Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 8/26/2021 - 5:30 PM
Category: Report of the Committee on Accountability, Finance, and Personnel
Type: Action
Subject: 7. Action on the Award of Exception-to-Bid Contracts
Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
Goal 3
Effective and Efficient Operations
Policy: Admin Policy 3.09 - Purchasing and Bidding Requirements
Attachments Overview of Action on the Award of Exception-to-Bid Requests: Proposed Contracts and Supporting Documents
File Attachment:
1. Action on the Award of Exception-to-Bid Contracts.pdf
2. C029595, GPS Education Partners Inc, Original Contract.pdf
3. C029595, GPS Education Partners Inc, First Extension and Modification.pdf
4. B0001477 Nature's Classroom Institute of WI, Inc. Original Contract.pdf
Background: Recommended for the Board's approval at this meeting are the following exception-to-bid requests:

The DBQ Company d/b/a The DBQ Project for Online Educational Materials, GSP-0-S-7G2-C1-ECTSCOVD, $164,362.50;

GPS Education Partners, Inc., to provide Alternative Education Programming, GOE-0-I-1T2-EO-ECTV, $120,000;

Nature's Classroom Institute Environmental Education Inc. for Montessori Sleep-Away Camp Services; 000-0-0-000-BL-ECTS, $300,000.
Fiscal Impact Statement: This item authorizes expenditures as indicated in the attachments.
Implementation and Assessment Plan Upon approval by the Board, the contracts will begin as indicated in the attachments.
Recommendation: Your Committee recommends that the Board authorize the exception-to-bid requests as set forth in the attachments to this item.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Jacqueline M. Mann, Ph.D. - Board Clerk/Chief Officer