Bowls Government Bids & RFPs

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,****.

The deadline for submissions is Jul 8th 2026, 2:00 pm cdt.

Firms must be qualified and experienced in providing disposable bowls for food service.

The contractor shall deliver the specified equipment within ninety 90 days after receipt of purchase order. Failure to meet the delivery date, will be subject to liquidated damages as stated in the special provisions.

Final payment under this agreement shall be made pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes, section **** upon contractors compliance through Hawaii Compliance Express, or submittal of tax clearance certificate, not over two months old, with an original green certified copy stamp, upon completion of the contract.

The contractor shall warrant against defects in material and workmanship to include all parts, labor, and transportation for the X-ray unit, two roller tables and any other accessories, for a minimum period of two 2 years from the date of acceptance by the judiciary. The unit must come with a minimum two 2 year warranty including parts, labor, service, transportation, and expenses.

Award, if any, shall be made to the responsible offeror submitting the lowest total bid price to furnish, deliver, and install the specified equipment.

Offerors must be a manufacturer or manufacturer's representative, have available factory-trained technicians and an adequate supply of parts. A mandatory requirement is providing or arranging for factory-certified technicians as local service representatives, physically located within the state of Hawaii.

Failure to complete delivery of any item in the contract within the time proposed will cause damage to the judiciary. The estimated, agreed upon, and fixed sum for such delay is ten dollars **** for each and every calendar day the contractor delays.

Bidders may submit a request for substitution via email to the officer in charge no later than April 30, 2026.

Failure to complete any of the reference items will result in the disqualification of the submitted bid. Offers will be rejected as nonresponsive when submitted on a basis other than F. O. B. destination. Failure to meet the local service representative requirement shall result in rejection of the offer.

The delivery dates for all items must be between July 1, 2026, and July 15, 2026. Delivery outside of these time frames will not be accepted.

The bid notice states that payment will be made by the government according to the prompt payment act (31 ****) and regulations at 5 CFR part **** should be submitted to the address designated in the contract.

The bid notice implies a warranty by stating that the contractor warrants and implies that the items delivered under this contract are merchantable and fit for use for the particular purpose described in this contract.

The government will award a contract to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered. The evaluation factors are price and past performance, with a strong emphasis on past performance. Quotes from vendors without poor past performance represent the best value when compared to any lower priced quotes.

The solicitation is a 100% small business set aside. Any quotes from large businesses will not be considered. Offerors must have an active federal government contracts registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) when submitting an offer or quotation and at the time of award.

The bid notice mentions that failure to comply with national menu specifications to include quantities will result in the quoted item not being considered for award. It also states that items which are conditionally received and found noncompliant must be picked up at the vendors expense within 2 weeks of noncompliance notification, and that any product that indicates prior thawing will be refused.

The bid notice states that failure to comply with national menu specifications to include quantities will result in the quoted item not being considered for award. It also states that substitutions to specifications in line items are prohibited, and changes to specifications will not be evaluated and therefore not considered for award. Do not change the case counts or the quote of the item will not be considered.