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Brevard |
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URL:
http://www.brevard.k12.fl.us
Address:
2700 Judge Fran Jamieson Way Viera, FL 32940
Phone:
321.631.1911
No. of Students: 70597
No.
of Employees: 7500
Education Budget:
$525,130,099
Estimated Education IT Budget:
$23,630,854
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Richard A.
DiPatri
Agency: Office of the
Superintendent
Address: 2700 Judge Fran Jamieson
Way
Viera , FL 32940
Phone: 321.631.1911 ext.ext.
402
Fax: 321.633.3432
E-mail: DiPatriR@brevard.k12.fl.us
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Richard
Struense
Title: Assistant
Superintendent
Agency: Information System
Services
Department:
Address: 2700 Judge
Fran Jamieson Way
Viera, FL 32940
Phone: 321.633.1000 xext. 700
Fax:
321.633.3563
Email: struenser@brevard.k12.fl.us
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Brevard County School
District Educational Technology Division Strategic Plan
2001-2006
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The Information Systems Services
Department provides most of the guidance for
schools and departments wishing to purchases technology
equipment.
Hardware Acquisitions
The district
has establishedPolicy Guidelines that describe the
administrative prodcedures for hardware
acquisition.
Computer Software
Acquisitions
There are also acquisition procedures to formalize a
uniform standard for
computer software acquisition through
out the district.
Purchasing
Thresholds
Between $10,000 and $14,999:
Requires an informal telephone quote.
Between
$15,000 and $24,999: Requires an informal written
quote.
Over $25,000: Requires a formal
bid.
Vendor Registration
The district has
contracted with DemandStar to process bids, so
vendors need to register with DemandStar directly. In some
cases, for commodities that do not require a bid, schools do
their own ordering. So vendors can establish direct
relationships with schools as well.
Cooperative
Purchasing Agreements
The district piggybacks with
other districts, city, county and state on contracts when
economically feasible.
Contact
Linda
Jones, Director
Purchasing Department
2700 Judge Fran
Jamieson Way
Viera, FL 32940
Phone: 321-633-1000
x645
FAX: 321-633-3618
E-mail: jonesl@brevard.k12.fl.us
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Broward
County |
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URL:
http://www.browardschools.com
Address:
7720 West Oakland Pk. Blvd. Sunrise, FL
33351-6704
Phone: 954.765.6271
No. of
Students: 251129
No. of Employees:
24025
Education Budget:
$3,418,278,636
Estimated Education IT Budget:
$153,822,538
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Frank L.
Till
Agency: Office of the
Superintendent
Address: 600 SE 3rd Ave.
Fort
Lauderdale , FL 33301
Phone:
954.765.6271
Fax: 954.760.7483
E-mail: Supt_Till@bcpsgw.Broward.K12.fl.us
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Isodore
Mason
Title: Executive
Director
Agency: Education Technology
Services
Department:
Address: 600 SE
Third Ave
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Phone: 754-321-0399
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Broward County School District Information
Technology Plan 2002-2007
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Procurement
Overview
As the
largest business in Broward County and one of the largest in
the state of Florida, the School Board is committed to doing
business and working with a variety of vendors. The District's
strong Minority and Women's Business Enterprise program and Purchasing Department have made
significant strides in developing and promoting business
opportunities for minorities. Whether it's purchasing
supplies, services, programs or work, there are many varied
business opportunities within the District.
VENDOR
APPLICATION
Suppliers can become a registered vendor
and have bids mailed directly to the company. Forms may be downloaded and submitted
to the Purchasing Department. Suppliers complete this form by
circling each category that their companies regularly sell.
Upon receipt of this application, a detailed item list for
each class circled will be mailed to the applicant. No bids
will be mailed to the applicant until the item list is
completed and returned to this Purchasing Department. When a
bid is mailed to the applicant, if the applicant does not wish
to submit a bid but desires to be kept on the mailing list
used for that bid, then it must respond to the ITB or the RFP
by completing and returning either the ITB Form (green sheet)
or the RFP Required Response Form, marking it "No Bid", and
explaining the reason for not bidding. This action is
necessary in order for the addressee to remain on the mailing
list for that commodity/service. Failure to complete and
return the ITB Form (green sheet) or the RFP Required Response
Form, if not bidding, will result in the addressee being
immediately removed from the mailing list for this
commodity/service.
BIDS
A complete listing of
all bids released is posted in the Purchasing Department. The
Purchasing Department has moved to Suite 323 at 7720 West
Oakland Park Boulevard, Sunrise, Florida. All bids and
proposals must be submitted to this address. All Bids and
Proposals submitted must be received and time-stamped at the
Purchasing Department on or before 2:00 p.m.
Invitations to Bid and Requests for Proposal for all
commodities, goods, and services over $15,000 are also
advertised weekly in the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, the
Westside Gazette, the Broward Times, and El Heraldo. They are
also announced weekly on the School Board of Broward County's
Bid Hotline at 954.765.6798.
