachments.
Implementation and Assessment Plan Upon approval by the Board, the contracts will begin as indicated in the attachments.
Recommendation: Your Committee recommends that the Board authorize the exception-to-bid requests as set forth in the attachments to this item.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Jacqueline M. Mann, Ph.D. - Board Clerk/Chief Officer