Agenda Item
b. Bid 25-519 Catalog Discount ~ Career, Technical, and Agricultural Materials, Equipment & Supplies Contract Award Approval (Not to Exceed $2,000,000) ~ Updated 7.8.2026
Summary: Presented by: Dr. Sean Tartt, Acting, Chief Academic Officer, Teaching and Learning
Request: It is requested that the DeKalb County Board of Education approve the contract extension of Bid 25-519 Catalog Discount - Career Technical & Agricultural Materials, Equipment & Supplies to the following vendors: Amitrace Computer System, Carolina Biological Supply Company, Flinn Scientific Incorporated, Global Equipment Company, Incorporated, Learning Labs, Incorporated, LEGO Education Incorporated, NASCO Education LLC, Nisewonger Audio Visual Center, Incorporated, Paxton Patterson Incorporated, Sam Tell and Son Incorporated, and William J. Redmond & Son, Incorporated for an additional year in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000.
Why: Per Board Policy DJE, the Board of Education must approve the expenditure of any vendor that provides goods and/or services to the school district that may exceed $100,000 in purchases for the fiscal year. The bid establishes a contract with the identified vendors to provide efficient service and quality products while reducing costs.
Details: Bid 25-519 will provide access to a broad spectrum of Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education (CTAE) materials, equipment, and supplies that may be purchased at discounted prices from multiple vendors. The contract includes up to four, one-year extension options contingent upon DCSD’s offer to such extension, the successful offeror’s acceptance, and the approval of the DeKalb County Board of Education to extend the contract.
A formal Invitation to Bid Catalog Discounts - Career Technical & Agricultural Materials, Equipment & Supplies, was issued on Thursday, January 30, 2025, through the DCSD Purchasing Department. The solicitation was posted on the DCSD website. An electronic notification was sent to 53 vendors from the DCSD Vendor Bid List and 1257 vendors through the State of Georgia Procurement Registry. Responses to the solicitation were received on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, from 13 vendors. Eleven (11) vendors were deemed responsive to the solicitation requirements.
Financial impact: The total financial impact is not to exceed $2,000,000.
Charge Codes:
100.1000.561000.00011.7940.3011.8010.035.0000
100.1000.561100.00011.7940.3011.8010.035.0000
100.1000.530000.00011.7940.3011.8010.035.0000
100.1000.530000.42121.7940.3550.8010.035.0000
100.1000.573000.00011.7940.3011.8010.035.0000
100.1000.561500.00011.7940.3011.8010.035.0000
100.1000.561600.00011.7940.3011.8010.035.0000
406.1000.530000.38321.7940.3324.8010.035.2025
406.1000.561000.38321.7940.3324.8010.035.2025
406.1000.561100.38321.7940.3324.8010.035.2025
406.1000.561500.38321.7940.3324.8010.035.2025
406.1000.561600.38321.7940.3324.8010.035.2025
406.1000.573000.38321.7940.3324.8010.035.2025
406.2230.561000.38321.7940.3324.8010.035.2025
406.2300.530000.38321.7940.3324.8010.035.2025
Contact: Dr. Sean Tartt, Acting Chief Academic Officer, Division of Teaching and Learning, 678.676.0731
Dr. Rose Prejean-Harris, Assistant Superintendent (6-12), Division of Teaching and Learning, 678.676.0137
Mrs. Doryiane Gunter, Director, Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education, 678.676.0451
Effective: Upon Board Approval- July 14, 2026
Status: Approved by the Office of Legal Affairs
CHRONOLOGY OF THE AGENDA ITEM
Board Agenda Item Title: Bid 25-519 Catalog Discount – Career, Technical, and
Agricultural Materials, Equipment & Supplies Contract Award Approval (Not to exceed
$2,000,000)
A formal Invitation to Bid 25-519 Catalog Discount – Career, Technical, and Agricultural
Materials, Equipment & Supplies was issued on Thursday, January 30, 2025, through the
DCSD Purchasing Department.
The solicitation was posted on the DCSD website on Thursday, January 30, 2025. It was
also advertised in the Champion Newspaper on January 30, 2025 and February 6, 2025.
An electronic notification was sent to 53 vendors from the DCSD Vendor Bid List, 1257
vendors through the State of Georgia Procurement Registry, and 767 vendors
through IonWave.
Responses to the solicitation were received on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, from 13
vendors.
Eleven (11) vendors were deemed responsive to the solicitation
requirements. Amitrace Computer System, Carolina Biological Supply Company, Flinn
Scientific Incorporated, Global Equipment Company, Incorporated, Learning Labs,
Incorporated, LEGO Education Incorporated, NASCO Education LLC, Nisewonger Audio
Visual Center, Incorporated, Paxton Patterson Incorporated, Sam Tell and Son
Incorporated, and William J. Redmond and Son, Incorporated are the selected vendors
that may exceed the $100,000 threshold for goods and/or services within the fiscal
year.
Board Policy DJE requires the Board of Education to approve the expenditure of any
vendor that provides goods and/or services to the school system that may exceed
$100,000.00 in purchases for the fiscal year.