Purchasing
Thresholds
Commodities and services over $15,000
require a formal bid.
Contracts
The school
district "piggybacks" on Broward
County government contracts for PC's. Current
contract holders are Dell and Apple; the contract will expire
in May 2002.
CONTACTS
A list of Purchasing Department staff is
available to help suppliers identify the correct buyer for a
commodity or service.
Donnie Carter, Director of
Purchasing
Phone: 954-765-6120
E-mail: dcarter@purchasing.broward.k12.fl.us
Carol
Barker, Technology Buyer
Phone:
954-765-6127
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Duval
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URL:
http://www.educationcentral.org
Address:
1701 Prudential Drive Jacksonville, FL 32207
Phone:
904.390.2000
No. of Students: 125846
No.
of Employees: 11033
Education Budget:
$1,266,628,661
Estimated Education IT Budget:
$56,998,289
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John C.
Fryer
Agency: Duval County
Public Schools
Department: Superintendent's
Office
Address: 1701 Prudential Dr.
Jacksonville
, FL 32207
Phone: 904.390.2115
Fax:
904.390.2586
E-mail: fryerj@educationcentral.org
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Craig
Honour
Title: Chief
Information Officer
Agency: Division of
Technology
Department:
Address: 4019
Boulevard Center Dr.
Jacksonville, FL 32207
Phone: 904.858.3647
Fax:
904.858.3525
Email: futrells@educationcentral.org
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Duval School District
District Technology Model
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Duval County
Public Schools District Procurement
Process
Overview
Scott Futrell
is the chief information officer for the Division of
Technology. All aspects of technology management fall under
his charter. The division oversees all technology support for
hardware and software as well as student information and
administrative systems. The department uses an Intel standard
operating system and is using SAP software for all business
functions.
The Division of Technology operates in much
the same way as the IT departments found at the state level.
The division sets all hardware and software standards for the
district. All technology-related initiatives must be approved
through the division. The division ensures that all IT
projects meet district directives, as well as the strategic
plans of each individual school.
The district is
implementing a new student information system in
partnershipwith KPMG, Power School, and Microsoft. The system
will be browser-based and will allow a parent to access their
child's information through the use of a password, enabling
more participation in a student's educational experience. The
division has piloted the project in three of its 154 schools
and intends to complete the project over the next 2 ½
years.
The department has also developed a virtual
private network that is encrypted behind the firewall and all
schools have Internet filtering capabilities. The VPN allows
schools to communicate with each other and distribute
information within an entirely secure network.
The
Instructional Technology Group is housed within the Division
of Technology and coordinates closely with the Division of
Instruction. The two departments work together to set
instructional software standards. America's Choice is the
preferred software of the district. All software purchases
must meet district standards, as well as Florida's Sunshine
State Standards.
Purchasing
Thresholds
$25,000 and over - Require formal bid
process and board approval of award
$5,000 and over -
Require a minimum of three verbal or written quotes.
$5,000 and under - Do not require quotes. However, it is
at the buyer's discretion to obtain quotes for the assessment
of fair market value of the
product.
Contracts
The district does not
generally establish technology contracts. Most technology
products are purchased through the state of Florida's term
contracts or its SNAPS program.
Vendor
Registration
The district will fax a bid application
form to the vendor upon request. Duval County School District
is also a member of DemandStar service. DemandStar is an
e-procurement company providing push technology to suppliers
such as electronic bid notification and submission. Full
Instructions and information about DemandStar and its services
is available on the company Web
site.
Bid Advertisement
In
addition to the DemandStar service, the district publishes its
bids in the Financial Daily Record and Florida Times
Union.
Contacts
Donna Blizzard
Buyer,
Educational Technology
Purchasing
Department
904-858-1500
blizzard@educationalcentral.org
Scott
Futrell
Chief Information Officer
Division of
Technology
904-858-3647
futrell@educationalcentral.org
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Escambia |
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URL:
http://www.escambia.k12.fl.us
Address:
215 West Garden St. Pensacola, FL 32501
Phone:
850.469.6130
No. of Students: 43547
No. of Employees: 5305
Education
Budget: $460,000,000
Estimated Education IT
Budget: $18,400,000
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Jim
Paul
Agency: Escambia
County School District
Department: Office of
the Superintendent
Address: 215 West Garden
St.
Pensacola , FL 32502
Phone:
850.469.6130
Fax: 850.469.6379
E-mail:
jpaul@escambia.k12.fl.us
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Bill
Bush
Title:
Director
Agency: Technological Systems and
MIS
Department:
Address: 215 W.
Garden St.
