This bid was prepared at the request of the District’s Maintenance Department to establish a firm price for portable plumbing services for a period of one year. The Purchasing Department’s Brown Team, Hank Morback, C.P.M., CPPO, Purchasing Agent and Jolene Perez, Purchasing Specialist, will maintain this bid file and related documents. This recommendation has been reviewed by the Maintenance Department. To ensure fair and open competition, the District utilizes an online vendor registration system to notify potential bidders of opportunities. Through this system, 130 vendors were notified of the solicitation, three bidders responded and 127 did not respond.

As stated in OPPAGA report: “Efficient purchasing and warehousing requires that management processes be in place to ensure that supplies, equipment and services vital to the school’s education mission are purchased from a competitive source, in the right quantity, delivered timely to the correct location, and stored in a secure location. These criteria should be met for each purchase without sacrificing quality.”

These items are included in the General Fund Budget for the Maintenance Department in an amount not to exceed $700,000.00