Food, Direct to Warehouse NOI Commodity Processing

The Little Rock School District invites your bid on Food, Direct to Warehouse NOI Commodity Processing
The complete request for proposal is available online at https://lrsd.ionwave.net. Interested Proposers must register at this site to submit a proposal electronically. This is the required method of submission.
Proposals will be taken under advisement upon opening, and the successful bidder will be notified as soon as possible after evaluation by the District.

Questions regarding this RFP are to be submitted in writing via Ionwave under the questions tab by the deadline of May 1, 2026, 3:00 PM. All questions received and the corresponding answers will be posted publicly for all vendors. No verbal responses will be provided. District will not respond to questions after this time and date.

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All proposals must be submitted no later than May 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM. Any proposal submitted in any format after this deadline may be rejected.

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PROPOSAL EVALUATION:
The District reserves the right to reject any or all RFPs and waive any irregularities or formalities in any solicitation or RFP responses. Price alone may not be the determining factor. Awards will be based upon those considerations which are in the best interest of the District and will be made to the responsive, responsible offerer whose RFP is judged to be the most effective and economical for the purpose intended, according to the requirements stated in this Request for Proposal.

The Child Nutrition Department will negotiate, as appropriate, with the apparent acceptable offerer. The proposal deemed to be the most practical and advantageous will receive major consideration. The proposed costs, fee or expense, will weigh heavily in the award of any resulting contract but will not necessarily be the determining factor. The Child Nutrition Department intends to review all proposals. The Child Nutrition Department will utilize but not be limited to the following criteria in reviewing proposals received:

1. Quality of submitted samples

2. Company profile (geographical preference and number of years in business)

3. Pricing

4. References

5. Rebates

6. Proof of local production or sourcing

7. Overall responsiveness (Signed Davis Bacon Act, Rights to Inventions, Clean Air Act and other required documents).

All items must be peanut free and processed at a peanut free facility.

See Special Terms and Conditions (Attachments Tab), for procedures regarding submittals for the proposal.

ALL PROJECTED USAGE IS IN CASES UNLESS INDICATED OTHERWISE.
PURCHASE VOLUME TO BE DETERMINED AFTER ENROLLMENT IS ESTABLISHED. AWARDED VENDORS WILL BE NOTIFIED AS TO AMOUNTS TO BE PURCHASED. *Price listed should be direct to WAREHOUSE. Price per case listed in 2 decimal places only.