The Warren County R-III School Board approved three service provider bids for for the upcoming school years during its monthly meeting May 11. The district retained its previous service provider for …
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The Warren County R-III School Board approved three service provider bids for for the upcoming school years during its monthly meeting May 11.The district retained its previous service provider for paper, but decided to go a different direction for its vending and mowing services.Director of Finance Tony Chance shared the cost comparisons and suggested the district use Paper 101 as its paper supplier. Paper 101 provided the lowest bid at $21.68 per case combined with other costs for a total of $34,526.53.Other bids included CPG at $35,822.41, Office Essentials at $35,063 and School Specialty at $36,680.30.Chance, however, suggested the district go another direction with its vending machine service. Instead of remaining with its previous supplier, Pepsi, the district awarded the contract to Coca-Cola.“They were the best, lowest respondent,” he said. “They offered a greater commission to the district than our current vending provider and also promised two major business reviews with the district each year, one to review the prior year’s business and one to plan for the upcoming school year. That’s something we did not have with our previous vendor.”Coca-Cola also will provide new equipment valued at $40,845 to the district and supply seven credit card readers on the Top 7 volume vending machines.The contract was awarded for a term of 36 months.Facilities Director John Chandler recommended to the board a change in lawn mowing service providers, with an approval being made.“We had two companies at the mandatory walk-through for the district lawn service,” said Chandler. “We had it bid as a one- to three-year contract with per mowing cost with options on fields.”Yaz’s Lawn Service submitted a bid of $1,480 per mowing for the first two years and $1,525 for the third year. Kroencke Landscaping submitted bids of $1,400, $1,430 and $1,460 for the three-year term.Chandler says the discrepancy between the total costs over a four-year span was the difference maker in changing service providers, with the bid awarded to Kroencke Landscaping.Mowing
