RE-bid middle school dance & theater textbooks

School District U-46, located in Illinois across portions of Cook, DuPage, and Kane counties serving over 34,000 students across 57 schools, is conducting a re-bid solicitation for Middle School Dance and Theater textbooks. The procurement requires bidders to provide specific quantities and titles of textbooks as detailed in Appendix A, with no substitutions permitted. All pricing must be all-inclusive of delivery, freight, packaging, and handling to the district's distribution center at 1474 Sheldon Drive in Elgin, Illinois 60120, with deliveries occurring during business hours between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Successful bidders must submit warranty information covering one year from final delivery, provide three business references with similar projects, acknowledge any litigation history, and maintain comprehensive insurance coverage including Commercial General Liability ($1,000,000 per occurrence), Business Automobile Liability ($1,000,000 combined single limit), Workers Compensation ($500,000), and Umbrella/Excess Liability ($10,000,000). Vendor questions must be submitted through the Euna Procurement portal by March 13, 2026 at 10:30 AM CST, with district responses issued by March 17, 2026 at 10:30 AM CST. Bid proposals are due March 20, 2026 at 11:00 AM CST via the electronic Euna Procurement bidding system, with public bid opening conducted via Zoom (Meeting ID: 881 6747 3327, Passcode: 969462). The Board of Education will review submissions on April 27, 2026, with anticipated approval by May 18, 2026. The contract term commences upon Board approval and extends for one year with no automatic renewal, and the district reserves the right to award to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder(s), to sole or multiple providers, and to increase or decrease quantities as needed.

School District U-46 welcomes participation from minority-owned and women-owned businesses and actively encourages diversity and inclusion in the bidding process, with awards based on quality, price, delivery, and past service without regard to race, creed, color, gender, national origin, age, or handicap. No incumbent vendors or current contractor information is specified in the solicitation documents. The district assumes no obligation to purchase quantities beyond those specified on issued purchase orders, and bidders must acknowledge receipt of purchase orders within 48 business hours and provide itemized packing lists with purchase order numbers. Bidders are responsible for all costs incurred in preparing proposals, and bids remain binding for 90 days following the bid opening. The district reserves the right to inspect all products upon delivery, reject nonconforming merchandise, and terminate contracts for failure to meet delivery timelines with the right to recover attorney fees and expenses. No specific budget allocation or award value range is disclosed in the solicitation documents.