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New Castle, DE 19720
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DSC Central Bidding/Purchasing Service

DSC’s Central Bidding/Purchasing Service helps school districts meet their purchasing needs in a cost effective manner by researching vendors, managing specifications, and awarding bids for district supplies and services. The primary focus of central bidding is to enable participating districts, large and small, to secure pricing and advantages of large volume purchasing through aggregated bidding. DSC provides leadership and coordination throughout the bidding process. This service saves districts money and time by developing cooperative bids for various goods and services based upon requests from the participating districts. As a result, cooperative bidding could provide a greater number of competitive bids solicited and received resulting in better prices for higher quality items.

The Data Service Center has partnered with eSchoolMall, a leading provider of online procurement solutions for schools, to automate the purchasing and bidding process. DSC uses easyBid™ and easyPurchase™ to manage the bidding and purchasing process. Both easyBid™ and easyPurchase™ offer practical, user-friendly, web-based tools that enable our clients to participate in cooperative bidding and purchasing, thereby taking advantage of economy of scale.

For more information about participating in DSC’s Central Bidding/Purchasing Service please contact Emily Ryan at (302) 504-7223.

Benefits for participating clients:

Provides higher quality products at the best prices
Reduces staff time in the bidding and quoting of products
Saves clients the cost of legal ads, postage and paper
Saves the clients from potential legal risks by complying with state purchasing laws
User committees develop specifications and award supply contracts for administrative and educational disciplines
New bid specifications developed in cooperation with the end user and to a level that is clearly understood by all parties, especially the prospective bidder
DSC maintains an updated database of prospective bidders and historical files
DSC maintains correspondence with vendors and district personnel in dealing with problems regarding the satisfactory completion of delivery and quality of service
DSC serves as a liaison to the business community for doing business with the districts

All current bid documents, specifications, amendments, etc. can now be found at http://mymarketplace.delaware.gov/ , or by contacting Emily Ryan, eryan@dataservice.org or 302-504-7223.

Any amendments made to the initial postings on this page will appear as a separate item under the initial posting's detail page. It is the viewer's responsibility to download and read any applicable updates and amendments. Neither the Data Service Center nor the School Districts nor any of their employees make any warranty or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the timely delivery of information updates through this service.

Annual Supply Contracts

Athletic Supplies
Classroom/Art – Art Supplies
Classroom/Art – Art & Craft Supplies
Classroom/Art – Paper Supplies
Classroom/Art – Teaching Supplies
Custodial Supplies
Family & Consumer Science Supplies
General Science Supplies
Health
Physical Education Supplies
Special Science Supplies
Teaching Manipulative Supplies
Technology Education – Graphic Arts
Technology Education – Hardware & Fasteners
Technology Education – Materials
Technology Education – Special Disciplines
Technology Education – Tools

Annual Renewal Contracts

Athletic Equipment Reconditioning
Automotive/School Bus Parts
Behavioral Specialist
Carpet
Food Service – Prime Vendor Contract
Food Service – Produce
Food Service – Milk & Juice
Speech/Language Therapy
Student Pictures
Vinyl Floor Installation & Repair
Window Shade/Vertical Blinds
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