Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 3/15/2023 - 5:30 PM
Category: FINANCE
Type: Action
Subject: 15.2 Request for Participation in Southern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services ("SWBOCES") cooperative bids for fiscal year 2023-2024.
District Goals:
Enclosure SWBOCES Application for Participation in Cooperative Bids and Board of Education form of Resolution.
File Attachment:
Yonkers Public Schools SW BOCES Participation Request 2023-2024.pdf
Rationale: Approval by BOE Trustees will allow the Yonkers Public Schools to purchase supplies, commodities, materials, and equipment as set forth below.
Funding: Various YPS accounts.
Resolution: WHEREAS it is the desire of the participating school districts of the Southern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services, adopting this Resolution to bid jointly in those supplies, commodities, materials and equipment set forth below.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that the City of Yonkers Public School District agrees to participate with other school districts of the Southern Westchester Board of Educational Services, Westchester County, New York adopting this in the joint bidding of:

1. Art Supplies
2. School & Office Supplies
3. Fine Paper Supplies
4. Audio Visual Supplies & Equipment
5. Bakery Goods
6. Cafeteria Food Supplies
7. Custodial Supplies
8. Custodial Paper Supplies
9. Lumber Supplies
10. Laser & Ink Jet Toners, OEM
11. Microcomputer Hardware
12. Furniture, Storage, and Athletic Equipment

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution shall remain in effect
until: June 30, 2024, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: that it is agreed that the specifications as presented will be used, and that this Board agrees to bid its required amount of said commodities jointly with other participating school districts in Southern Westchester and the Southern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services. The recommendation of the Purchasing Steering Committee will be considered when this Board acts on the purchase of said Commodities.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the invitation to bid will be advertised by BOCES in the Journal News in accordance with the provisions of Section 103 to the General Municipal Law.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Tom Collich - Purchasing Director
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 Gail Burns seconded to approve the Original motion 'WHEREAS it is the desire of the participating school districts of the Southern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services, adopting this Resolution to bid jointly in those supplies, commodities, materials and equipment set forth below.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that the City of Yonkers Public School District agrees to participate with other school districts of the Southern Westchester Board of Educational Services, Westchester County, New York adopting this in the joint bidding of:

1. Art Supplies
2. School & Office Supplies
3. Fine Paper Supplies
4. Audio Visual Supplies & Equipment
5. Bakery Goods
6. Cafeteria Food Supplies
7. Custodial Supplies
8. Custodial Paper Supplies
9. Lumber Supplies
10. Laser & Ink Jet Toners, OEM
11. Microcomputer Hardware
12. Furniture, Storage, and Athletic Equipment

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution shall remain in effect
until: June 30, 2024, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: that it is agreed that the specifications as presented will be used, and that this Board agrees to bid its required amount of said commodities jointly with other participating school districts in Southern Westchester and the Southern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services. The recommendation of the Purchasing Steering Committee will be considered when this Board acts on the purchase of said Commodities.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the invitation to bid will be advertised by BOCES in the Journal News in accordance with the provisions of Section 103 to the General Municipal Law.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 8 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 8 - 0
   
Rosemarie Linton     Yes
Sheila Greenwald     Yes
Lawrence Sykes     Yes
Gail Burns     Yes
Dr. John Castanaro     Yes
Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio     Yes
Kevin Cacace     Yes
Rev. Steve Lopez     Yes