Food Bowls Government Bids & RFPs

Delivery times are noted in bid solicitation section 5. 6 Delivery Time and Costs. Alternate delivery days may be submitted on the state-supplied price sheet, but shall not exceed the delivery days noted in section 4. 3 Delivery Requirements.

The bidder is encouraged to offer cash discounts for expedited payments. Discount periods are calculated from the next business day after the using agency has accepted the goods or services, received a properly signed and executed invoice, and, when required, a properly executed performance security, whichever is latest.

The state intends to award contracts to responsible bidders whose quotes are most advantageous to the state, price and other factors considered.

Bidder responsibility is assessed, and bidders must ensure they are knowledgeable of all bid solicitation requirements. The state assumes no liability for costs incurred in preparation and submittal of quotes.

A site visit is not applicable to this procurement.

Failure to submit required forms, including the ownership disclosure form, or providing false information may result in rejection of the quote as nonresponsive.

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 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.