Fruits Government Bids & RFPs

The bid notice states that weekly deliveries for all awarded items will begin July 6, 2026, and continue through September 30, 2026. weekly deliveries for all awarded items will begin july 6, 2026 and continue through september 30, 2026, unlessotherwise specified.

The bid notice indicates that orders below $15,**** will be placed via government purchase card, and orders $15,**** and above will be placed via purchase order with payment made via EFT. Orders below 15, **** will be placed via government purchase card. Orders 15, **** and above will be placed via purchase order payment made via eft.

The bid notice states that the government intends to award to the responsible quoter whose quotation conforms to the solicitation and represents the best value to the government, with awards based on past performance and price, with past performance being most important. The government intends to award to the responsible quoter whose quotation conforms to the solicitation and represents the best value to the government. Awards will be based on past performance and price with past performance being most important.

The bid notice specifies that this acquisition is set aside for small business concerns and that quoters must follow all instructions in the notice, as failure to do so may result in exclusion from consideration. his acquisition is set aside for small business concerns. . . . quoters must follow all instructions in this notice. failure to do so may result in exclusion from consideration.

The bid notice mentions that contractor failure to meet delivery schedules without an excusable delay and/or failure to conform to contract specifications will negatively affect the contractor's history of past performance, which may be used for future award decisions or result in a finding that the quoter is not responsible for future requirements. Contractor failure to meet delivery schedules without an excusable delay andor failure to conform to contractspecifications will negatively affect the contractors history of past performance. past performance information maybe used by the government to make future award decisions andor may result in a finding that the quoter is notresponsible for the award of future requirements.

The solicitation pricing will end on **** 11:00:00 Eastern Time, which supersedes the offers due time. Delivery is FOB destination to Coleman, FL ****.

This requirement is a small business set aside and only qualified sellers may submit bids.

Sellers may not artificially manipulate the price of a transaction on www. ***. *. * by any means. It is unacceptable to place bad faith bids, to use decoys in the www. ***. *. * process or to collude with the intent or effect of hampering the competitive www. ***. *. * process.

Interested sellers must submit any questions concerning the solicitation at the earliest time possible to enable the buyer to respond. Questions must be submitted by using the submit a question feature at www. ***. *. * not received within a reasonable time prior to close of the solicitation may not be considered.

The bid notice states that bidders shall state accurate lead times for the receipt of produce from the time the order is issued. All participating schools reserve the right to cancel orders with no obligation when delivery time is exceeded. The contract start date is expected to be July 1, 2026.

The bid notice states that if no other terms are quoted and accepted, Blount County's normal payment terms of Net30 will be adopted.