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In August of 1981, the Eastern Suffolk BOCES Cooperative Bidding program was initiated in order to assist school districts in combating the effects that inflation was placing on the purchasing power of their tax dollars. By bidding their required needs on a cooperative basis, these school districts realized that significant savings could be generated and time and labor could be reduced. In addition, Cooperative Bidding could provide a greater number of competitive bids solicited and received.
In the first year of operation, the Program was composed of ten (10) Islip
Township school districts and the Islip Town Government. More than 20
years later the Cooperative is comprised of Eastern Suffolk BOCES, Western
Suffolk BOCES, the Town Governments of Brookhaven, Islip, and East Hampton,
and the following sixty-five (65) school districts:
- Amagansett UFSD
- Amityville UFSD
- Babylon UFSD
- Bay Shore UFSD
- Bayport-Blue Point UFSD
- Brentwood UFSD
- Bridgehampton UFSD
- Center Moriches UFSD
- Central Islip UFSD
- Cold Spring Harbor CSD
- Commack UFSD
- Comsewogue UFSD
- Connetquot CSD
- Copiague UFSD
- Deer Park UFSD
- East Hampton UFSD
- East Islip UFSD
- East Moriches UFSD
- East Quogue UFSD
- Eastport/South Manor CSD
- Elwood UFSD
- Fire Island UFSD
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- Greenport UFSD
- Half Hollow Hills CSD
- Hampton Bays UFSD
- Harborfields CSD
- Hauppauge UFSD
- Huntington UFSD
- Islip UFSD
- Kings Park CSD
- Lindenhurst UFSD
- Little Flower UFSD
- Longwood CSD
- Mattituck-Cutchogue UFSD
- Middle Country CSD
- Miller Place UFSD
- Montauk UFSD
- Mount Sinai UFSD
- North Babylon UFSD
- Northport-East Northport UFSD
- Oysterponds UFSD
- Patchogue-Medford UFSD
- Port Jefferson UFSD
- Remsenburg-Speonk UFSD
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- Riverhead CSD
- Rocky Point UFSD
- Sachem CSD
- Sag Harbor UFSD
- Sayville UFSD
- Shelter Island UFSD
- Shoreham-Wading River CSD
- Smithtown CSD
- South Country CSD
- South Huntington UFSD
- Southampton UFSD
- Southold UFSD
- Springs UFSD
- Three Village CSD
- Tuckahoe CSD
- Wainscott CSD
- West Babylon UFSD
- West Islip UFSD
- Westhampton Beach UFSD
- William Floyd UFSD
- Wyandanch UFSD
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- Arts & Crafts Supplies
- Athletic Supply and Equipment Reconditioning
- Audio/Visual Supplies, Equipment & Tapes
- Classroom Furniture (Catalog Purchase)
- Curricular Paper
- Custodial Supplies
- Data Processing Stock Paper and Labels
- Electrical Lamps, Tubes and Ballasts
- Fence Equipment, Accessories, and Related Site-Work Improvements
- Fine and Recycled Paper
- Fire Extinguisher Maintenance
- Fuel Oil
- General Office Supplies
- Glass Replacement
- Hazardous Waste Removal and Disposal
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- Labels & Report Cards
- Lead in Water Analysis
- Inspection, Preventive Maintenance and Repair of Basketball
Backstops (Stationery and Swing- Up)
- Inspection, Preventive Maintenance and Repair of Bleachers
- Microcomputers, Peripherals and Software
- Music Supplies and Equipment
- Musical Instrument Repairs
- Paint and Paint Supplies
- Physical Education/Athletic/First Aid Supplies
- Science Supplies
- Special Education Instructional Supplies (Catalog Purchase)
- Stationery Supplies, Equipment & Furniture (Catalog
Purchase)
- Tank Testing, Repair and Cleaning
- Technology Education Supplies
- Third Party Administrator for Tax Sheltered Annuities
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It is the intent of the Cooperative to add one new category to the bid list annually.
Cooperative Bidding also saves time and labor due to the following services offered by Eastern Suffolk BOCES: membership coordination, legal advertisement obligation, specification development, the computerization of bid lists, vendor solicitation and the production of bid award and purchasing reports. Legal advertisement alone, $300.00 + per bid, can justify Program participation.
An eight-member Advisory Committee, who are elected to three-year terms, provide direction for the Program in addition to making award recommendations for all bids. The Advisory Committee members are:
| Mr. Anthony Cacciola, Assistant Superintendent for Finance |
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West Babylon UFSD |
| Ms. Susan M. Casali, Assistant Superintendent for Business |
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Comsewogue UFSD |
| Ms. Laurie Conley, Purchasing Agent |
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East Islip UFSD |
| Mr. Frank Hark, School Purchasing Agent |
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Brentwood UFSD |
| Ms. Marianne Higuera, Assistant Superintendent for Business |
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Miller Place UFSD |
| Mr. Ted Kucin, School Purchasing Agent |
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South Huntington UFSD |
| Ms. Bonnie Massetti, Purchasing Agent |
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Longwood CSD |
| Mr. Tom Myles, Purchasing Agent, CPPO, C.P.M. |
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Central Islip UFSD |
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