Pensacola, FL 32502
Phone: 850.469.6242
Fax:
850.469.6310
Email: bbush@escambia.k12.fl.us
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Don
Manderson
Title:
Director
Agency: Instructional
Technology
Department:
Address: 30
E. Texar Drive
Pensacola, FL 32501
Phone: 850.469.5391
Fax:
850.469.5664
Email: dmanderson@escambia.k12.fl.us
Website:
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IT Strategic
Plan
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The
Escambia County School District acquires goods and
services through its Purchasing and Business
Services office that provides the following
online information:
SUPPLIER'S
GUIDE
Similar to most vendor guides, the Supplier's Guide contains
important purchasing procedures. Following are some
important guidelines:
1. Purchasing procedures
require a single piece of equipment valued more than
$1000 to be quoted (verbally or written) to at least two
or more sources when available.
2. Purchasing
procedures require that any combination of materials,
equipment, supplies and/or services valued in excess of
$3000 be quoted (verbally or written) to at least two or
more sources when available.
3. School Board
policies require that any combination of materials,
equipment, supplies and/or services valued in excess of
$7500 be quoted (verbally or written) to at least three
or more sources when available.
4. School Board
policies require that any combination of materials,
equipment, supplies and/or services valued in excess of
$15,000 be bid by a formal written Invitation to Bid
(ITB) or Request for Proposal (RFP).
All
purchases less than $7500 are subject to the Buyers
discretion. Formal Invitations to Bid (ITB) or Requests
for Proposal (RFP) are advertised in the Pensacola News
Journal and at least one additional source every two
weeks. Purchase orders, contracts, ITBs and RFPs (once
awarded) are a matter of public records.
Copies
of Bid Tabulations will be mailed to all responsive
bidders. Additional copies are available at an
additional charge.
No purchase expending budgeted
funds are to be provided without the benefit of a
purchase order, issued and signed by the Purchasing
Department. Verbal orders should not be accepted unless
a purchase order number is referenced. Once a purchase
order is issued, changes will be made by the issuance of
a purchase order change notice.
VENDOR
APPLICATION
In order to do business with the
district, suppliers must download and fill out the Supplier's Application. The
application must be returned to: Purchasing Department,
P.O. Box 1470, Pensacola, FL 32597-1470.
MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS
The
district has rules governing minority-owned and small
businesses. Suppliers who qualify are put into a Minority/Small Business
Enterprise catalog.
BIDS
The school district publishes the
status of bids, but doesn't
provide PDF bid files to download.
CONTACTS
Supplier contacts are found on the
office's homepage.
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Gwinnett
County |
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URL:
http://www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us
Address:
52 Gwinnett Drive Lawrenceville, GA
30045
Phone: 770.513.6601
No. of
Students: 110075
No. of Employees:
12521
Education Budget:
$1,202,488,875
Estimated Education IT Budget:
$54,111,999
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J. Alvin
Wilbanks
Agency: Gwinnett
County Public Schools
Department:
Superintendent's Office
Address: PO Box
343
Lawrenceville , GA 33046-0343
Phone:
770.513.6601
Fax: 770.513.6650
E-mail:
alvin_wilbanks@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
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Scott
Futrell
Title: Chief
Information Officer
Agency: Information
Technology
Department:
Address:
P.O. Box 343
Lawrenceville, GA 30046-0343
Phone: 770-822-6500
Fax:
770-822-6523
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Gwinnett
County Public Schools offers online procurement
information on its Purchasing Office website. The
Purchasing Office function, as a part of the Business
and Finance Department, is to procure supplies,
materials, textbooks, software, furniture, equipment and
services required by the School District to fulfill its
stated mission. The Purchasing Office uses the
purchasing process to manage value for the School
District.
PURCHASING THRESHOLDS
Less
than $7,500
Purchases of items are made with the
least expense to the District. When necessary, one or
more electronic commerce quotations shall be obtained to
determine the best price.
$7,501 to
$25,000
Purchases are made by obtaining a minimum of
two electronic quotations, either via fax or email.
Over $2,5001
Purchases must be made using a
minimum of two or more sealed bids.
VENDOR
REGISTRATION
To become a qualified vendor for the
Gwinnett County Public School System, suppliers need to
complete a vendor application form and return it to the
Purchasing Office. Once this is done, supplier will be
added to its system under the commodity/service
categories indicated. When bids are issued for a
particular category that suppliers have chosen, they
will automatically receive a bid package. Suppliers can
obtain a copy of the instructions or request a vendor
application by going online and following the
relevant instructions.
BIDDING
Current
bids are available to download.
The bidding opportunities section contains the bid name
and opening date and time. A full description of the bid processing requirements
will help suppliers quickly navigate through the bidding
procedures.
Additionally, the district publishes
bid awards to help suppliers
measure how bids were won and what requirements were
met.
CONTRACTS
The department purchases
computers from state contracts, as well as establishing
its own. The districts has contracts established with
IBM and a local reseller Emtec. The contract is open
ended and has no expiration.
CONTACTS
Gary
Thomason
Purchasing Supervisor
495 Maltbie
St.
