Department of Education and Skills


Planning and Building Unit

Tullamore, Co. Offaly.
Telephone: 0579324300 or 01 889 6400
Fax: 0579324411
Web: www.education.ie
Room: Learning Support
Learning Support -- LS
Equipment List & Specification.
Standards, Specifications and Conditions
All Equipment shall be Durable and Safe for School Use.
Equipment wholly or partly funded from public funds is subject to Inspection by Officers from the Department of Education & Skills.
It is essential that tenders for equipment for School Use shall:
i)Comply fully with the specifications and be durable and safe for School Use.
ii)Comply fully with the standards as detailed and shall comply fully with
European (EN) standards, both established and developing.
iii)Comply with European electrical standards and CE marking as appropriate.
iv)Be accompanied by documentation of sufficient detail for full evaluation.
v)Include the completed and signed certificate of compliance.
Award of a contract is conditional on the production of a current tax clearance certificate.
Failure to comply with the above may result in the tender being deemed null and void.

Planning and Building Unit, Department of Education and Skills, Portlaoise Road, Tullamore, Co. Offaly.

Telephone: 057-9324300 Fax: 057-9324411

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Department of Education and Skills

Section 1 – Mathematics

Code
Quantity / Descriptions and Specifications / Cost
€:
LS/1
1 / Set of interlocking base ten arithmetic blocks
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/2
1 / Set of Mathematical patterns: set to include triangles, squares, parallelograms, segments of circles etc.
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/3
1 / Twenty-four hour clock.
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/4
1 / Set of Geometric Solids
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/5
1 / Set Fraction Dominoes
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/6
1 / Mathematics Equaliser; complete with twenty weights.
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/7
1 / Trundle Wheel with metric graduations.
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/8
1 / Set Percentage Dominoes
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/9
1 / Euro money set – coins & notes and activity book
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/10
1 / Flashmaster: Addition & Subtraction and Multiplication & Division
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/11
1 / Weigh Too Learn Math Kit
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/12
1 / Metre stick
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/13
1 / Algebra tiles.
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/14
1 / Counters.
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/15
1 / Dice Large.
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/16
1 / Fraction Modular Flip Charts
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/17
1 / Set of Graduated Cylinders for Liquid Measurement
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/18
1 / Pentominoes
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/19
1 / Smath game
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/20
1 / Relational Geosolids
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/21
1 / Volume Conservation Models.
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:

Planning and Building Unit, Department of Education and Skills, Portlaoise Road, Tullamore, Co. Offaly.

Telephone: 057-9324300 Fax: 057-9324411

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Department of Education and Skills

Code
Quantity / Descriptions and Specifications / Cost
€:
LS/22
1 / Probability Kit.
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/23
1 / Tangrams
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/24
1 / Large Tape Measure
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/25
1 / 100 New Maths Framework lessons for Year 6
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/26
1 / 100 Maths Homework and Assessment Activities for Year 6
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/27
1 / Metric callipers
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/28
1 / Geostrips
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/29
1 / Folding Geometric Shapes
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/30
1 / Transparent Geoboards (linear and circular)
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/31
1 / Grouping Circles (Venn)
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/32
1 / Clinometer
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/33
1 / Set of Board Equipment (Drawing)
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/34
1 / Theodolite
Manufacture: / Catalogue No:

Section 2 – Programme Reading Kits/Reading Laboratories

Code
Quantity / Descriptions & Specifications: / Cost
€:
LS/35
1 / SRA Reading Laboratory 2C or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/36
1 / SRA Corrective Reading – Decoding A-C or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:

Section 3 – Reading Comprehension

Code
Quantity / Descriptions & Specifications: / Cost
€:
LS/37
1 / LDA Reading Comprehension or equal– set of photocopiable workbooks
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/38
1 / Developing Basic Comprehension Skills – Heinemann or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/39
1 / Developing Comprehension Skills - Heinemann or equal
Manufacturer / Catalogue No:
LS/40
1 / New Reading and Thinking – Books 4-6 – Learning Materials Ltd or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/41
1 / Thrilling Comprehension – LDA or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/42
1 / Visualizing and Verbalizing for Language Comprehension and Thinking - Lindamood-Bell or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:

Section 4 – Graded and Supplementary Reading

Code
Quantity / Descriptions & Specifications: / Cost
€:
LS/43
1 / Set –Sports Zone Levels 1-3 – Nelson Thomas or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/44
1 / Set - Macmillan Guided Reader: Levels: Starter, Beginner, Elementary,
Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate (100+ titles) -Macmillan or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/45
1 / Double Club English – Books 1-3 with teacher’s Books 1-3 – Rising Stars or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/46
1 / Five Minute Thrillers complete pack – LDA or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/47
10 / Set - Plays for 12-16+ - Barrington Stoke or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/48
1 / Set - Reality Check – Barrington Stoke or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/49
1 / Ten Minute Thrillers – complete pack – LDA or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/50
1 / Sparkers – Complete Pack with Teacher’s Guide – Nelson Thomas or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/51
1 / Wellington Square Teacher Resources Plus 1,2,3,4,5
Wellington Square Level 1 Story Books Set A/B
Wellington Square Level 2 Story Books Set A/B
Wellington Square Level 3 Story Books Set A/B
Wellington Square Level 4 Story Books Set A/B
Wellington Square Level 5 Story Books Set A/B
Wellington Square Secondary Teacher’s Resource Book
Wellington Square Reinforcement Readers 1,2,3,4,5
Wellington Square Non Fiction Readers 1,2,3,4,5 – Wellington or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/52
1 / Set - Dark Man Series Sets 1 & 2 – Ransom or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/53
1 / Set - Siti’s Sisters – Ransom or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/54
1 / Set - Open Door Series – NewIsland or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/55
1 / Set - Reloaded Fiction – Barrington Stoke or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/56
1 / Set - Wolfhill – Levels 1-5 and Teacher’s Guides – 1&2, 3&4 and 5 – Barrington Stoke or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/57
1 / Set - Solos Fiction – Barrington Stoke or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:

