School District Investigates Joint Bidding with Town
Huntington School District officials are investigating the possibility of joint bidding for various goods and services with the Town of Huntington to create greater efficiencies of scale and save taxpayers money.
After the town reached out to local districts to consider participating in a joint venture, Huntington Assistant Superintendent David H. Grackin spoke with the town’s purchasing department. “They directed me to the town website to determine which bids might be applicable to the school district,” Mr. Grackin said.
Mr. Grackin identified several possible areas of cooperation and said he is in the process of meeting with “district personnel to determine if any of these bids can be used to save us money or time in the purchasing process.”
The district is considering participating in bids for alarm system repair, installation services and monitoring, beverages and milk products, computer supplies, envelopes, fuel oil, lumber and building materials, paint and paint supplies, paper supplies, plastic liners, refuse removal service (4, 6, 8 cubic yard containers), sand, grit, gravel and oversized stone, security camera equipment and supplies, seed and turf products, soil boring and soil testing, tennis court rehabilitation products, welding and plasma cutting services and wood carpet or equal playground surfacing.
“We will leave no stone unturned in our quest to save tax dollars,” Superintendent John J. Finello said.
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