Lawrenceville, GA 30045
Phone:
770-277-6402
E-mail: gary_Thomason@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
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Hillsborough
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URL:
http://www.sdhc.k12.fl.us
Address:
901 E. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, FL
33601-3408
Phone: 813.272.4000
No. of
Students: 164311
No. of Employees:
26171
Education Budget:
$2,120,027,737
Estimated Education IT Budget:
$95,401,248
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Earl J.
Lennard
Agency:
Hillsborough County Public Schools
Department:
Superintendent's Office
Address: 901 E.
Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa , FL 33602
Phone:
813.272.4050
Fax: 813.272.4510
E-mail:
earl.lennard@sdhc.k12.fl.us
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Jack
Davis
Title: Chief
Information Officer
Agency: Technology
Services
Department:
Address: 901
East Kennedy Boulevard
Tampa, FL 33602
Phone: 813.272.4004
Fax:
813.272.4002
Email: jack.davis@sdhc.k12.fl.us
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Hillsborough School
District District Technology
Plan
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PURCHASING
OVERVIEW
Hillsborough
County Public School has its own Purchasing Department where
information on all district-wide purchasing can be
obtained. Technology specifications are handled by the
Department of Technology Services at:
813-272-4703.
PURCHASING GUIDE
Each
governmental agency may operate in a different manner;
therefore, it is essential that interested vendors
become familiar with the District's purchasing policies
and procedures. The website will serve as a general
guide. Specific questions and concerns should be
directed to the purchasing supervisor.
The
District has contracted with DemandStar.Com Inc. for
maintenance of an automated vendor list. This list
categorizes each vendor by commodity codes for the
specific goods or services offered by the vendor.
Vendors who have subscribed to the vendor list are
notified by fax or e-mail whenever a formal sealed bid
has been issued for the commodity or service offered by
the vendor. To have your firm placed on the vendor list,
contact DemandStar.Com Inc. for details on the $30 per
year subscription. The application requires general
information about your firm and lists the commodities
and services you wish to sell to the School District.
PURCHASING THRESHOLDS
Under
$5,000--Does not require a quote or bid.
$5,000 to
$25,000--Requires at least three written quotes.
Over
$25,000--Requires a formal, sealed
bid.
CONTRACTS
The district currently
holds a five-year contract with
Compaq.
BIDDING
The school district
provides an electronic bid list for
suppliers to scroll through and find current
opportunities.
COOPERATIVE PURCHASING
AGREEMENTS
The district is eligible to purchase
from county- and statewide agreements, although this is
not the standard approach for technology purchases at
the moment.
CONTACTS
The website
contains a link to the purchasing team members. The
list shows the contact person and the goods and services
he or she is responsible for procuring.
Willie
Campbell, Supervisor
Purchasing Department
Phone:
813-272-4374
Hank Morbach, Purchasing Agent for
Technology
Phone: 813-272-4329
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Lee
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URL:
http://www.lee.k12.fl.us
Address:
2055 Central Ave. Ft. Myers, FL
33901
Phone: 941.334.1102
No. of
Students: 58401
No. of Employees:
8500
Education Budget:
$818,071,208
Estimated Education IT
Budget: $36,813,204
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James
W. Browder
Agency: Lee
County School District
Department:
Office of the Superintendent
Address:
2055 Central Avenue
Ft. Myers , FL
33901
Phone: 239-337-8301
Fax:
239-337-8378
E-mail: JimB4@lee.k12.fl.us
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Terri
Kinsey
Title:
Chief Information Officer
Agency: Lee
County
Department:
Address:
2055 Central Avenue
Fort Myers, FL 33901
Phone: 239-327-8316
Fax:
239-337-8505
Email: TerriK@lee.k12.fl.us
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Lee County
School District Educational Technology
Plan
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Lee
County Procurement
Process
Overview
The
Lee County Schools Department of Instructional
Technology and Media provides direct support to
teachers, and indirect support by assisting school
media specialists and school media programs in
serving the needs of students and teachers.
Materials and services are selected and designed
to provide curriculum support for the
instructional program throughout the school
district. The schools set their own individual
standards for software curriculum.
The
Communications and Technology Division serves as
the district's MIS department. It is also
responsible for setting hardware and networking
standards for the district.
Purchasing
Thresholds
$5,000 and under - Schools and
departments are encouraged, but not required, to
seek competitive bids.
$5,000 - $17,499 - Must
obtain three verbal or written quotes.
$17,500
- $24,999 - Purchasing will release a formal
bid.
$25,000 and above - Purchasing will
release a formal bid and award requires board
approval.
The school board publishes its
policy on purchases not requiring board approval online.
Contracting, Advertising, and Bidding policies are also
available. The purchasing department Web site is currently
under construction.
Vendor
Registration
To register as a vendor with
Lee County school district, vendors may request a
registration form from the purchasing department
at 941-479-4250. Purchasing will mail a
registration application, along with a commodity
code list. Vendors may choose which commodity
codes for which they wish to receive bid
notifications.
Bid
Advertisements
The department does not
advertise bids for technology products or
services. Purchasing generally sends formal
invitations to bid to its registered vendors
list.
