Purchasing Office
Mission
The Arlington County School Board intends to
purchase goods and services of high quality at reasonable cost;
make sure that all purchasing actions are fair and impartial with no impropriety or appearance of impropriety; and
ensure that all qualified buyers and sellers have access to School Board business, no offeror is arbitrarily or capriciously excluded, and there is the maximum feasible amount of competition.
Bid Opportunities
For
current bid opportunities, visit the Purchasing Office at 1426 North Quincy Street, on the-4th floor of the Ed Center Building, or call the Purchasing Clerk at 703-228-2411.
Procurement Personnel
Director/ Purchasing Agent
David J. Webb, C.P.M.
703-228-6127
Assistant Director of Purchasing
Temporary Vacant
703-228-7649
Senior Buyer
Frances A. Jones
703-228-6126
Buyer
Ken Lawson, CPPB
703-228-6193
Purchasing Technician
Thanh Thai
703-228-2411
The Purchasing Process
Arlington Public Schools (APS) has centralized procurement authority under the Purchasing Agent, and purchases a wide variety of goods and services to support all of Arlington's public schools. APS utilizes the competitive bidding process, using Invitation for Bid (IFB) whenever possible. Under this process an award is made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. APS also utilizes a competitive sealed proposal process to purchase goods and services, when factors other than price must be considered in selecting a vendor. This method is used for the Request for Proposals (RFP) and competitive negotiations (reference
Purchasing Resolution).
Solicitation Process
APS purchases a wide variety of goods and services to support the schools. APS has a procurement process that allows Departments/Schools to solicit bids directly up to a value of $50,000. For procurement transactions over $50,000 APS utilizes a formal solicitation process - either a competitive bidding process, or competitive negotiation process, which is conducted by personnel in the Purchasing Office.
Under the formal solicitation process, the Purchasing office sends a notice to registered bidders when a solicitation is available for the commodity or service the bidder provides. Recent solicitations can be found under
Current Bids or by calling 703-228-2411.
Becoming An APS Bidder
APS no longer registers vendors through its Purchasing Department and no longer selects or notifies vendors of procurement opportunities.
NOTICE OF SOLICITATION:
APS now uses eVA, the Commonwealth of Virginia electronic portal for advertising all procurement opportunities having a value of over $50,000.
Vendors do not have to register through eVA to submit responses to APS bids or request for proposals, but registration is encouraged. Registration will not only provide vendors notice of APS solicitations, but also of solicitations of other local governments and state agencies. At this time there is no annual fee to register.
Vendors who have general questions about the eVA procurement portal or need eVA registration assistance, should call eVA Customer Care at 1-866-289-7367.
Notice of Invitation for Bids and requests for Proposals will continue to be posted on a public bulletin board at 1426 N. Quincy St, Arlington, VA 22207 and on the Purchasing Department Website. Requests for Proposals are advertised in the Arlington Sun Gazette newspaper.
