Agenda Item
Meeting Date:
2/24/2021 - 5:00 PM  
Category:
DIVISION OF EQUITY AND ACCESS - CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, SCHOOL SUPERVISION  
Type:
Action  
Subject:
17.6 Textbook vendors per attached list  
District Goals:
Goal 1
To educate all students for academic excellence.
 
Enclosure:
 
File Attachment:
NYS OGS Contracts.pdf
McGraw Hill - Sole Source letter.docx
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - Sole Source letter.docx
Eureka Math Curriculum (Great Mind) - Sole Source Letter.pdf
ETR Associates - Sole Source Letter.docx
Curriculum Associates - Sole Source Letter.pdf
Continental Press - Sole Source.pdf
Benchmark Education - Sole Source.pdf
BOCS Worksheet.xlsx
Vendor List.xlsx
 
Rationale:
Textbook vendors per attached list
Term: 2021-2022
Amount: Not to exceed $2,410,000
Scope: To provide textbooks and classroom resources for Yonkers Public Schools and Non-Public Schools at discounted costs from vendors listed that are either Sole Source vendors or offer discounts from New York State contracts. The allocation will be used for various textbook vendors depending on the needs of the Schools.

NW contract #/VENDOR/ AMOUNTS:
1. Not Assign yet/Follett School Solution Inc./$400,000
2. Not Assign yet/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/$400,000
3. Not Assign yet/Curriculum Associaltes, Inc./$150,000
4. Not Assign yet/McGraw-Hill School Education/$50,000
5. Not Assign yet/Continental Press, Inc/$50,000
6. Not Assign yet/Cengage Learning/$50,000
7. Not Assign yet/ETR Associates, Inc./$80,000
8. Not Assign yet/Great Minds/$500,000
9. Not Assign yet/Benchmark Education/$730,000

Total $2,410,000
 
Funding:
(Purchase Orders Only) (Non-Capital Bonded Funds)
ACCOUNT NUMBER:

Pending NON-CIP Account (Teaching – Regular Schools – Textbooks) - $2,000,000
Pending NON-CIP Account (Occupational Education – Textbooks) - $80,000
Pending NON-CIP Account (Teaching – Non Public Schools – Textbooks) - $330,000

Total = $2,410,000
 
Resolution
WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to enter into a contract with the attached vendors to purchase textbooks and classroom resources to support Yonkers Public Schools and Non-Public Schools textbook/resource needs for the 2021-2022 school year,

WHEREAS the district administration has designed in conjunction with the attached vendors 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 the attached vendors to provide these services, and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with the attached vendors at a cost not to exceed $2,410,000

It is acknowledged and agreed that pursuant to the terms of that certain intermunicipal agreement by and between the City of Yonkers Board of Education (“BOE”) and the City of Yonkers (the “City”) as filed in the Office of the City Clerk on June 16, 2014, the terms of this agreement are subject to review and revision by the Corporation Counsel, as well as approval by the City’s Board of Contract and Supply. Furthermore, this Agreement shall not be enforceable until signed by both parties and approved by the Corporation Counsel’s Office.
 
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Dr. Fenix Arias - Manager of Administration
Signed By:  
Tom Collich - Purchasing Director
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:  
Dr. Edwin M. Quezada - Superintendent of Schools
 
Vote Results:

Original Motion
Member Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio Moved, Member Abdool H. Jamal seconded to approve the Original motion 'WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to enter into a contract with the attached vendors to purchase textbooks and classroom resources to support Yonkers Public Schools and Non-Public Schools textbook/resource needs for the 2021-2022 school year,

WHEREAS the district administration has designed in conjunction with the attached vendors 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 the attached vendors to provide these services, and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with the attached vendors at a cost not to exceed $2,410,000

It is acknowledged and agreed that pursuant to the terms of that certain intermunicipal agreement by and between the City of Yonkers Board of Education (“BOE”) and the City of Yonkers (the “City”) as filed in the Office of the City Clerk on June 16, 2014, the terms of this agreement are subject to review and revision by the Corporation Counsel, as well as approval by the City’s Board of Contract and Supply. Furthermore, this Agreement shall not be enforceable until signed by both parties and approved by the Corporation Counsel’s Office.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 9 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 9 - 0
   
Gail Burns     Yes
Sheila Greenwald     Yes
Dr. John Castanaro     Yes
Lakisha Collins-Bellamy     Yes
Andrea Brown     Yes
Rev. Steve Lopez     Yes
Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio     Yes
Kevin Cacace     Yes
Abdool H. Jamal     Yes