Food Service, Fresh Produce
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The District is seeking proposals from qualified suppliers for selecting, furnishing and delivering fresh, seasonal and local produce to the School District’s Food and Nutrition Services’ cafeterias per the specifications, terms and conditions herein. Consequently, this will require the awarded Seller to solicit bids from suppliers, order produce as needed, warehouse products in an acceptable manner, make weekly deliveries to school on a timely basis using acceptable vehicles, and provide quarterly velocity reports in a prompt manner. Prices shall include all associated charges, including, but not limited to, packing, handling, shipping and inside delivery to each the District’s twenty (20) cafeterias’ walk-in coolers ; see attached Locations. Such “delivery inside our coolers” does not require food rotation; the District will handle food rotation within the cooler. To ensure fair competition your pricing must be based on the wholesale price of produce for the week of October 21, 2026. Documentation may be requested to support the wholesale pricing for the vendor's submission. Please submit all questions/comments in writing to www.BeaconBid.com ; click on Q&A on the solicitation page. Your question/comment is immediately routed to all applicable staff for a response. We try to respond within two business days unless extensive research is required. If you have registered for this solicitation, you will receive a notification immediately after we post an answer. Questions/comments submitted after the stated Question Cut-Off Date may not be answered. Nonetheless, such a late submission shall not excuse a bidder from providing a complete and accurate solicitation response. We recommend large submissions (over 25 pages) be broken down into more than one document and be uploaded at LEAST three (3) hours before the "End date". Firms that begin uploading a few minutes before the 'End date/time' will NOT be received on time." Vendors/providers sometimes ask i) for a list of …