St Tammany Parish School District - La - Agency Bids & RFPs

Proposals must be received by 3:00 PM on Monday, August 3, 2026. All proposals arriving after the above date and hour will not be considered.

Vendors must provide warranty information as part of their proposal. Please provide us a copy of your standard agreement or contract, warranty information and any exceptions to the request in ms word format.

Proposals will be evaluated based on technical features and references (20 points), availability and quality of support resources (15 points), training, maintenance and software updates availability (15 points), product proposed (20 points), and software cost (30 points).

Vendors must be properly licensed by the Louisiana State Board for Contractors, fire marshall, and any other relevant licensing authority. Contractors must be properly licensed by the louisiana state board for contractors, fire marshall and any other licensing authority for each scope of work performed.

Proposals submitted without fully executed originals of all attachments will be considered nonresponsive. Proposals submitted without the fully executed originals of all attachments will be considered nonresponsive.

Sealed bids will be received until 2:00 p. m. Tuesday, July 7, 2026.

Invoices must be submitted to the St. Tammany Parish School Board, Accounts Payable Department, or emailed to accounts. payable@stpsb. org.

The school board reserves the right to select a higher priced item where, in the judgment of the school board, such item is of superior quality or design or would be more suitable for the purpose intended.

Failure to comply with submission requirements, including bid security and required attachments, may result in a bid being deemed non-responsive.

Bids are due by 2:00 PM on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. All bids arriving after this date and hour will be returned unopened. The responsibility for timely delivery rests solely with the bidder.

Statements must be sent for one calendar month of deliveries. Payment will be due 30 days from the date of statement.

Award shall be made to the lowest responsible and responsive bidders who best meets the terms, conditions, instructions, specifications of the bid and most advantageous to the STPSB Child Nutrition Program.

Selling to individual school employees shall be cause for the immediate cancellation of all items awarded to the violating vendor. The next low bidders will then be awarded these items.

Samples, where called for, must be submitted with bid and delivered to the St. Tammany Parish School Board Purchasing Department. Samples must be the exact products to be delivered should the bid be awarded.

Any protest to the award/rejection of a bid or proposal must be submitted in writing to the Supervisor of Purchasing within one week from receipt of award/rejection letter.

Failure to comply with bid requirements, such as submitting required documents, bid security, or samples, may cause your bid to be nonresponsive or rejected.

The estimated value of this bid is $490,****.

Sealed bids will be received until 2:00 p. m. , Monday, July 6, 2026.

All invoices will be paid after monthly statements have been received.

Award shall be made to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder who best meets the terms, conditions, instructions, specifications of the bid and most advantageous to the STPSB child nutrition program.

The successful bidder shall furnish a performance bond in the amount of $100,**** and a certificate of insurance within fifteen calendar days after award of bid but prior to start of service.

If scheduled deliveries are not made in time due to failure on the part of the vendor, or item does not meet specifications or is received in an unsatisfactory condition or is damaged or is in an unusable condition or if service is unsatisfactory, the vendor will be required to reimburse the school board for the cost of milk consumed for each of the meals involved.

The St. Tammany Parish School Board reserves the right to conduct a site visit/inspection of the low bidder's warehouse/facility before making an award.

Any protest to the award/rejection of a bid or proposal must be submitted in writing to Supervisor of Purchasing, 321 N. Theard Street, Covington, LA **** within one week from receipt of award/rejection letter.

Failure to comply with bid requirements, such as submitting bid security or required certifications, will cause your bid to be nonresponsive.

The estimated value of this bid is $796,****.