About School Specialty
Save Time & Money – Utilize Your OMNIA Partners Contract
Looking for the right partner to meet the unique issues of this year’s purchasing cycle? Look no further than your purchasing cooperative contract with School Specialty. We deliver the best overall value on all your needs from supplies to furniture. As you save, you also add to your future annual rebate — bid contracts can’t give you that. And you get it all through a legal contractual vehicle.
Through our partnership, you receive:
- 35% off list price on supply items
- 14% off list price on individual furniture items
- FREE shipping on parcel shipped items over $49 (pricing policy 9)
- FREE shipping on non-parcel shipped items (pricing policy 6). For other non-parcel shipped items (pricing policy 5) a $9.95 minimum or 15% of the net subtotal of the items will apply.
Arts & Crafts
We’re proud of our 100 year legacy of providing a wide range of quality arts and crafts supplies for every project and every budget. We are also committed to supporting and inspiring art educators, offering many Professional Development workshops, on-demand webinars, blogs and 200+ art lesson plans.
Classroom and Office Supplies, Teaching Aides
From the classroom to the front office and facilities, we are dedicated to making sure you have the everyday products and supplies you need. Find a vast selection of products selected specifically for schools, with the quality you expect, at prices that fit your budget.
Furniture
Everything we offer in our comprehensive line of furniture solutions – from contemporary to traditional, from seating to storage – is designed to help you create modern learning spaces. We offer top manufacturers’ products as well as our own exclusive brands, which allows us to ensure better lead times and savings we pass on to you.
K-12 Science Resources
We believe science isn’t just a subject, it’s an experience. With numerous exclusive brands like ScienceFLEX™, Delta Explore Readers, CPO Link™, and NeoSCI®, our supplemental science curricula includes proven materials such as readers, hands-on kits and engaging lessons to help you open the world of science to students.
Physical Education
Every student deserves the physical, mental and cognitive health benefits of Physical Education and Physical Activity. That’s why we’re committed to offering products and resources to help students build healthy habits that last a lifetime, including a wide range of on-demand webinars developed by our own PE experts.
Special Needs Resources
We believe every student can experience the thrill of achievement. To help, we offer an extensive selection of products for key solution areas. We also support educators with best practice buying guides for sensory spaces, adapted PE, art and inclusive learning environments as well as provide inspiration from blogs and webinars from our on-staff experts.
Supplemental Curriculum
We believe every student deserves the support they need to reach their potential, from addressing unfinished learning to meeting standards. To help you in this effort, we offer ELA, Math and Science curriculum that measurably helps all students.
Turnkey Solution for New & Renovated Spaces
Projects by Design®is our unique service, from collaborative no-cost expert design through installation and beyond. Using our exclusive 6-Essential Design Elements®, our team of in-house designers and Learning Environment Specialists can work with you to create inspiring comprehensive ecosystems, from birth to Grade 12, as well as training on the latest trends and methods.
Early Childhood
With a full selection of early childhood educational products, including furniture, manipulatives, family engagement solutions, and social-emotional learning tools, Childcraft and School Specialty help you create an effective learning environment. We offer a complete assortment of high-quality, safe, and developmentally-appropriate products that support early learning standards and educational outcomes for children from birth through grade 2.
PreK - 2 Early Childhood Resources & Furniture
We have a 75 year heritage in making a wide range of high quality, trusted products educators need to create engaging early childhood learning environments – from dramatic play areas and literacy centers to STEM areas and outdoor learning. All our products are expertly curated and our furniture is crafted with pride in our own facility in Pennsylvania.
U.S. Communities and National IPA, both wholly-owned subsidiaries of OMNIA Partners, have come together as OMNIA Partners, Public Sector. All public sector participants already registered with National IPA or U.S. Communities continue to have access to all contracts, with certain exceptions, in the portfolio and do not need to re-register to use a legacy National IPA, legacy U.S. Communities, or new OMNIA Partners contract. U.S. Communities and National IPA remain separate legal entities and lead agency contracts completed under each brand are effective and available for use through the contract’s approved term. In the event we believe re-registration is necessary for any reason, OMNIA Partners will let you know.
