Sandwich Bags Government Bids & RFPs

The closing date for submittals is January 27, 2024, with a deadline for receipt of questions or comments by January 13, 2024.

The deadline for submission of proposals is Wednesday, July 1, 2026, at 2:00 PM MT.

The district will award to the vendor offering the best value, not necessarily the lowest price. Criteria include purchase price (40 points), reputation (5 points), quality (20 points), meeting the districts needs (20 points), long-term costs (5 points), and other relevant factors including sample goods provided (10 points).

Vendors must be qualified and meet all sanitary standards. The district will assess vendor responsibility, including integrity, compliance with public policy, past performance, financial capacity, and eligibility. References from three school district clients are required.

A non-mandatory pre-proposal informational conference will be held on Thursday, June 18, 2026, at 10:00 AM MT.

Sample goods provided will be considered as part of the evaluation criteria, contributing 10 points to the total score.

A protest may be submitted in writing within five (5) business days after the bid due date.

Violations of the cone of silence policy may disqualify a vendor's response. Failure to comply with solicitation requirements, including submission format, may also lead to disqualification.

The electronic bid submittal deadline is Tuesday, June 30, 2026, at 11:00 a. m. CST. Electronic responses to invitation to bid relative to the above will be received via email submission to the procurement department for the Orleans Parish School Board opsb or the district at **** parkway, suite ****, new orleans, louisiana **** until 11:00 a. m. cst on tuesday, june 30, 2026.

Invoices will be paid based upon receipt of material or properly executed invoice, whichever is later. Payment will be made on the basis of unit price as listed in the blanket order such price and payment will constitute full compensation of furnishing and delivering the items.

Awards will be made to the responsible vendors whose proposal is determined to be the best value to NOLA. Awards will be made to the responsible vendors whose proposals isare determined after evaluation by nolaps to be the best value to nolaps.

Vendors must be responsible, meaning they have adequate financial resources, can comply with delivery requirements, and are a qualified and established firm regularly engaged in the type of business that provides the items listed. A responsible vendor is a vendor who has adequate financial resources or the ability to obtain such resources, can comply with the delivery requirements, and is a qualified and established firm regularly engaged in the type of business that provides the items listed herein.

If the bidder fails to meet requirements or deliver articles within the specified time, the board reserves the right to obtain articles from another source and deduct the difference in price from subsequent payments. If the bidder fails to meet the requirements or to deliver articles within the time specified elsewhere in these specifications, the board reserves the right, without prior notice or putting in default but by merelapse of time, to obtain the articles from any other person or firm at such price as may be charged without competitive bids.

Samples may be required prior to award being made. Samples may be required prior to award being made.

If a proposer has an objection to the award, they must submit a protest in writing to the executive director of procurement within ten business days of the notification of non-award. If any proposer who submitted a proposal has an objection to the award of the contract to the selected proposer, the objecting proposer shall furnish that protest, in writing, to the executive director of procurement or designee within ten 10 business days of the notification of nonaward.

Proposers who violate the code of silence may be deemed nonresponsive and their proposal rejected. Failure to comply with debarment and suspension certification requirements will cause the bid to be disqualified. Proposers who violate this code of silence may be deemed nonresponsive, and their proposal may be rejected for cause.

Proposals must be received on or before 11:00 AM CT on June 17, 2026.

Awards will be made to the responsible vendors whose proposals are determined to be the best value to AISD, considering factors such as purchase price, reputation, quality of goods/services, and extent to which needs are met.

Vendors must be reputable companies with the necessary experience, knowledge, abilities, skills, and resources to satisfactorily perform the requirements. They must also be responsible vendors with adequate financial resources and the ability to comply with delivery requirements.

Proposers may be disqualified for collusion, intent to defraud, debarment, suspension, indebtedness to the district, or submitting late or nonresponsive proposals.

The bid notice states please submit proposal no later than march 24, 2026, 10: 30a. m. cdt.

The bid notice states payment will be made within 30 days after the later of, receipt of goodsservices and a properly submitted invoice.

The bid notice states a manufacturers total satisfaction written guarantee shall be required, in accordance with uniform commercial code ucc, for the oneyear agreement term, with garland isd reserving the right to have any item replaced should the original item prove unreliable or defective as expressed or implied by verbal or written specification.

The bid notice states bid award individual items will be awarded based on best value.

The bid notice states samples are requested for bid evaluation.

The bid notice states garland isd reserves the right to cancel the entire contract andor buy in the open market at the current price and charge the supplier the difference between the price so paid and the bid price in the event that: 1. any item is not delivered during the four 4 days specified at the time the order is placed with the supplier.

The bid notice states samples are required for each item listed in this solicitation and must be submitted at no cost to the garland isd.

The bid notice states proposers finding errors, requests for additional information, omissions, or corrections shall contact the purchasing department questions by submitting an email to ***@***. *. * and a copy to ***@***. *. * no later than march 6, 2026 at 12: 00p. m. cdt.

The bid notice states he estimated annual value of this contract is 1, 144, 790 however, this value reflects the districts estimated current requirements for one year or time frame as otherwise specified.