Agenda Item
Meeting Date:
2/26/2025 - 5:30 PM  
Category:
OFFICE OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT  
Type:
Action  
Subject:
17.3 Y & S Technologies  
District Goals:
Goal 1 Student Achievement
Strengthen academic outcomes and graduation pathways through culturally responsive and sustaining curriculum and instruction.
 
Enclosure:
 
File Attachment:
RFB-7364 - Y&S Technologies.pdf
RFB-7364 - Bid Abstract - Purchase Technology Material for P tech - Obama School.doc.pdf
BOCS.pdf
 
Rationale:
Term: February 2025
Amount: $24,956.00
Scope:
Bid No. RFB-7364, Opening Date, 1/8/2025, 3 bids, Awarded to the lowest bidder.

To purchase laptops, carts, and Promethean Boards to support the NYS Pathways in Early College High Schools (PTECH) program in the Barack Obama School for Social Justice. The purchase of these items are required for optimal use of the programs. The awarded vendor must be a NYS Certified MWBE.
 
Funding:
490.5273.25J348.2110.B2520 – PTech Barack Obama  
Resolution
WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to enter into a contract with Y&S Technologies to purchase Chromebooks, Tripp Lite Carts, Promethean Boards & Stands, to support PTECH Students for the 2024-2025 school year,

WHEREAS the district administration has designed in conjunction with Y&S Technologies a program which meets the objectives set forth by the Board and the New York State Education Department, and,

WHEREAS the Board of Education authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with Y&S Technologies to purchase these items, and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with Y&S Technologies at a cost not to exceed $24,956.00.
 
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Dr. Erik Wright - Associate Superintendent
Signed By:  
Victor Martinez - Director of Purchasing
Signed By:  
Finance Department - Finance Reviewer
Signed By:  
Elizabeth Janocha - Deputy Commissioner
Signed By:  
John Liszewski - Commissioner
Signed By:  
Matthew Gallagher - Corporation Counsel
Signed By:  
Anibal Soler, Jr. - Superintendent of Schools
 
Vote Results:

Original Motion
Member Sheila Greenwald Moved, Member Amjed Kuri seconded to approve the Original motion 'WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to enter into a contract with Y&S Technologies to purchase Chromebooks, Tripp Lite Carts, Promethean Boards & Stands, to support PTECH Students for the 2024-2025 school year,

WHEREAS the district administration has designed in conjunction with Y&S Technologies a program which meets the objectives set forth by the Board and the New York State Education Department, and,

WHEREAS the Board of Education authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with Y&S Technologies to purchase these items, and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with Y&S Technologies at a cost not to exceed $24,956.00.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 7 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 7 - 0
   
Kevin Cacace     Yes
Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio     Yes
Gail Burns     Yes
Sheila Greenwald     Yes
Amjed Kuri     Yes
Rosemarie Linton     Yes
Lawrence Sykes     Yes