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Pleasantville Board approves two IT contracts for district network and data center
Summary
At a June 17 special meeting the Pleasantville Board of Education approved two contract awards recommended by the superintendent: microdata center cabinets to Jones Lang LaSalle Americas Inc. for $1,092,174.98 and Cat6a cable to Caine Communications LLC for $333,572; the votes were unanimous.
The Pleasantville Board of Education voted June 17 to accept the superintendent’s recommendations and award two contracts for information-technology infrastructure.
The board approved Jones Lang LaSalle Americas Inc. for microdata center cabinets (bid PPS24-23) in the amount of $1,092,174.98 and Caine Communications LLC for Cat6a cable work for Washington Avenue and South Main Street schools (bid 24-22A) in the amount of $333,572. Both items were listed as addendums to the special meeting agenda and were moved and approved on the same roll call.
The awards were made after the board chair read that the bids were advertised in the Press of Atlantic City on June 7 and opened June 17. For the microdata center cabinets, the board recorded two bids: Jones Lang LaSalle Americas Inc. at $1,092,174.98 and a competing bid from Caine Communications LLC at $1,000,311.88 (as stated in the transcript). The board approved the superintendent’s recommendation to award the contract to Jones Lang LaSalle Americas Inc.; the transcript does not record any discussion explaining the rationale for selecting the higher of the two bids.
Motion to approve the addendums was made by Board Member Silver and seconded by Board Member Pepe. On roll call the board recorded affirmative votes from Board Members Akins, Pepe, Silver, Waters, King and Rowell; the motion carried. The transcript records the approval as unanimous among those voting.
The resolution text presented at the meeting identified the operating account for the microdata center cabinets as account 1200040454352. The cable contract likewise identified account number 1200040454352 for funding. The district document presented the Cat6a specification as “bid 24-22A Cat6/6a cable” and stated one bid was received on June 17 from Caine Communications LLC for $333,572.
No additional contractual terms, performance schedules, start dates or completion deadlines were presented in the public portion of the meeting. The superintendent’s recommendation was read into the record; no district staff spoke publicly during the motion to explain technical specifications, timelines or vendor selection criteria.
Board members did not raise questions in the public meeting before the vote and no conditions or amendments to the awards were recorded in the transcript.
The board’s action completes the publicly disclosed procurement steps for these two line items; the transcript did not record any further administrative steps or required approvals beyond the board vote.
