Conn Education Inc.

City-funded organization

Conn Education Inc., doing business as Classroom Library Company, is a Chesterfield, Missouri-based distributor of children's book collections for classrooms, per its own site. It held $17 million in New York City Department of Education contracts awarded since 2012, several for supplying trade book materials (including a contract titled "Tradebook Bid Class C" and earlier ones titled "Provide trade book materials class C"), none of which remain active as of August 2026; the city has paid $18.9 million to date. 53% of contract value ($9 million across 3 contracts) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid.

Industry (per city contracts)
Goods
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $17,031,895 awarded since 2012
Paid to date
$18,902,955
Won without a fresh bid
53% of contract value · $9,031,895 · 3 contracts

Holds contracts at

City contracts

Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).

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