Term Contracts
The district
frequently uses the state's SNAPS (State Negotiated
Agreement Price Schedules) list to obtain quotes
for technology
purchases.
Contacts
Jerry
Delzior
Technology Buyer
941-479-4250
jerryd@lee.k12.fl.us
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Miami-Dade
County |
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URL:
http://www.dadeschools.net
Address:
1450 Northeast Second Ave, Rm. 452 Miami, FL
33301
Phone: 305.995.1429
No. of
Students: 368625
No. of Employees:
45886
Education Budget:
$4,400,206,940
Estimated Education IT
Budget: $198,009,312
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Merrett
Stierheim
Agency:
Miami-Dade County Public
Schools
Department: Office of the
Superintendent
Address: 1450 Northeast
2nd Ave.
Miami , FL 33301
Phone:
305.995.1429
Fax:
305.995.1488
E-mail: mstierheim@dadeschools.net
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Deborah
Karcher
Title:
Associate Superintendent
Agency: Knox
County Schools
Department:
Address: 13135 SW 26th St.
Miami,
FL 33135
Phone: 305.995.3751
Fax:
305.995.3697
Email: dkarcher@dadeschools.net
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Sylvia
J. Diaz
Title:
Director
Agency: Office of Instructional
Technology
Department:
Address: 1500 Biscayne Blvd.
Suite
337
Miami, FL 33132
Phone: 305.995.1915
Fax:
305.995.7610
Email: sdiaz@dadeschools.net
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Miami-Dade
School District Instructional Technology Plan
2001-2004
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Overview
The
Bureau of Procurement and Materials
Testing is responsible for procurement
activities. The Office of Information
Technology oversees the district's
information systems.
Purchasing
Thresholds
Under $3,000
Written or
telephone quotations may be requested from one or
more sources but are not required.
$3,000
to $10,000
Either written quotations must be
requested from a minimum of five vendors, or
telephone quotations from three or more
sources.
Over $10,000
Bids must be solicited
from three or more sources.
Vendor
Registration
Suppliers should fill out a
Vendor Application, available as a pdf online.
Bid
Advertisement
The Division of Procurement
Management and Materials Testing solicits sealed,
competitive bids by mailing out an Invitation to
bid notice to all vendors on the active vendor
list for the particular category of items or
services to be purchased. The district also posts
electronic bid solicitations that can be
downloaded as pdf files. Bid solicitations can be
accessed online.
Contracts
Current awards are
also available on the Web site.
Cooperative Purchasing
Agreements:
Miami-Dade School District does not
purchase off of statewide contracts, due to price
benefits earned by writing their own
contracts.
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Palm Beach
County |
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URL:
http://www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us
Address:
3326 Forest Hill Blvd. C-216 West Palm Beach,
FL 33406-5813
Phone:
561.434.8200
No. of Students: 153871
No. of Employees: 19000
Education
Budget: $2,300,000,000
Estimated
Education IT Budget: $103,500,000
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Dr.
Arthur Benjamin Johnson
Agency:
School District of Palm Beach
County
Department: Office of the
Superintendent
Address: 3340 Forest Hill
Blvd., C-316
Palm Beach , FL
33406
Phone: 561.434.8200
Fax:
561.434.8571
E-mail: aramos@palmbeach.k12.fl.us
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James
Sheehan
Title:
Chief Information Officer
Agency:
Information Technology
Department:
Address: 3348 Forest Hill Blvd., B-301
West Palm Beach, FL 33406
Phone: 561.434.8830
Fax:
561.434.8907
Email: jsheehan@palmbeach.k12.fl.us
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Palm Beach
School District Instructional Technology
Plan
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The
Purchasing Department
website is the place to begin research into the
School District of Palm Beach County's procurement
activities.
VENDOR
REGISTRATION
Suppliers who wish to do
business with the School District of Palm Beach
County must first become a registered vendor.
Benefits of registering include: You will not
incur reproduction and mailing costs of District
Solicitations, which range from $5.00 to $15.00
for Purchasing Documents. Major construction
documents are not available on the internet and
range from $150.00 to $300.00; receive addenda and
changes to the solicitations; receive notification
when new bids are issued that are of a like
nature.
The statewide Vendor Registration
application is also online.
BIDS
The
Purchasing Department offers access to online
bids.
Registered vendors are
also notified by either FAX or e-mail (depending
on the vendor's preference) of upcoming bids. The
purchasing department also provides an electronic
pre-notification of upcoming bids.
To
find out what is currently available for bid at
the statewide level, go to Florida's Vendor Bid
System
SMALL BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF
CONTRACTS
The Minority/Woman Business
Enterprise information and certified
Business Directory Web page lists over 1,000
suppliers, contractors, and consultants. It is
suggested that when contracting with any of these
minority firms you obtain from them, and keep on
file, a copy of their current School District
certification. The School District of Palm Beach
County issues a certification certificate to all
its minority vendors. Other agencies or
municipalities may certify vendors; however, the
vendor number shown in the directory and on the
certificate applies only to the School
District.
