Active SLED Opportunity · ARIZONA · MESA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
AI Summary
Mesa Unified School District seeks vendors for snack and beverage delivery to secondary schools and student stores with a uniform catalog discount. Weekly deliveries and comprehensive submission requirements apply. Evaluation focuses on price, ability, responsiveness, and qualifications.
Mesa Unified School District is seeking to contract with vendor(s) to provide consistent and timely delivery of an assortment of snack and beverage items to fulfill the needs of the Food & Nutrition Department and the high school student stores. The District is requesting a response that indicates a catalog discount percentage for all snack and beverage items stocked on a regular basis. Vendor(s) shall apply the same discount to all items in their catalog and/or product list.
There will be eighteen (18) secondary school cafeterias, one (1) catering department and six (6) high school student stores placing orders directly with the vendor on a weekly basis. Orders shall be placed via e-mail or online portal by the secondary school cafeterias and student stores. High School cafeterias and student stores will receive a delivery to their individual site at a minimum of one time per week. Junior high school and catering orders shall be segregated by school and delivered to one location, the Mesa Public Schools Food & Nutrition Warehouse, at a minimum of one time per week.
| Event | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Public Bid Opening | 2026-05-20T21:00:00.000Z | https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/274040846720927?p=i6XKgHwueZdcExDalN |
The price or cost of the Proposal. Price or cost is a significant factor but not the most important factor.
The Offeror’s ability and readiness to fully perform according to the scope of work and other requirements of the Solicitation, taking into consideration any additional services, specialized services or expertise offered that would meet or exceed the requirements of the Solicitation.
The responsiveness of the Proposal to the requirements of the RFP, including an understanding of the scope of work and how it can be achieved most efficiently and effectively.
The Offeror’s experience in performing comparable projects with appropriate staffing and timely completion of goals.
The price or cost of the Proposal. According to Federal Regulations, price or cost is weighted as the most important factor.
The Offeror’s ability and readiness to fully perform according to the scope of work and other requirements of the Solicitation, taking into consideration any additional services, specialized services or expertise offered that would meet or exceed the requirements of the Solicitation.
The responsiveness of the Proposal to the requirements of the RFP, including an understanding of the scope of work and how it can be achieved most efficiently and effectively.
The Offeror’s experience in performing comparable projects with appropriate staffing and timely completion of goals.
Our firm understands that we are not to embed any website URL’s, links to documents, or digital binders, or answer any question which references content located at an outside source within the questionnaire, as they will not be evaluated. We will answer the question in the space provided or as an attached document as directed.
When a document is required to be uploaded, it should be in pdf format and unlocked.
Explanatory Note: The purpose of this question is to confirm the Bidder’s or Offeror’s acknowledgement and acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Solicitation, subject to any exceptions or modifications to terms or conditions that are expressly requested or that have been requested and approved prior to submission of the Offer. All exceptions or modifications to the Solicitation, regardless of whether Organization Name (also referred to as the District) approved such items prior to submission of the Offer, must be clearly set forth in this question.
The Offeror, acknowledges and accepts all terms and conditions of the Solicitation, except as expressly noted below or in the additional pages attached hereto. As used in this question, “terms and conditions of Solicitation” means all terms, conditions, specifications, certifications and warranties set forth in the documents that comprise the Solicitation, including the Uniform Instructions for Offers, Special Rules for Offers (if any), General Terms and Conditions of Contract, Special Requirements of Solicitation (if any), Specifications/Scope of Work, and Solicitation Addendums (if any).
If you requested an exception under the Acknowledgement and Acceptance of Terms and Conditions of the Solicitation, please clearly explain the requested exception/deviation. Reference the specific language that you are taking exceptions/deviations to. Unacceptable exceptions shall remove your proposal from consideration for award. Mesa Unified School District #4 shall be the sole judge on the acceptance of exceptions/deviations and their decision shall be final.)
Enter N/A if this does not apply
Explanatory Note: The purpose of this question is to request that the District treat as confidential specific information in the Offer that the Offeror or Bidder believes is a trade secret or other proprietary information. All information that is the subject of the request for confidentiality must be designated on the question below reflecting the page number and paragraph of the Offer in which it appears. An explanatory statement for the request must be clearly set forth in this question. The District Representative shall review the statement and provide the determination in writing whether the information shall be protected. If the District Representative determines that the information shall be protected from disclosure, the District Representative shall inform the Bidder or Offeror in writing of such determination. Requests to protect pricing information or the entire Offer from disclosure will be denied.
The Offeror, by the undersigned representative, requests that the specific information, described below and identified on the page or pages of the Offer in which it appears, be treated as confidential information and protected from disclosure to the public.
1. Description of specific information that is the subject of the request.
2. The reason or reasons why the information should be treated as confidential.
Enter N/A if this does not apply
The Contractor must list below the Trade, Company name, license and classification numbers of all qualified subcontractors and/or suppliers they will employ for the various portions of the work indicated. Failure on the part of the Contractor to complete this list properly may constitute sufficient grounds to reject the bid. If no subcontractors will be listed please indicate with a N/A
Example: Trade, Company Name, ROC License #, ROC License Classification
The Contractor must list below the Trade, Company name, license and classification numbers of all qualified subcontractors and/or suppliers they will employ for the various portions of the work indicated. Failure on the part of the Contractor to complete this list properly may constitute sufficient grounds to reject the bid. If no subcontractors will be listed please indicate with a N/A
Example: Trade, Company Name, ROC License #, ROC License Classification
You the Vendor do confirm that your persons, corporation, or company who makes the accompanying Proposal, having first been duly sworn, deposes and says:
That such Proposal is genuine and not sham or collusive, nor made in the interest of, or behalf of, any persons not herein named, and that the Offeror has not directly or indirectly induced or solicited any other Offeror to put in a sham proposal, or any other person, firm or corporation to refrain from offering, and that the Offeror has not in any manner sought by collusion to secure for itself an advantage over any other Offeror.
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Please complete the following downloadable forms and upload them in their respective questions.
Please upload your complete W-9 here
Please upload your complete COI here
Please Upload your RFP Response HERE. Do NOT including pricing in this area. There will be another place to upload your Cost Proposal.
Please upload your complete COST PROPOSAL here. Please make sure that this information is NOT included in the RFP Response Area.
Please upload your complete PRICING PROPOSAL here. Please make sure that this information is NOT included in the RFP Response Area.
These questions will be utilized to confirm information you provide
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Do you need an Electronic Pricing Table for this solicitation?
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Please check all you will require in Special Terms and Conditions
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If you click yes, Subcontractors verbiage will be added to Special Requirements and the subcontractors list will be added to attachments.
If you click yes, additional verbiage will be added to special requirements tab
Please choose which insurance requirements you will need for this project
Yes = Acceptable
No = Unacceptable
Please choose how many days you would like to have the vendor hold pricing for:
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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