The document summarizes Yesnuel Ramirez's summer internship with the New York City Department of Education Division of Contracts and Purchasing. It provides an overview of the office, key staff, and Yesnuel's projects and responsibilities which included reference checks and helping solicit a Multiple Task Award Contract. It describes a typical day, activities like meetings and trainings, challenges reaching references, and lessons learned around communication skills and attention to detail.

1. New York City Department of Education
2015 Summer Internship Project
Yesnuel Ramirez
Division of Contracts and
Purchasing

2. Division Of Contracts and Purchasing
Instructional Service Procurement (ISP)
Office Description
> My team deals with the solicitation of Multiple Task
Award Contracts (MTAC). These are Contracts
solicited to
Key Staff
> Head of Office
> Intern Supervisor(s)
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3. Staff
David Ross – Executive Director
Susan Dick- McKeon – Chief Administrator
Joy Gentolia – Supervisor, Director for ISP
Aldrina Hazell – Senior Procurement Analyst
Bryan Hester – Coworker, Procurement Analyst
Albert Hu – Coworker, Procurement Analyst
Lennon Ruiz – Coworker, Procurement Analyst
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5. Overview of Internship Project
For the Beginning I looked over Evaluation Scores and
looking to see if Vendors had passed evaluation with at
least an 80.
I filed all the Evaluation Scores into binders and folders.
My main projects were with Albert Hu where I helped
with the solicitation of the MTAC R1077 (Professional
Development for Instructional Technology Services).
My Responsibilities were reference checks where I
called all the references that were provided from every
vendor for this particular MTAC. I also learned about
other steps like the minimum qualifications which Albert
was working on.
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6. Internship Activities and Projects
My first activity was that I went to lunch with the team to celebrate a
coworkers promotion at a Thai food restaurant.
My next activity was a meeting that was a practice meeting for a meeting
that was the day after but the Boss pushed it a week forward… then another
week forward… then another.
HAZCOM Safety Training
I took part in helping with presentations for 3 Evaluation Committee
Meetings.
I was invited into a going away party for one of the background checkers
who was known for always wearing black.
My last activity was helping with a Pre-Proposal Conference at St. Francis
College.
School Based Procurement Unit Team Meeting With the Executive Director
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7. Day in the Life of a Summer Intern
What did the average day look like?
> I would come in and great the team and sit down and
get to work on whatever they needed help on. Whether
it was background checks or reference calls
> A lot of my time in the Internship required me to be in
front of a computer to create Excel spreadsheets and
send out Emails to vendors and references.
“Carpe diem”
(Seize the Day)
“What happens at DCP stays at DCP”
-Bryan Hester
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8. The most valuable moments of my internship
were…
From the very beginning what made my internship
special was how many people I met and was introduced
to. Everyone on the floor wanted to meet the intern it
was very exciting. Many of them were surprised at how
young I am. Every time I met someone new they wanted
to know more about me which delayed the meetings a
few minutes. My coworkers were always quick to talk
highly about me and my contributions to the team.
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9. Internship Challenges
Any roadblock I faced in my internship I would usually
go and ask my coworkers about how I would go about
resolving my issue.
My main problem was during the referencing check stage where the
majority of the references were Principals and Assistant Principals
and Superintendents and giving the time of year it was very difficult
to get a hold on them over the phone or through email because they
were on vacation. This extended the MTAC process because I had
to contact vendors directly and ask them for new references.
Sometimes the new references would answer and some would not.
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10. Share lessons learned and skills acquired
during your internship experience.
When it came to communication this internship really
helped me sharpen my linguistics. I acquired this
because of the amount of time that I spent on the phone
speaking to those in a professional setting. This caused
me to have to learn how to stutter less and get to the
point of my phone call and our conversations.
Sharpened my skill with regards to being detailed
oriented, importance of accuracy in information at all
times.
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Thank you.
Yesnuel Ramirez
CUNY Lehman College
(929) 465-4602
yesrambiz@gmail.com
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