Steps To Literacy LLC
City-funded organization
Steps To Literacy LLC is a family-founded company (1998) that sells curated classroom book collections and literacy materials to schools, operating today as part of the S&S Worldwide family of companies. Its only city relationship has been with the Department of Education, where it has held $21.1 million in registered contracts since 2003 (all now expired, $32.8 million paid to date), for 'trade book materials class C.' The current largest of these, a $9.1 million contract that ran through 2026, was a renewal awarded without a fresh competitive bid; an earlier $7.5 million version of the same contract, running from 2015 to 2019, was awarded through competitive sealed bid. Overall, 49% of Steps To Literacy's contract value with the city was awarded without a fresh competitive bid ($10.5 million across 2 contracts).
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Goods
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $21,115,741 awarded since 2003
- Paid to date
- $32,789,137
- Won without a fresh bid
- 49% of contract value · $10,451,036 · 2 contracts
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).
- Provide trade book materials class C Department of Education · MA104020219175771 · ended 2026 $9,121,637
- Provide trade book materials class C Department of Education · MA104020159570080 · ended 2019 $7,500,000
- Tradebook Materials Class C - Classroom Collections Department of Education · MA104020139370289 · ended 2014 $2,739,704
- Provide trade book materials class C Department of Education · MA104020209070091 · ended 2020 $1,329,399
- TEXTBOOKS AND ANCILLARY MATERIALS. Department of Education · MA104020049400672 · ended 2018 $25,000
- 3 BIDS-COMMODITIES Department of Education · CT104020203045298 · ended 2020 $25,000
- FY21 PY ROLLED ENC CANCELLATION PER ACCT OFFICE Department of Education · CT104020203006210 · ended 2021 $25,000
- SOLE VENDOR-COMMODITIES Department of Education · CT104020193004134 · ended 2019 $25,000
- SOLE VENDOR-COMMODITIES Department of Education · CT104020183069661 · ended 2018 $25,000
- SOLE VENDOR-COMMODITIES Department of Education · CT104020183001226 · ended 2018 $25,000