TECHNOLOGY
CONTRACTS
Recent awards are always listed
online.
The
district's current hardware contract has 60
different eligible vendors. The contract is up for
renewal this fall, but new vendors will not be
able to apply until the contract is re-bid in
2003.
The district also purchases
technology fromt eh state of Florida contract for
Computers and Peripherals (contract #25004099-1).
A complete list of vendors is available online.
PURCHASING
THRESHOLDS
Over $250--Requires a purchase
order number in advance. A vendor cannot provide a
product over $250 without a purchase order number
in advance.
$3,000 to $15,000--Requires
competitive quotes, requested by the Purchasing
department. Either three vendors by phone or five
vendors by letter.
Over $15,000--Requires a
sealed Invitation to Bid or Request for
Proposal.
Over $50,000--Requires prior
approval from the School Board before a contract
or purchase order cam be released. The Purchasing
Department will facilitate the evaluation of the
bid, will prepare and submit an agenda item to the
superintendent for school board approval. This
process may take 4 to 6 weeks before a contract
can be released.
CONTACTS
Sharon
Swan, Director
Purchasing Department
3326
Forest Hill Blvd. C-216
West Palm Beach, FL
33406-5813
Phone: 516-434-8216
FAX:
561-434-8158
Gaea Peary, Technology
Buyer
Phone: 561-434-8210
E-mail: Peary_g@firn.edu
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Pasco |
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URL:
http://www.pasco.k12.fl.us
Address:
7227 Land O' Lakes Land O'Lakes, FL
34639
Phone: 813.794.2648
No. of
Students: 56924
No. of Employees:
6600
Education Budget:
$636,000,000
Estimated Education IT
Budget: $25,440,000
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John
W. Long
Agency:
Pasco County School District
Department:
Office of the Superintendent
Address:
7227 Land O'Lakes
Land O'Lakes , FL
34639
Phone: 813.794.2648
Fax:
813.794.2326
E-mail: jlong@grouper.pasco.k12.fl.us
Website:
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Bruce
Baldwin
Title:
Director
Agency: Information
Services
Department:
Address:
7227 Land O'Lakes
Land O'Lakes, FL 34639
Phone: 813-794-2414
Fax:
813.794.2127
Website: Go!
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PROCUREMENT
PROFILE
The
mission of the District School Board of Pasco
County Purchasing Department is
to obtain and to pay for quality goods and
services at the lowest reasonable cost, while
operating at the highest standards of ethical
conduct. This is accomplished through cooperative
team interaction and continuous quality
improvement in support of the overall goals of the
District School Board of Pasco County,
Florida.
HOW TO DO BUSINESS
The
district publishes specific information about the
rules and regulations that govern the procurement
process.
Suppliers are advised to pay
particular attention to the following information:
The District School board of Pasco County
Purchasing Department has joined the growing
number of agencies throughout Florida who have
joined the DemandStar.com government purchasing
network. DemandStar.com offers vendors
around-the-clock access to all of the information
needed to learn about and respond to the
Purchasing Department's requests for bids or
proposals.
You will be able to access
current procurement information on the Internet or
through their fax-on-demand system. Registering
with DemandStar.com ensures you are automatically
notified by e-mail or fax when new bid requests or
RFP's are posted. Registered vendors can download,
free of charge, bid documents from the
DemandStar.com web site. For more information,
contact a purchasing agent at
813.794.2222.
BIDDING
A link to current bids is
available on the Purchasing Department's homepage.
Click on "bids" and make sure you have Adobe
Acrobat to read current
opportunities.
CONTACTS
Find the
proper contact person by reading the Purchasing Staff list. It
contains buyer's name and phone number.
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Pinellas
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URL:
http://www.pinellas.k12.fl.us
Address:
301 4th Street, SW Largo, FL
33770-3536
Phone: 727.588.6011
No.
of Students: 113027
No. of Employees:
16000
Education Budget:
$1,219,242,154
Estimated Education IT
Budget: $54,865,896
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Dr.
J. Howard Hinesley
Agency:
Pinellas County Schools
Department:
Office of the Superintendent
Address:
301 4th Street SW
Largo , FL
33779
Phone: 727.588.6011
Fax:
727.588.6202
E-mail: super@pinellas.k12.fl.us
Website:
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Judy
Ambler
Title:
Supervisor Instructional
Technology
Agency: Finance and
MIS
Department:
Address: 301
4th Street SW
Largo, FL 33779
Phone: 727-588-6123
Fax:
727.588.6202
Email: amblerj@pinellas.k12.fl.us
Website:
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Pinellas school
District 2001-2004 Pinellas County Schools
Technology Plan
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The
procurement process begins at the Pinellas County
Public Schools' Purchasing homepage that
provides links to all of the pertinent online
information available.
HOW TO DO
BUSINESS
The school district publishes a
district-wide How to do Business Manual
for suppliers to use as an educational resource.
