Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 3/18/2020 - 5:00 PM
Category: PURCHASING
Type: Action
Subject: 13.2 Request for participation in Southern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services ("SWBOCES") cooperative bids for fiscal year 2020-2021.
District Goals:
Enclosure SWBOCES Application for Participation in Cooperative Bids and Board of Education form of Resolution.
File Attachment:
SWBOCES 2020-2021 Resolution.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:

Please check Either
YES NO

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

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution shall remain in effect
until:_____June 30, 2021_____________, 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.


____________________________ City of Yonkers
Clerk Public School District
1 Larkin Center
March 18, 2020 Yonkers, New York 10701
Date of Board Adoption
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 Andrea Brown Moved, Member Dr. John Castanaro 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:

Please check Either
YES NO

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

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution shall remain in effect
until:_____June 30, 2021_____________, 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.


____________________________ City of Yonkers
Clerk Public School District
1 Larkin Center
March 18, 2020 Yonkers, New York 10701
Date of Board Adoption'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 9 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 9 - 0
   
Rev. Steve Lopez     Yes
Judith_Ramos Meier     Yes
Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio     Yes
Kevin Cacace     Yes
Andrea Brown     Yes
Abdool H. Jamal     Yes
Dr._Ammir Rabadi     Yes
Dr._Edward Fergus     Yes
Dr. John Castanaro     Yes