Section 5 – Spelling

Code
Quantity / Descriptions & Specifications: / Cost
€:
LS/58
1 / Spelling Matters –
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/59
1 / Spelling Matters Too - Heinemann or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/60
1 / ACE Spelling Dictionary – LDA or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/61
1 / ACE Spelling Activities – LDA or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/62
1 / Corrective Spelling Through Morphographs –McGraw-Hill or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/63
1 / Spelling Rulebook by Lucy Cowdery or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:

Section 6 –Literacy Skill Development

Code
Quantity / Descriptions & Specifications: / Cost
€:
LS/64
1 / Alpha to Omega – Teachers’ Book – Heinemann or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/65
6 / Alpha to Omega - Student Book – Heinemann of equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/66
1 / Active Literacy Kit
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/67
6 / Toe by Toe
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/68
1 / LDA Wordbuilding Chest and Digraphs & Trigraphs – or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/69
1 / Grammar Matters
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/70
1 / The Grammar Game
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:

Section 7 – Calculators

Code
Quantity / Descriptions & Specifications: / Cost
€:
LS/71
3 / Basic Electronic Calculator:
Capacity, 8 digits minimum display, 4 function flow arithmetic, floating decimal point; with at least 1 memory.
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:

Section 8 – Learning Support Software. Single User.

Code
Quantity / LITERACY -Descriptions & Specifications: / Cost
€:
LS/72
1 / Wellington Square 1 – Granada or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/73
1 / Starspell - Fischer-Marriott Educational or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/74
1 / Read Write Gold - Texthelp Systems or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/75
1 / Clicker5 - Crick Software or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/76
1 / Clozepro - Crick Software or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/77
1 / Word Shark 3 - White Space or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/78
1 / Gamz Player – Gamz or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/79
1 / Inspiration - Inspiration Software or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/80
1 / Lexia Basic Reading - Lexia Learning Systems or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/82
1 / Lexia Advanced Reading - Lexia Learning Systems or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/83
1 / Literacy Bank 3 - Sherston Software or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/84
1 / Acceleread Accelewrite – Lansyst or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/85
1 / Comprehensive Reading Test - Lexia Learning Systems or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
MATHEMATICS -Descriptions & Specifications:
LS/86
1 / Numbershark - White Space or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue Number
LS/87
1 / Amazing Maths - Cambridgeshire House
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/88
1 / Maths Made Easy 5 - Nightingale Software or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/89
1 / Maths Made Easy 6 - Nightingale Software or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/90
1 / Measuring Up - Protea textware or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:
LS/91
1 / Maths Circus 4 - Greygum Software or equal
Manufacturer:
LS/92
1 / Maths Circus Act 3 - Greygum Software or equal
Manufacturer: / Catalogue Number
LS/93
1 / DIY Fractions, Percentages and Decimals - Sherston Software
Manufacturer: / Catalogue No:

Planning and Building Unit, Department of Education and Skills, Portlaoise Road, Tullamore, Co. Offaly.

Telephone: 057-9324300 Fax: 057-9324411

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Department of Education and Skills

Equipment for Learning Support Room

NINE SECTIONS

Section / Code / Descriptions & Specifications: / Cost
€:
Section 1 / LS/1 –LS/34 / Mathematics
Section 2 / LS/35 – LS/36 / Programmed Reading Kits/Reading Laboratories
Section 3 / LS/37– LS/42 / Reading Comprehension
Section 4 / LS/43– LS/57 / Graded and Supplementary Reading
Section 5 / LS/58– LS/63 / Spelling
Section 6 / LS/64 – LS/77 / Literacy / English Skills
Section 7 / LS/71 / Calculator
Section 8 / LS/72 – LS//93 / Learning Support Software

Total:

Add for VAT:

Total Amount for LS List: €

Planning and Building Unit, Department of Education and Skills, Portlaoise Road, Tullamore, Co. Offaly.

Telephone: 057-9324300 Fax: 057-9324411

September 2010 Page 1of 11

Department of Education and Skills

Standards, Specifications and Conditions
All Equipment shall be Durable and Safe for School Use.
Equipment wholly or partly funded from public funds is subject to Inspection by Officers from the Department of Education and Skills.
It is essential that tenders for equipment for School Use shall:
i)Comply fully with the specifications and be durable and safe for School Use.
ii)Comply fully with the standards as detailed and shall comply fully with
European (EN) standards, both established and developing.
iii)Comply with European electrical standards and CE marking as appropriate.
iv)Be accompanied by documentation of sufficient detail for full evaluation.
v)Include the completed and signed certificate of compliance.
Award of a contract is conditional on the production of a current tax clearance certificate.
Failure to comply with the above may result in the tender being deemed null and void.
Certificate of Compliance with Standards, Specifications and Conditions
I/We certify that the equipment tendered complies in all respects with the Standards, Specifications and other requirements/conditions specified in this tender document.
I/We hold a current tax clearance certificate.
Company:
Signed: / Date:
Position:

Planning and Building Unit, Department of Education and Skills, Portlaoise Road, Tullamore, Co. Offaly.

Telephone: 057-9324300 Fax: 057-9324411

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