The department provides centralized purchasing
support for all schools and departments. This
department, with the exception of capital
constructions projects, processes all requests for
equipment, supplies and services. Buyers are
assigned specific commodity areas for which they
are responsible. Suppliers may obtain information
about each buyer's responsibilities by the
Purchasing website or contacting the main
office.
POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES
With the continued growth of the
school district, the Purchasing Department tries
to maintain a well-defined, simple and flexible
policies and procedures. To this end, it publishes
what's referred to as the Open Handbook. This
handbook is designed to foster a better
understanding of the procurement process and act
as a reference guide for suppliers and
customers.
VENDOR
APPLICATION
Supplier must register with the
school district before doing business. The
district offers a simple online vendor application
that can be filled out electronically and
submitted over the
Internet.
BIDDING
The school
district offers online bidding. Suppliers
can visit the site and find out the latest bid
information. Additionally, there is information
available on current Bid Results and Bid
Awards.
CONTACTS
Find
the appropriate contact information by going to Buyer's Commodities
website or to the Personnel
website.
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Polk
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URL:
http://www.pcsb.k12.fl.us
Address:
1915 S. Floral Ave. Bartow, FL
33831
Phone: 863.534.0500
No. of
Students: 79477
No. of Employees:
10000
Education Budget:
$732,166,988
Estimated Education IT
Budget: $18,304,174
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Jim
Thornhill
Agency: Polk
County Public Schools
Department: Office
of the Superintendent
Address: 1915
South Floral Avenue
P.O. Box 391
Bartow , FL
33831
Phone: 863.534.0521
Fax:
863.519.8231
E-mail: jim.thornhill@polk-fl.net
Website:
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Abdu
Taguri
Title:
Senior Director
Agency: Information
Systems and Technology
Department:
Address: 1915 South Floral Avenue
P.O. Box 391
Bartow, FL 33830
Phone: 863.534.0708
Fax:
863.534.7170
Email: abdu.taguri@polk-fl.net
Website:
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Polk County
School District Instructional Technology Plan
Checklist
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The
goal of the Purchasing Department is
to facilitate business transactions between the
agencies of the Polk County School Board and the
vendors who provide the goods and services
necessary to accomplish the mission of the Polk
County School Board.
VENDOR
REGISTRATION
Vendors who wish to do
business with the School Board of Polk County, FL
must complete the Vendor Application Form.
Print a copy, complete all appropriate sections,
sign it and mail it to the address located in the
upper lefthand corner of the Vendor Application
Form.
BIDS
To begin receiving bid
invitations by mail, complete the Commodity List of bidding
codes in addition to the Vendor Application Form.
Print a copy, being sure to select all categories
for which you wish to receive bid invitations, and
mail both forms to the address located in the
upper lefthand corner of the Vendor Application
Form.
TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS
The
Information Systems division publishes technology
standards. The standards can be obtained by going
to the district homepage,
clicking "expand all"in the index on the left-hand
side and scrolling down to "Technology Standards"
under the "Electronic Equipment" folder. A 54-page
document will come up on screen, and users can
download it.
CONTACTS
Contact the
Purchasing Department by using the following
information:
Polk County School
Board
Purchasing Department
1915 South
Floral Avenue
P.O. Box 391
Bartow, FL
33831
Phone: 863.534.0573 (Ext. 51391)
Fax:
863.534-0802 (Ext. 51581)
Scott
Clanton, Director (863) 534-0572 Ext. 51390
Dot Wolski, Manager, Purchasing Services
(863) 534-0563 Ext. 51382
Phyllis Gibson,
Purchasing Assistant (863) 534-0573 Ext. 51391
Bob Woods, School Buying (863) 534-0566
Ext. 51385
Wayne Ross, Facilities Projects
Buyer (863) 534-0575 Ext. 51393
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Seminole
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URL:
http://www.scps.k12.fl.us
Address:
400 East Lake Mary Blvd. Sanford, FL
32773-0291
Phone: 407.320.0000
No.
of Students: 60869
No. of Employees:
8275
Education Budget:
$563,476,326
Estimated Education IT
Budget: $25,356,434
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Dr.
Bill Vogel
Agency:
Seminole County Public
Schools
Department: Office of the
Superintendent
Address: 400 East Lake
Mary Blvd.
Sanford , FL
32773-7127
Phone:
407-320-0004
Fax:
407-320-0291
E-mail: Bill_Vogel@scps.k12.fl.us
Website:
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George
Kosmac
Title:
Chief Information Officer
Agency:
Information Services
Department:
Address: 400 East Lake Mary Blvd.
Sanford, FL 32773
Phone: 407-320-0164
Fax:
407-320-0291
Email: george_kosmac@scps.k12.fl.us
Website:
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Seminole County
School District Seminole County Public Schools
2002 Technology
Plan
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Overview
The
Information Services and Instructional Technology
departments establish policies, procedures and
standards for technology. The schools initiate
most new technology purchases themselves. All
purchases are subject to review by the Information
Services Department to ensure they meet district
standards. The department initiates large
technology purchases such as equipment upgrades or
purchases for new schools and major renovation
projects.
