Apples Biddings - Procurement Opportunities

Invitation to bid for fresh, processed, and precut produce for the Orleans Parish School Board's Child Nutrition Program for fiscal year 2026. Bid submission deadline is Friday, May 2, 2025, at 11:00 AM CST. Detailed specifications and bid documents are available on the nola public schools website. Vendors must use the provided forms and specifications sheets. The bid is an all or none bid. Questions regarding the specifications must be submitted seven days prior to the bid opening date, with written responses provided three days before the bid opening date. The Buy American provision applies, and vendors must certify the percentage of US content in their products. Delivery is required to 13 school sites once a week, between 7:00 AM and 2:00 PM, Monday through Friday, in refrigerated vehicles. Inspections of each delivery will be conducted. All products must meet federal food, drug, and cosmetic act and regulations. The Orleans Parish School Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Invitation to bid for fresh, processed, and precut produce for the Orleans Parish School Board's Child Nutrition Program for fiscal year 2026. Bid submission deadline is Friday, May 2, 2025, at 11:00 AM CST. Electronic responses are received via email submission to the purchasing department. Detailed specifications and bid documents are available on the nola public schools website. Vendors must use the provided forms and must not detach any pages. The bid is an all or none bid. Questions regarding the specifications must be submitted seven days before the bid opening date, with written responses provided no later than three days before the bid opening date. The Orleans Parish School Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. There are specific requirements regarding delivery schedules, refrigerated vehicles, product quality, shelf life, and inspections. The vendor must demonstrate the ownership or the source of sufficient trucks or vehicles to deliver to the thirteen school sites. Invoices must refer to the purchase order number, delivery date, quantity, unit price, and delivery point. Payment will be made based on receipt of material or properly executed invoice, whichever is later. The board is exempt from all federal, state, and local taxes. Substitutions require prior written approval. There is a Buy American provision requiring vendors to certify the percentage of US content in products supplied. A certification statement regarding debarment, suspension, ineligibility, and voluntary exclusion from participation in this transaction by any federal department or agency is required. The vendor must complete the OPSB Edgar contract addendum before a purchase order can be entered. There are additional terms and conditions, including contract periods, supplier vendor responsibilities, quantities, price changes, samples, delivery, invoicing, payment, taxes, substitutes, indemnity, vendor contact, cancellation, defaults, termination, vendor's name, legal identification, errors, omissions, withdrawal, and nondiscrimination statements.

The Federal Correctional Complex in Beaumont, TX is seeking 550,000 servings of applesauce and 280 cases of canned applesauce. Delivery must be completed by April 30, 2025. Vendors must be registered under NAICS code **** are due by April 16, 2025 at 2 PM Central Time. Quotes must be submitted on the attached specifications sheet (applesauce specs ****) and include a completed SF **** form, ensuring sections 17a, 20, 30a, 30b, and 30c are filled out. Failure to do so will result in the invalidation of the quote. Receiving hours are Monday-Friday, 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM, excluding federal holidays and weekends.

The USDA is inviting offers to sell frozen and canned fruit for the National School Lunch Program. Acceptances will be announced by May 12, 2025. Deliveries are between July 1, 2025, and September 30, 2025. Offers must be submitted electronically via the web-based supply chain management system (WBSCM). There are specific requirements for small businesses, SDVOSBs, and hubzone small businesses. The solicitation includes multiple lots with different delivery destinations and quantities. Offerors are cautioned to bid only quantities they can reasonably expect to produce and deliver by the required dates. A probationary period for new and existing contractors bidding on new products exists, with awards limited to 10 truckloads per product. Successful delivery of at least five truckloads of new product is required to be removed from probationary status on future solicitations. Offerors intending to use more than one processing plant and shipping point may submit a list of their approved processing plants and shipping points on a separate sheet of paper to be uploaded in WBSCM.