About Us


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, Babylon, Islip, and East Hampton, Village of Patchogue and the following sixty-six (66) 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
  • 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
  • Quogue UFSD
  • Remsenburg-Speonk UFSD
  • 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
The Program presently goes out to bid on the 45 bid categories listed below:

  • Arts & Crafts Supplies
  • Athletic/Academic Supply & Equipment Reconditioning
  • Audio Visual Supplies & Equipment
  • Automatic Temperature Control
  • Automotive Part and Services (Catalog Purchase)
  • Boiler, Duct, Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Services
  • Bus Parts and Services (Catalog Purchase) 
  • Carpentry Services
  • Catalog Purchase for Furniture, Seating, Risers, Lockers & School Related Items
  • Curricular Paper
  • Custodial Equipment (Catalog Purchase)
  • Custodial Liners & Gloves
  • Custodial Supplies
  • Doors-Repair, Maintenance & Installation
  • Electrical Lamps, Tubes & Ballasts
  • Electrical Services
  • Fence Equipment, Accessories, Concrete, Asphalt & Related Site-Work Improvements
  • Fine & Recycled Paper
  • Fire Extinguisher Maintenance
  • Flooring Supply and Installation 
  • Fuel Oil
  • General Office Supplies
  • Glazing Service & Supplies

 

 
  • Hazardous Waste Removal and Disposal
  • HVAC Services
  • Industrial Technology Supplies
  • Inspection, Preventive Maintenance & Repair of Basketball Backstops
  • Inspection, Preventive Maintenance & Repair of Bleachers (Stationary & Swing-Up
  • Labels & Report Cards
  • Microcomputers, Peripherals & Software
  • Music Supplies & Instruments
  • Musical Instrument Repairs  
  • Paint & Paint Supplies
  • Painting Services
  • Phys. Ed/Athletic/First Aid Supplies
  • Plumbing Services
  • Plumbing Supplies (Catalog Purchase)
  • Roof Repairs
  • Science Supplies & Graphing Calculators
  • Security Services
  • Small Wares
  • Special Education Instructional Supplies (Catalog Purchase)
  • Stationery Supplies, Furniture & Equipment (Catalog Purchase)
  • Tank Testing, Repair & Cleaning  
  • Third Party Administrator for Tax Sheltered Annuitiy (403b & 457b) Plans 
Bid Calendar - A schedule detailing bid names, expiration dates, contract periods, and mailing dates among other information (in Adobe Acrobat PDF format).

Bidding Process - Point of View of the School District
Bidding Process - Point of View of the Vendor

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.

A eleven-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:

Ms. Jeanne Carroza, CPPB, Purchasing Agent  -  Town of East Hampton
Ms. Susan M. Casali, Assistant Superintendent for Business  -  Comsewogue UFSD
Ms. Cassy Caputo, Director of Purchasing
-
 Town of Brookhaven
Ms. Jody Flescher, Director of Purchasing
-
 Connetquot CSD
Mr. Frank Hark, Purchasing Agent  -  Brentwood UFSD
Ms. Lorraine Hein, CPPB, Director of Purchasing  -  Western Suffolk BOCES
Ms. Bonnie Massetti, Purchasing Agent  -  Longwood CSD
Ms. Catherine Nocco, Purchasing Agent  -  Sachem CSD
Ms. Kathleen O’Hara, School Business Official  -  Westhampton Beach UFSD
Ms. Christine Schnell, CPPB, Purchasing Agent
 -
 Sag Harbor UFSD
Mr. Sam Schneider, Business Official  - Riverhead CSD


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