The KCDA Hot Sheet has been developed to alert members to new contracts, market or price changes, and contracts that are nearing renewal.

Timeline – Start up orders for the 2006-2007 school year may be placed at a time that is convenient for your district.

Discount- Orders placed on or before June 1,2006 and shipped in July from the KCDA warehouse will receive a 2% discount.

How the discount works- Following shipments of summer orders, KCDA will issue a 2% credit to sites taking delivery of their orders in July.

KCDA in participation with the Association of Educational Purchasing Agencies (AEPA) is pleased to announce contract extensions for the following products and suppliers:

New furniture contracts include the following manufacturers: American Seating, Atlantic Metal, Balt, Best Rite, Bird in Hand, Bush, Correll, Oakwood, Shain Shop Built and Wisconsin Bench.

These contract extensions and new contracts resulted from bids solicited by KCDA and advertised locally as well on the KCDA website. Contact KCDA for more information.

Checking Out Minimum Orders - Now users are able to check our carts under the $50 minimum When a cart is checked out you will see a message giving you the option to check the cart out and add a $2.50 minimum change or keep the cart open so that additional items can be added. This $2.50 charge helps offset the cost of shipping.

Templates – Templates can now be cancelled and items can be removed without having to create a new template.

Paper Prices on the Rise - Mills have been attempting to increase pricing over the previous 1-2 years, and increases are now taking hold. KCDA has seen price increases of approximately forty cents per case for the 8.5”x11”, 20# white papers in the past 30 days. Another increase is expected in April 2006. KCDA is bidding paper every quarter in an effort to obtain the lowest pricing. There are several factors impacting the market place at this time:

3. Several paper mills have CLOSED (International Paper, Badger, Sappi, Weyerhaeuser, Stora Enso, Domtar, Cascades); these closures are indefinite and serve to further reduce inventory. Abitibi has closed several newsprint mills; this will impact pricing for the ruled and unruled newprint products sold through KCDA.

4. Pulp mills have CLOSED (Neenah, Sappi, Domtar, Wausau Weyerhaeuser, Western Forest Products); reducing the availability of raw materials necessary for the production of paper and paper related products.

5. The cost of transporting the raw materials and finished products has increased. Less than truck load quantities are now being charge a drop charge of $120.00 to $150.00 per delivery. Fuel/energy costs are the primary contributor to these increases. There has also been a reduction of available drivers and containers for hauling. KCDA has encouraged mills to offer pricing based upon delivery via rail cars, but our mils have not found rail to be cost efficient at this time.

Science Notebooks, Inquiry Based/Hands on Science - KCDA has been asked to print and stock science notebooks for the Inquiry Based or Hand On science programs. We have received samples of 4 different books to date. Prior to negotiating pricing for these notebooks, KCDA would like to know how many schools/districts are using these books, the format(s) used and the quantities used.

Please direct a sample booklet(s), along with the quantities needed to: Melinda Kinsley, KCDA Purchasing, P.O. Box 5550, Kent, WA 98064-5550.

Science Kit Components - The quest for “affordable” kit components continues. KCDA is please to announce the following new items:

KCDA No. 19070 through No. 19079 - Labels, end tab, numeric, 1-1/3” x 1” before folding, clear laminate coating, numbers 0-9, 500 labels per dispenser box, each number sold separately.

KCDA No. 03533 - Miracle Sponge (compressed sponges), 2-7/8” x 4.5”, 12 per package. These are great for science kits and art projects.

KCDA No. 42360 - Storage Container and Lid, clear (see-thru), 12 quart capacity, measures 16-3/8” long x 11.5” wide x 5-7/8” high. Sterilite #1954.

We are still working to obtain competitive pricing for: Epson salts, kosher salts and aquarium gravel.

Ruler, Metric/English - Flexible, Clear, Flat, can be used as a standard ruler or on overhead projectors. Numbers and markings will show when used on overhead projector. Safe-T Ruler as specified.

KCDA No. 06817 - 12”, Safe-T #43060

KCDA No. 06816 - 6”, Safe-T #43061

If you wish to have additional staff members added to this list please e-mail us their name and address at customerservice@kcda.org.

King County Directors' Association
18639 - 80th Ave. South, Kent, WA 98064
1-800-422-5019

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