Request for Proposal, Food Items 2026-2027

Location:	Idaho
Posted:	Mar 17, 2026
Due:	Apr 9, 2026
Agency:	Pocatello/Chubbuck School District #25
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	89 - Subsistence (Food)
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Administration Office

3115 Pole Line Road

Pocatello, Idaho

Request for Proposal

SPECIFICATIONS

Food Items 2026-2027

BIDS WITH CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

Proposals Due:

April 9, 2026

4:00 P.M.

Bid Opening:

April 10, 2026

9:30 A.M.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

FOOD SERVICE, FOOD ITEMS 2026-2027

Sealed bid proposals will be received by a representative of the Board of Trustees of Pocatello/Chubbuck

School District No. 25, 3115 Pole Line Road, Pocatello, Idaho 83201, until 9:30 AM on April 10, 2026, related

to Food Items 2026-2027.

Bids not delivered by vendors at time of bid opening must be received in mail or in office no later than

4:00 PM on April 9, 2026, the last workday prior to the bid opening.

Specifications or additional details (including bid forms) may be secured from the Pocatello/Chubbuck School

District No. 25 Business Office located at 3115 Pole Line Road, Pocatello, Idaho, 83201. All bids must be on the

forms furnished, all blank spaces filled in, and signed with the name and address of the Bidder. No unqualified

bids will be read.

The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informalities, or to accept the bid

or bids deemed best for Pocatello/Chubbuck School District No. 25, Bannock County, Pocatello, Idaho.

To be published on the dates of:

March 17, 2026

March 24, 2026

IDAHO STATE JOURNAL

Renae Johnson, Clerk

Pocatello/Chubbuck School District No. 25

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GENERAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT:

Notices, conditions and specifications issued incident to the proposal to purchase Food Items described herein,

together with the purchase policies of Pocatello/Chubbuck School District No. 25, are on file for examination in

the Office of the Director of Business Operations, shall form a part of the contract conditions.

NATURE OF CONTRACT:

Specifications are technical for purposes of establishing high standards of line-item material purchasing. Bidders

shall indicate the manufacturer's brand names where specified in their proposals. All items bid or under contract

stipulate there is no guarantee, promise or commitment to any quantity estimated or service to be rendered other

than materials, supplies, equipment or labor authorized by direct orders.

Procurement and delivery of items will be on an “as needed basis” according to orders placed by the Food

Service Coordinator. Purchase timeframe will be in effect from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. Summer

delivery will be required for the summer lunch program.

The Buy American provision was added to the National School Lunch Act (NSLA) by Section 104(d) of

the William F. Goodling Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-336). Section 12(n)

to the NSLA (42 USC 1760(n)), requiring school food authorities (SFAs) to purchase, to the maximum

extent practicable, domestic commodity or product.

The Buy American provision (7 CFR Part 210.21(d)) is one of the procurement standards SFAs must

comply with when purchasing commercial food products served in the school meals programs.

For unprocessed foods, the agricultural commodities must be domestic, and for processed foods they

must be processed domestically using domestic agricultural food components that are comprised of

over 51% domestically grown items, by weight or volume. The following are two limited exceptions

when non-domestic foods may be purchased:

● The food or food product is not produced or manufactured in the United States in sufficient and

reasonably available quantities of a satisfactory quality; or

● Competitive bids reveal the cost of a United States food or food product is significantly higher

than the non-domestic product.

If the above exceptions apply to a food product on your bid proposal, fill out the Exception

Documentation Worksheet to be submitted with your bid proposal. Fill out one form for each food

item requiring an exception to the Buy American Provision.

QUALITY OF MATERIALS:

IT IS SPECIFICALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT PRODUCTS OFFERED AT THE TIME OF BIDDING SHALL BE EQUAL TO

THOSE SPECIFIED. Substitutions or major alterations must be indicated upon the proposal sheet at the time of

bid submission.

All pricing will be priced to the unit of measurement specified herein or the bid will not be considered.

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Schools participating in the federal school meal programs are required to purchase domestic

commodities and products for school meals to the maximum extent practicable. Domestic commodity

or product means an agricultural commodity that is produced in the US and a food product that is

processed in the US substantially (at least 51 percent) using agricultural commodities that are

produced in the US.

Vendor must affirm their willingness to assert their best and reasonable efforts to ensure compliance

with this Federal rule.

Due to the nutrition standards for Idaho schools, whole grain items have been added to the menu.

Included are some pieces of information to help you determine which items will qualify as a whole

grain. To determine this, you will need to refer to the ingredient list, NOT the nutrition information.

Please direct all questions regarding whole grain qualification to: Dawn Swindle, RD (208)235-3263,

swindlda@sd25.us

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For all meat/meat alternate products which a vendor bids, provide a copy of the Child Nutrition Label

and/or the signed Manufacturer Product Formulation Statement on company letterhead, which is

provided by the manufacturer. (Example below).

Documentation for products containing Alternate Protein Product (APP) must be submitted, indicating

how the APP meets USDA requirements found in Appendix A of 7 CFR 210, 220, 225, and 226.

On the following pages are examples of Product Formulation Statements that must be provided for all

Meat/Meat Alternate, Grain, and Combination Food products. Combination foods must include

product formulation statements for both Meat/Meat Alternate and Grain contribution.

Product Formulation Statements must be signed and dated within the last five (5) years.

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This is the opportunity summary page. It provides an overview of this opportunity and a preview of the attached documentation.

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