Furniture, Installation and Related Services
Region 4 ESC - TX
Contract Number: R191815
May 1, 2020 to April 30, 2023
Option to renew for two (2) additional one-year periods through April 30, 2025
RENEWED THROUGH April 30, 2024
Executive Summary
Master Agreement Documents
- Official Signed Contract
- Contract Award Documents
- Notice of Material Change to the Vendor Contract - 11.19.2020
- Notice of Material Change to the Vendor Contract - 06.23.2021
- Contract Renewal 1
- Contract Update 1
- Contract Update 2
- Contract Update 3
- Contract Update 4
- Contract Update 5
Response Evaluation
Solicitation Process
Educational School Supplies
Region 4 ESC - TX
Contract Number: R190503
July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2022
Option to renew for two (2) additional one-year periods through June 30, 2024
RENEWED THROUGH June 30, 2024
Executive Summary
Master Agreement Documents
- Official Signed Contract
- Contract Award Documents
- Notice of Material Change to the Vendor Contract - 11.19.2020
- Notice of Material Change to the Vendor Contract - 06.23.2021
- Contract Renewal 1
- Contract Renewal 2
- Contract Updates 1-9
- Contract Update 10
- Contract Update 11
- Contract Update 12
- Contract Update 13
- Contract Update 14
- Contract Update 15
- Contract Update 16
Response Evaluation
Solicitation Process
Athletic, Physical Education Supplies, and Team Uniforms
Region 4 ESC - TX
Contract Number: R201105
January 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023
Option to renew for two (2) additional one-year periods through September 30, 2025
Executive Summary
Master Agreement Documents
- Official Signed Contract
- Contract Award Documents
- Contract Award Letter
- Notice of Material Change to the Vendor Contract - 06.23.2021
- Contract Update 1
- Contract Update 2
- Contract Update 3
- Contract Update 4
Response Evaluation
Solicitation Process
- Original RFP Document
- RFP Addendum 1
- RFP Addendum 2
- RFP Addendum 3
- RFP Addendum 4
- RFP Addendum 5
- RFP Questions & Answers
- Proof of Publication
- RFP Request List
- Historically Underutilized Business Outreach
- RFP Opening Documents
Previous Contract
Contract Highlights
School and Office Supplies to Fit Every Budget
School Specialty provides a wide range of essential material, from classroom, art, PE and science supplies to complete learning environments. Along with national brands, School Specialty offers our unique proprietary brands including:
- Abilitations - Special Needs Supplies
- Childcraft - Early Childhood Products
- Sax - Art Education Supplies
- Sportime - Physical Education, Health & Wellness Supplies
- School Smart - Classroom Supplies
- Classroom Select- Furniture & Equipment
With such a wide range of products available from School Specialty through OMNIA Partners, your school or district can satisfy vertually all of your needs with a single online order. Not only will you receive competitive discounts by taking advantage of School Specialty's contracts with OMNIA Partners, but you can get other special benefits as well - such as pre-designed professional development (on-demand and in-person) and a volume rebate on supplies orders.
Abilitations Special Needs Products Make a Difference
Abilitations and School Specialty are committed to enhancing the lives of individuals with special needs. We strive to offer the most comprehensive assortment of products and solutions for all children, and the therapists, educators and families that support them. From theraputty to fidgets, to weighted blankets, swings and more we offer the most effective special needs resources and solutions available. We are determined to help make learning safe and fun and improve the quality of life for all children with special needs. It's an approach that's made Abilitations a trusted brand for therapists, educators, parents and caregivers for 25 years.
Where the Child Comes First
With a full selection of early childhood educational products, including furniture, manipulatives, family engagement solutions, and social-emotional learning tools, Childcraft and School Specialty help you create an effective learning environment. We offer a complete assortment of high-quality, safe, and developmentally-appropriate products that support early learning standards and educational outcomes for children from birth through grade 2.
Sportime PE Equipment to Encourage Physical Activity
Physical fitness is critical to student success. Our products, including innovative physical education resources from Sportime, are carefully selected to enhance physical development, help children enjoy physical fitness, and show them how to be active throughout their lifetime. Through our complete selection of high-quality fitness and sports equipment, including balls, jump ropes, and bean bags, we are able to help educators engage and energize students to get active today and sustain a healthy lifestyle tomorrow.
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We Furnish a Place for Learning
Our name says it all: Schools are our specialty. So when you source your furnishings through our Furniture & Installation Contract with OMNIA Partners you get more than just a list of furniture. You get access to a tiered discount structure off MSRP on over 60 furniture vendors and a dedicated Learning Environments team that will work closely with you providing design ideas and renderings - all as part of your contract.
Tomorrow’s Inventors Are in Today’s Classrooms
No one can know exactly what STEM and STEAM challenges tomorrow will bring. But we do know the graduates best prepared for them will be the ones who are taught not just facts, but an integrated approach in both instruction and layout that teaches them how to think like innovators. Providing that kind of holistic education to them also demands a great deal from you. But to deliver on those high expectations, you need to start with the right resources. From furniture and products, to professional development and funding, we can bring you the help to inspire young thinkers and prepare graduates who will change the world.
Insight & Inspiration for Creating a Makerspace in Your School
A growing trend is the construction of a separate makerspace where students can engage in hands-on, creative projects to support student design and creation. Whether a section of the library, converted computer lab, or spare classroom, your makerspace can inspire creativity and innovation by giving it the right mix of equipment and technology while being flexible enough to adapt as project needs change.See how School Specialty can help you serve current needs and allow for future growth.
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