A commitment to provide all students with the necessary skills to thrive as 21st century learners, workers, and citizens.
2512 George Mason Drive • P.O. Box 6038 Virginia Beach, Virginia 23456-0038   757.263.1000 • 757.263.1240 TDD

Purchasing Staff Areas of Responsibility

Telephone: 757.263.1175
Fax: 757.263.1147

J. Kevin Beardsley, CPPO, CPPB - Director

Area of responsibility:

  • Consulting Contracts
  • Automated Systems
  • Instructional Technology Systems

Thomas H. Pollock, CPPB - Procurement Specialist II

Area of responsibility:

  • Athletic Equipment and Supplies
  • Choral Equipment and Supplies
  • Drafting Tables
  • Furniture (cafeteria, classroom, library, science, office, Early Childhood)
  • Musical Instruments (supplies and repairs)
  • Physical Education Equipment and Supplies
  • Playground Equipment and Supplies
  • Uniforms (athletic, band, choral, physical education, etc.)
  • Stage Curtains
  • Window Shades and Blinds

John A. Manzella, CPPB - Procurement Specialist II

Area of responsibility:

  • Actuarial Services
  • Air Cleaners
  • Athletic Field Re-lamping
  • Asbestos Abatement Services
  • Brick and Concrete Repair
  • Building Fire Extinguishers
  • Building Maintenance and Repair
  • Chalkboards
  • Chiller Maintenance
  • Consulting Services
  • Custodial Supplies and Equipment 
  • Dehumidifiers
  • Dental Insurance Services
  • Door Replacement
  • Drafting Supplies
  • Duct Work
  • Dust Collectors
  • Electrical Supplies and Services
  • Emergency Generators
  • Environmental Areas
  • Fire Alarms
  • Fire Suppression Services
  • Flexible Benefits Administration
  • Folding Gates
  • Food Services Supplies and Paper Products
  • Forklift Maintenance
  • Grease Trap Maintenance
  • Gym and Bleacher Seating
  • Gym Floor Repair
  • Heating Maintenance
  • HVAC Supplies and Services
  • Indoor Air Quality
  • Industrial Hygiene Services
  • Lamps (A/V and fluorescent)
  • Locks
  • Lockers
  • Lumber
  • Master Clock and Fire Alarm Systems
  • Material Handling Equipment
  • Medical Insurance Services
  • Metal Detectors
  • Motor Rewinding Services
  • Metal Shelving
  • Mechanical Systems Repair and Maintenance
  • Medicaid Reimbursement Services
  • Painting Services
  • Platform Lift Maintenance
  • Plumbing Supplies and Services
  • Portable Classrooms
  • Procurement Card Program
  • Refrigeration Repair Services
  • Restroom Partitions
  • Roofing Services Sprinkler System Maintenance
  • Safety Eyewear
  • Technology Education Modules
  • Tile (ceiling, ceramic and quarry)
  • Tools (power and hand)
  • Trailers
  • Uniform rental services
  • U.S. tanks (testing and replacement)
  • Water Treatment Services
  • Waste Disposal Services
  • Welding Gases
  • Wheelchair Lift Maintenance
  • Window Replacement
  • Workers Compensation Administration

Amy Upson, CCPO, CPPB, VCO - Procurement Specialist I

Area of responsibility:

  • Appliances
  • Art and Classroom Supplies
  • Art Equipment
  • Audiometers
  • Auto Parts (miscellaneous)
  • Batteries
  • Beverages
  • Books (library and instructional)
  • Brakes
  • Bread
  • Bus Fire Extinguishers
  • Calculators (instructional)
  • Caps and Gowns
  • Clinic Furniture and Equipment
  • Clinic Supplies (medical)
  • Diplomas
  • Drug and Alcohol Testing
  • Elementary Rhythm Instruments
  • Engines
  • Filters (automotive)
  • Flag Sets
  • Food (general) Flatware
  • Food Services Equipment
  • Ice Machines
  • Instructional Materials
  • Kilns
  • Magazine Subscriptions
  • Math Manipulatives and Supplies
  • Maps and Globes
  • Motor Oil
  • Microscopes
  • Milk and Ice Cream
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
  • Paper products (clinic)
  • Pizza
  • Presses (offset printing)
  • Produce
  • School buses
  • School Bus Parts and Equipment
  • Science Equipment and Supplies
  • Small Cafeteria Wares
  • Snack Vending
  • Service Awards
  • Tires
  • Transmissions
  • Uniforms (food services)
  • Upholstery (materials and services)
  • Vehicles
  • Vision Testers
  • Wheelchairs

Steven T. Miller, CPPB, VCO - Procurement Specialist I

Area of responsibility:

  • Audio/Visual Equipment and Parts
  • Audio/Visual Cabling Services
  • Commencement (video services)
  • Computers/Peripherals/Software
  • Computer Printers and Supplies
  • Computer Maintenance and Cabling Services
  • Fax Machines
  • Furniture (computer and A/V related)
  • Laminating Machines and Material
  • Language Labs
  • Letter Machines
  • Portable Radios
  • Videotapes (blank)
  • Scanners
  • Security Systems (surveillance)
  • Technology Related Consulting Services

Carla A.B. Smith - Procurement Systems Specialist

Area of responsibility:

  • Automated Systems
  • BuySpeed Online
  • E-commerce

Andrea N. Caretta - Procurement Systems Specialist

Area of responsibility:

  • Automated Systems
  • BuySpeed Online
  • E-commerce

Federico C. Vanta - Procurement Systems Specialist

Area of responsibility:

  • Procurement Card Program

Sandra A. Inks - Procurement Assistant III

Area of responsibility:

  • Cash Registers
  • Collators
  • Copiers
  • Digital Duplicators
  • Folders
  • Furniture (administrative/office area)
  • School Safes
  • Sewing Machines (for classroom use)
  • Shredders
  • Small Office Equipment (i.e., desktop calculators)
  • Typewriters