Lectorum Publications Inc
City-funded organization
Lectorum Publications Inc, founded in 1960 and based in Pine Brook, NJ, was the largest U.S. distributor and a publisher of Spanish-language books, supplying schools and libraries nationwide before shuttering and auctioning off its roughly 700,000-book inventory in December 2025 amid federal Title I funding cuts and other financial pressures. It held New York City Department of Education contracts (tradebook and library-materials supply, classes A/B/C) totaling $106.6 million since 1995, none of which remain active.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Goods
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $106,570,962 awarded since 1995
- Paid to date
- $51,895,765
- Won without a fresh bid
- 46% of contract value · $49,065,752 · 9 contracts
- Based in
- Pine Brook, NJ (out of state)
- Chairman / CEO
- Alex Correa
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
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).
- Tradebook Bid Class A Department of Education · MA104020219176040 · ended 2026 $42,369,366
- Tradebook bid Class A Department of Education · MA104020149474151 · ended 2019 $39,000,000
- Provide trade book materials class B Department of Education · MA104020159570076 · ended 2019 $10,000,000
- Provide trade book materials class C Department of Education · MA104020159570079 · ended 2019 $7,500,000
- Tradebook bid Class A Department of Education · MA104020209070152 · ended 2020 $2,156,575
- Provide trade book materials class C Department of Education · MA104020219176056 · ended 2026 $2,140,387
- Tradebook Materials Class B Department of Education · MA104020219176100 · ended 2026 $1,404,128
- Library Materials and Processing Department of Education · MA104020159572158 · ended 2019 $882,994
- TEXTBOOKS AND TEACHERS' EDITIONS LA-(TX-6206) Department of Education · MA10409679619 · ended 2010 $550,000
- Provide trade book materials class B Department of Education · MA104020209070243 · ended 2020 $252,465