School Specialty

               EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL SUPPLIES, INSTRUCTIONAL SOLUTIONS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS
                                             Executive Summary


 Lead Agency: REGION 4 ESC                                  Solicitation: RFP 23-03

 RFP Issued: June 6, 2023                                   Pre-Proposal Date: June 15, 2023

 Response Due Date: July 25, 2023                           Proposals Received: #20

Awarded to: School Specialty, LLC – Contract R230305

The Board of Directors of Region 4 Education Service Center (ESC) issued RFP 23-03 on June 6, 2023, to establish
a national cooperative contract for Educational School Supplies, Instructional Solutions, and Related Products.

The solicitation included cooperative purchasing language in Sections I. Scope of Work:
Region 4 ESC, as the Principal Procurement Agency, defined in ATTACHMENT D, has partnered with OMNIA
Partners, Public Sector (“OMNIA Partners”) to make the resultant contract (also known as the “Master
Agreement” in materials distributed by OMNIA Partners) from this solicitation available to other public agencies
nationally, including state and local governmental entities, public and private primary, secondary and higher
education entities, non-profit entities, and agencies for the public benefit (“Public Agencies”), through OMNIA
Partners’ cooperative purchasing program. The Region 4 ESC is acting as the contracting agency for any other
Public Agency that elects to utilize the resulting Master Agreement. Use of the Master Agreement by any Public
Agency is preceded by their registration with OMNIA Partners (a “Participating Public Agency”) and by using the
Master Agreement, any such Participating Public Agency agrees that it is registered with OMNIA Partners,
whether pursuant to the terms of a Master Intergovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Agreement, a form of
which is attached hereto on ATTACHMENT D, or as otherwise agreed to. ATTACHMENT D contains additional
information about OMNIA Partners and the cooperative purchasing program.

Notice of the solicitation was sent to potential offerors, as well as advertised in the following:

     •    Region 4 ESC website                                     •   Daily Journal of Commerce, OR
     •    OMNIA Partners website                                   •   The State, SC
     •    USA Today, nationwide                                    •   Deseret News, UT
     •    Arizona Business Gazette, AZ                             •   Richmond Times-Dispatch, VA
     •    San Bernardino County Sun, CA                            •   Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, WA
     •    Honolulu Star-Advertiser, HI                             •   Houston Community Newspapers, TX
     •    The Herald-News – Will County (IL)                       •   Helena Independent Record, MT
     •    The Advocate – New Orleans, LA                           •   Las Vegas Review-Journal and/or Las Vegas
     •    The New Jersey Herald, NJ                                    Sun
     •    Albany Times Union, NY                                   •   Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel, ME



Version June 28, 2023
On March 14, 2023 were received from the following offerors:

     •    MobyMax Education, LLC
     •    EPS Operations LLC                                      •   Hand2mind
     •    Discount School Supply                                  •   Navigate 360, LLC
     •    Kaplan Early Learning                                   •   ODP
     •    MichaelsPRO Education                                   •   Fun and Function
     •    ABDO Publishing Company                                 •   Skydio, Inc.
     •    Quill LLC                                               •   AccuCut, LLC
     •    Lakeshore Learning Materials, LLC                       •   Xello Inc.
     •    DreamBox Learning                                       •   Just Right Reader, Inc.
     •    School Specialty, LLC                                   •   Really Good Stuff
     •    Kids Read Now, Inc.

The proposals were evaluated by an evaluation committee. Using the evaluation criteria established in the RFP,
the committee elected to enter into negotiations with MichaelsPRO Education, Quill LLC, Lakeshore Learning
Materials, LLC, ODP, and School Specialty, LLC and proceeding with contract award upon successful completion
of negotiations.

Region 4 ESC, OMNIA Partners and School Specialty, LLC successfully negotiated a contract, and the Region 4 ESC
executed the agreement with a contract effective date of January 1, 2024.

Contract includes:

     •    A leading provider of educational products and services to Pre-K – 12th grade market.
     •    Offer customized market baskets in any of brand categories.
     •    Percentage listed is a discount off the current catalog.

Term:
          Initial three (3) agreement from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2026 with the option to renew
          for two (2) additional one-year periods through December 31, 2028.

Pricing/Discount: Contact Supplier or OMNIA Partners for price schedule details.




Version June 28, 2023