Project Information

Bid Title

2026 Invitation to Bid for Office & School Supplies and Multi-Purpose Paper

Issuing Agency

Capitol Region Education Council Hartford

Location

Connecticut

Published Date

Nov 20, 2025

Closing Date

Jan 23, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

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Project Description

Project ID:

Title: 2026 Invitation to Bid for Office & School Supplies and Multi-Purpose Paper

Addenda: 0

Release Date: 12/8/2025

Due Date: 1/23/2026

Post Information

Posted At:Thu, Nov 20, 2025 10:11 AMSealed Bid Process:Yes (Bids Sealed / Pricing Sealed)Private Bid:No

Overview

Summary

The Capitol Region Education Council (“CREC”) is a regional educational service center (RESC) that represents 35 communities in the Greater Hartford area and also reaches additional towns and school districts throughout the state through a number of services and programs. Prospective Respondents may find more information about CREC at http://www.crec.org/ and about the services provided by RESCs at http://www.rescalliance.org/ .

CREC’s mission is to provide high quality, low-cost services for school districts to meet their various needs. These include services such as professional development, special education, transportation, and cooperative purchasing. CREC’s cooperative purchasing goal is to help districts reduce costs by A) offering one solicitation to reduce the duplication of effort being done across school districts, municipalities, and other non-profit organizations and B) offer deeper discounts based on the potential aggregated use of the bid statewide. The CREC Cooperative Purchasing program has expanded to all New England states and New York with 3,200 agencies purchasing through our cooperati ve. $106.5M was spent through the program in 2024.

By this Invitation to Bid, CREC seeks to establish a cooperative purchasing contract to meet the needs of school districts, municipalities, and other non-profit organizations for Office & School Supplies and Multi-Purpose Paper. Vendors must be able to service all CT towns and agencies and offer the same pricing and discounts to participating entities in other surrounding states. We do not require a “membership” from our users, rather, we make the awarded vendor contracts available to all schools, towns and non-profits.

Timeline

Release Project Date:

December 8, 2025

Question Submission Deadline:

December 19, 2025, 3:00pm

Submission Deadline:

January 23, 2026, 11:00am

Commodity Codes

• NAICS 424120Stationery and Office Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
• NAICS 453210Office Supplies and Stationery Stores

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