Today, the Schenectady City School District announces it has joined the Empire State Purchasing Group, a regional purchasing community by Bidnet Direct. Local government agencies throughout New York State utilize the purchasing group for bid and vendor management. The Schenectady City School District invites all potential vendors to register online with the Empire State Purchasing Group to access its upcoming solicitations by visiting http://www.bidnetdirect.com/new-york/schenectadyschools.
The Schenectady City School District joins the Empire State Purchasing Group and the community of over 300 participating local government agencies located throughout New York. Along with a variety of bid and vendor management solutions, the Schenectady City School District gains access to a bid library to help with bid creation, a shared pool of vendors, and association with like-minded purchasing professionals in the area.
“Collaboration is important to us,” says Darla Gullotta, Purchasing Agent. We look forward to being able to improve our efficiency by using the Empire State Purchasing Group. In addition to our time savings, our valued vendors can now access not only our open bids, but those from other municipalities, counties and school districts throughout the state. We invite all of our current vendors to register”.
Vendors interested in doing business with the Schenectady City School District and other nearby government agencies are encouraged to register at http://www.bidnetdirect.com/new-york/schenectadyschools. Benefits of joining the Empire State Purchasing Group include:
• Centralized location for bids from over 300 participating agencies
• Bid alerts customized to the vendors’ products or services
• Reliable and timely delivery of notifications, addenda and documents
• Advanced notice of Term Contract expiration
• E-Bid and E-Quote Submission
The Empire State Purchasing Group is one of Bidnet Direct’s regional purchasing groups throughout the country. It provides the Schenectady City School District a bid and vendor management solution, document and addendum distribution, and tracking of all activity throughout the procurement process.
About the Schenectady City School District:
The Schenectady City School District, with a population of nearly 10,000 students is one of the largest districts in the Capital Region. The district includes eleven elementary schools, three middle schools, one high school and an adult and continuing education center.
The District employs a Superintendent of Schools to manage the day-to-day affairs of the District while advising the Board. The District has approximately 1,800 full or part time employees and an additional 65 per diem teacher substitutes.
The Purchasing Department is part of the District's Business Office that also consists of the Chief Financial Officer, Assistant Business Official, District Treasurer, Human Resource Liaison, Accounts Payable Clerk, Payroll Clerks, internal claims auditor along with several other clerical positions.
Our Purchasing Department issues approximately 7,700 purchase orders annually and participates in cooperative bid services with Capital Region BOCES and Educational Data Services.
