Purchasing Department
631-549-4900, ext. 292
purchasing@wsboces.org
Lorraine Hein
Director of Purchasing
The Purchasing Department manages the purchasing needs of this BOCES including the development of bid specifications and the review of bids. The department is also available to assist school districts in efforts to increase their purchasing power.
Bidding Process
Purchasing/Bidding FAQs
Bid Notification System NEW!
In March 2012, Western Suffolk BOCES joined the Long Island Bid System for soliciting bids from suppliers. This system will provide companies with convenient online access to all bid information for Western Suffolk BOCES and seven other agencies. If you are currently registered as a supplier on this system with another entity, you do not need to register again.
To participate in future bid opportunities from Western Suffolk BOCES, select one of two ways and then register online following instructions below:
| It's your choice! |
Cost |
For your registered commodity/service codes, receive email notification of . . . |
| each bid |
every addendum to those bids |
every bid award |
| Option A |
FREE |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Option B |
$99.95/yr |
YES |
YES |
YES |
Register Now:
- Register at www.LongIslandBidSystem.com.
- Use the “Supplier Registration” link and follow the step-by-step instructions
- For help registering, call the technical support department at IPT by BidNet at 1-800-835-4603.
Bid Results
Beginning April 2012, Western Suffolk BOCES will post the bid results at www.LongIslandBidSystem.com where you can search by key word.
Buy Surplus BOCES Property at GovDeals.com
| Once the Board of Western Suffolk BOCES has determined that certain equipment and materials are surplus or obsolete and of no use to Western Suffolk BOCES, it approves the disposition of said surplus property during a public meeting. Such items are then placed for sale at GovDeals.com, a liquidity services marketplace. Interested buyers can create an account at that site to search and bid on surplus items from Western Suffolk BOCES and/or other governmental agencies. All sales final. |
Questions about bidding, call:
1-800-613-0156 |
Bid Calendar for 2011-12
Open this pdf for the dates vendors need to bid on items that Western Suffolk BOCES expects to purchase through the bidding process in the current school year.
Links (related to purchasing)
Suffolk County Depart. of Public Works, Finance Section, Purchasing
NYS Association of Municipal Purchasing Officials, Inc.
Office of General Services Procurement Services Search
National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, Inc.
Selected Law Resources
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