The department also coordinates
with the Instructional Technology department to
set minimum standards for technology availability
in the classrooms. For example, the district is
now requiring all elementary schools have a modern
file server, at least one current computer in
every classroom, and a computer lab in every
school. Middle schools must have three to four
labs in every school. The departments also specify
what types of computers, servers, etc. the schools
may acquire.
Purchasing
Thresholds
Less than $10,000 - The
purchasing department requests quotes from a
minimum of three vendors.
Over $10,000 -
The district must use a formal bidding process.
The school board must approve the purchase before
an award is finalized.
Bid
Advertisements
The purchasing department
mails bids to registered vendors for commodity
codes selected by the vendor when registering. Bid
results are posted on a bulletin board in the
purchasing office.
Vendor
Registration
Vendors may register with the
Seminole County Public School District by
submitting a written request to the purchasing
department on letterhead. Vendors must include a
contact for the company and its federal ID
number.
Contacts
Don
Coleman
Coordinator of
Purchasing
407-320-0237
don_coleman@scps.k12.fl.us
George
Kosmac
Chief Information
Officer
407-320-0330
george_kosmac@scps.k12.fl.us
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Volusia |
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URL:
http://www.volusia.k12.fl.us
Address:
P.O. Box 2118 Deland, FL 32721
Phone:
904.734.7190
No. of Students: 61517
No. of Employees: 8000
Education
Budget: $780,879,009
Estimated Education IT
Budget: $35,139,555
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William
Hall
Agency: Volusia
County Schools
Department: Office of the
Superintendent
Address: 200 N. Clara
Ave.
Deland , FL 32720
Phone: 386.734.7190
x4500
Fax: 386.734.2842
E-mail: bhall@mail.volusia.k12.fl.us
Website:
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Billy W.
Tindall
Title: Executive
Director
Agency: Management Information
Services
Department:
Address: 200
North Clara Avenue
Deland, FL 32720
Phone: 386-734-7190 x20114
Email: btindall@mail.volusia.k12.fl.us
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Through
partnerships and teamwork with customers and suppliers,
the Purchasing Department aims to
provide quality goods and services in a proactive,
professional manner for the greatest benefit and value
to the school district. The Purchasing Policies docuement
provides background information on rules and
regulations.
Purchasing
Thresholds
Three or more quotes are required for
purchases over $6,000.
Vendor
Registration
The Vendor Information Guide and
Application can be downloaded and sent in to
the Purchasing Department.
Bids
Current Bid Openings are listed
online. Active Bids are also accessible
on the Web site.
Contact
Buyer
assignments are listed online.
Thomas Sims,
Director
Purchasing Department
Phone:(386)
734-7190, Extension 4465
E-mail: tsims@mail.volusia.k12.fl.us
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Orange
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URL:
http://www.ocps.k12.fl.us
Address:
445 West Amelia Street Orlando, FL
32802
Phone: 407.317.3209
No. of
Students: 150681
No. of Employees:
20862
Education Budget:
$972,434,246
Estimated Education IT Budget:
$43,759,541
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Ronald
Blocker
Agency: Office of
the Superintendent
Address: 445 West Amelia
Street
Orlando , FL 32801
Phone:
407.317.3202
Fax: 407.317.3201
E-mail:
blocker@ocps.net
Website:
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James
Black
Title:
Director
Agency: Information
Technology
Department:
Address: 445
West Amelia Street
Orlando, FL 32802
Phone: 407-317-3210
Fax:
407-317-3334
Email: blackj@ocps.net
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Orange School District
2002-2003 Technology Plan
Update
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Procurement
Overview
All
technology purchases are handled initially by the
information technology department, so it is advisable
that vendors contact James Black's office directly at:
407-317-3201, in addition to registering with
purchasing.
Purchasing
Thresholds
$5,000-15,000--requires a formal
quotation.
Over $15,000--requires a sealed
bid.
Vendor Registration
Vendors can
register with the purchasing department by requesting a
vendor application form, by calling:
407-317-3219.
Bid Advertisement
The
district's purchasing department sends notices to
interested bidders depending on commodity codes
indicated on the vendor registration form.
To
find out what is currently available for bid at the
statewide level, go to "Florida's Vendor Bid System".
Contracts
The district purchases
technology from the state of Florida contract for
Computers and Peripherals (contract #25004099-1). A
complete list of vendors is available online.
Cooperative
Purchasing Agreements
The district is eligible to
purchase from state contracts and also "piggybacks" on
city and county government
bids.
Contacts
Kevin Gaston,
Director
Purchasing Dept.
445 West Amelia
Street
Orlando, FL 32801
Phone:
407-317-3219
E-mail: gastonk@ocps.k12.fl.us
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