Nursing Textbooks & Related Items

Wayne-Finger Lakes Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) is conducting a competitive procurement for Nursing Textbooks & Related Items under solicitation WFLVC 2026-10, targeting its Continuing Education and Vocational Education Programs. The procurement seeks to establish a contract for supplying nursing and health career textbooks from multiple publishers, including F.A. Davis Company, Hartman Publishing, Pearson, Elsevier Mosby, and Cengage Learning. The bid covers 15 specific textbook titles across nursing and health career programs, with quantities ranging from 10 to 70 units per item, including texts on topics such as Journey Across the Life Span, Mental Health Nursing, Medical-Surgical Nursing, Medical Terminology, and Anatomy and Physiology. Vendor qualifications require a minimum of five years of experience supplying textbooks to comparable educational organizations. The bid offers two bidding approaches: Section A for specific item pricing and Section B allowing percentage discounts from catalog or online price lists. Key dates include a bid opening on May 15, 2025, at 3:00 p.m., with the contract period spanning July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026. Electronic bid submissions are required through the IonWave Technologies Online Bid Notification System.

The procurement does not explicitly indicate specific set-aside designations or restrictions for disadvantaged enterprises. The solicitation appears open to all qualified vendors who can meet the experience and product requirements. While no incumbent vendors are directly mentioned, the bid documents suggest the intent is to establish a new contract with one or multiple vendors capable of comprehensively meeting the BOCES educational material needs. Vendors must provide detailed pricing, product information, and references, and guarantee products against defective materials or workmanship for at least one year from delivery. The BOCES reserves the right to award contracts by line item, group, or total sum to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder(s). Although specific budget ranges are not disclosed, the bid item listing indicates a substantial procurement spanning multiple textbook titles and quantities across nursing and health career programs. The total extended price for sample items in the documentation suggests a potentially significant contract value for the selected vendor(s).