Purchasing
Purchasing Agent: Darla Gullotta, NIGP-CPP, CPPB
Phone Number: 518-370-8100, Extension 36047
Email: gullottad@schenectadyschools.org; purchasing@schenectadyschools.org
Assistant Purchasing Agent: Davo Sukram
Phone Number: 518-370-8100, Extension 36943
Email: sukramd@schenectadyschools.org
Address: 530 Liberty Street, Schenectady, NY 12305
Public Procurement Function:
Public procurement is the process of governments and state-owned enterprises purchasing goods, services, and works from suppliers. Governments are responsible for carrying out public procurement with high standards of integrity and efficiency to protect the public interest and ensure quality service delivery.
Public Procurement Values:
Accountability: Taking ownership and being responsible to all stakeholders for our actions. This value is essential to preserve the public trust and protect the public interest.
Ethics: Doing the right thing. This value is essential to deserve the public's trust. Acting with transparency and fairness when conducting procurements.
Impartiality: Unbiased decision making and actions. This value is essential to ensure fairness for the public good.
Professionalism: Upholding high standards of job performance and ethical behavior.
Service: Obligation to assist stakeholders. This value is essential to support the public good.
Transparency: Easily accessible and understandable policies and processes. This value is essential to demonstrate responsible use of public funds.
Methodology:
The Schenectady City School District participates with 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 275 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
The Empire State Purchasing Group is one of BidNet’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.