Paterson Public Schools Department of Purchasing 90 Delaware Avenue, 4th Floor Paterson, NJ 07503 Phone: 973 321-0726                                                                                                                                            Fax: 973 321-0487 Professional and Non-Competitive Services Contract Awards The Superintendent of Schools of the School District of the City of Paterson, (“District” or “Paterson Public Schools”), County of Passaic, State of New Jersey, HEREBY GIVES PUBLIC NOTICE THAT CONTRACTS ARE BEING AWARDED FOR THE FOLLOWING PROFESSIONAL AND NON-COMPETITIVE SERVICES:   1. Approve entering into a contract with Teaching Strategies, LLC, for the purchase of digital curriculum resources, Creative Curriculum Cloud and Teaching Strategies GOLD, to be utilized in preschool classrooms, during the 2026-2027 school year, at an amount not to exceed $309,004.70. 2. Approve the purchase of books and materials to provide summer enrichment activities for preschool children, for the 2025-2026 school year, in the amount of $57,002.49. 3. Approve renewal of the contract for College and Career Readiness Online Platform – Grades 6-12 (RFP-498-25) with PowerSchool Group LLC, for the 2026-2027 school year, with an option to renew for the 2027-2028 school year, at an amount not to exceed $100,000.00 annually. 4. Approve entering into contractual agreements with 20 licensed community early childhood centers to operate and provide preschool services consisting of six (6) hours and fifty-five (55) minutes of a comprehensive educational program for Paterson resident children, three and four years old for 185 academic days, exclusive of any extended year or summer programming, beginning July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, at an amount not to exceed $42,214,593.00. 5. Approve implementation of the Extended School Year Special Education Summer Program, to provide standards-based curriculum and direct instruction for students with disabilities in Preschool through 12th Grade, beginning July 6, 2026 through August 13, 2026, in the amount of $1,442,540.00. 6. Approve continuation of the contract for Universal Screener (RFQ-906-26) with Amplify Education mClass Dibels/mClass Lectura, for the 2026-2027 school year, at an amount not to exceed $150,000.00. 7. Approve extension of the contract for HIB Online Platform Software & Related (RFP-441-24) with Educational Development Software (EDS), for the 2026 2027 and 2027-2028 school years, at an amount not to exceed $180,352.00 annually. 8. Approve award of a contract for Editing Software Application (RFP-438-27) to Notable, Inc. bda: Kami, for the 2026-2027 school year, at an amount not to exceed $72,000.00. 9. Approve entering into an agreement with Intersection Media, LLC, to provide outreach to Paterson families about the state-mandated preschool program for summer and winter campaigns, for the 2026-2027 school year, at an amount not to exceed $73,970.00. 10. Approve extension of the contract for Multilingual Learners Academic Services (RFP-409-26) with Lexia Learning Systems LLC, for the 2026-2027 school year, at an amount not to exceed $136,740.00. 11. Approve entering into an agreement with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to purchase Read 180 Hosting, to assist in meeting the rigorous reading and writing expectations of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards, for the 2026-2027 school year, at an amount not to exceed $30,540.00. 12. Approve adoption of the Cooperative Interscholastic Athletic Agreement ad drafted between District Lead Educational Agency and the participating school(s), subject to approval by the NJSIAA, effective upon adoption, for a two-year duration with an automatic two-year renewal. 13. Approve award of a contract for Student Medical Screening/Substance Intervention Assessments (RFP-499-25) to Care Plus Bergen dba New Bridge Medical Center, for the 2026-2027 school year, at an amount not to exceed $100,000.00. 14. Authorize entering into contracts with public, private or residential schools and include related services of speech/language therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, nursing services, interpreters of the deaf, assistive technology, bedside instruction, and transportation, for the 2026-2027 school year. 15. Approve award of a contract for Food Supplies, Including Food Supplies for Home Economics, to Inserra Supermarkets, Inc., (formally known as Shoprite), during the 2026-2027 school year, at an amount not to exceed $100,000.00. 16. Approve entering into an agreement with CDW for the purchase of Cortex XDR Pro and Palo Alto Success Plan to block malware, ransomware, exploits, and fileless attacks, for the 2026-2027 school year, at an amount not to exceed $85,896.00. 17. Approve entering into an agreement with CDW to provide Google Workspace for Education Plus, a suite of communication and collaboration tools, including features to enhance security, teacher instruction, and student learning, for the 2026-2027 school year, at an amount not to exceed $118,825.00. 18. Approve entering into an agreement with SHI International Corp. to provide KnowBe4, a cyber security awareness training platform that educates end users about cyber security threats and provides simulated phishing for K-12 school district staff, for the 2026-2027 school year, at an amount not to exceed $44,920.00. 19. Approve award of contracts for grocery supplies to Ace Endico, Mivila Foods, and Metropolitan/Driscoll Foods, for the 2026-2027 school year, at an amount not to exceed $150,000.00, in total. 20. Approve revision to the contract for HVAC Services with Envirocon, LLC, to increase the not to exceed amount of $2,400,000.00 by $480,000.00, to an adjusted amount not to exceed $2,880,000.00, for the 2025-2026 school year. 21. Approve an increase to the contract for Copier and Managed Print Services, eGoldFax Cloud Fax Services, under New Jersey State Contract #M2075, with United Business Systems (Canon), for a sixty (60) month period, beginning April 1, 2026, at an annual amount of $560,962.80. Approve retaining James W. Mastriani, Martin F. Scheinman, Patricia Taylor Todd and Joel Weissblatt as grievance arbitrators, to perform the services of Fact Finder/grievance arbitrators, from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, at an amount not to exceed $17,000.00 each, at a split cost with the Association.   June Gray, Business Administrator-CA-5/13 The Record/Herald News June 4, 2026 FEE$121.44 (92) 12381674