Porterville Unified School District Sealed Solicitation
Title: SUPPLIES SN-26-04
Deadline: 7/21/2025 2:00 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Status: Awarded
Solicitation Number: SN-26-04
Description: Porterville Unified School District’s Student Nutrition Services is accepting bids for food service supplies for the 2025–2026 school year. Items may include disposable trays, utensils, gloves, cleaning products, and other operational supplies essential to daily cafeteria functions. All vendors must comply with applicable federal, state, and local procurement requirements. Bid specifications, deadlines, and submission instructions can be found on VendorRegistry.com.
Documents:
| Documents as of 6/12/2025 |
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| 2025_2026_Bid_Documents.pdf |
| Supplies_Solicitation.xlsx |
Addition 1
Posted: 7/22/2025
Type of Addition: In Review
Addition 2
Posted: 8/4/2025
Type of Addition: Award Information
Overview: 📢 Notice of Bid Award and Posting Porterville Unified School District is pleased to announce the official award and posting of the Dry Goods, Cold Foods, Frozen Foods, and Supplies Bid. Vendors have been selected based on the criteria outlined in the original bid documentation. The award details and full bid posting will be available starting at 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at www.portervilleschoolmeals.com. For additional information or to request access to the award summary, please contact the Student Nutrition Department.
Documents:
Question 1
Posted: 6/17/2025
Question: please advise whether you will award this bid to one vendor as a whole, or multiple vendors. Thank you!
Response: All solicitations will be awarded by line item
Question 2
Posted: 6/17/2025
Question: Please indicate whether you will be ordering the cases all at once or on an as-needed basis. Thank You!
Response: These will be ordered as needed and are usually ordered in quantities of 20 or more
Question 3
Posted: 6/17/2025
Question: Based on previous ordering history and purchase orders, about how often are the gloves ordered (Monthly, quarterly or other) and what is an approximate case order? If it is as needed and quantities vary can you please provide the quantity of the last order placed?
Response: These will be ordered as needed and are usually ordered in quantities of 20 or more
Question 4
Posted: 6/17/2025
Question: Based on previous ordering history and purchase orders, about how often are the trash liners ordered (Monthly, quarterly or other) and what is an approximate case order? If it is as needed and quantities vary can you please provide the quantity of the last order placed?
Response: These will be ordered as needed and are usually ordered in quantities of 20 or more
Question 5
Posted: 6/17/2025
Question: Will this be awarded by line items or as a whole to one vendor?
Response: All solicitations will be awarded by line item
Question 6
Posted: 6/17/2025
Question: Can you please provide the previous award tabulation with winning vendors and individual item prices?
Response: Tabulation is not available at this time.
Question 7
Posted: 6/17/2025
Question: Can you provide the thickness, gallon size and case weight of the 40X48 trash liners?
Response: These are not specifications we provide. We just need the proper gallons.
Question 8
Posted: 6/23/2025
Question: Can you provide the estimated usage number for SN-26-04 Supplies?
Response: Usage will be based on pricing and availability. Not all bid items will be utilized on our menus. We will add items based on pricing to ensure we only utilize products that align with our fiscal goals.
Question 9
Posted: 7/7/2025
Question: We would like to request a due date extension on bid SN-26-04 Supplies for July 16, 2025. We're working with the Vendors to provide the best pricing to the district. Please confirm extension request approval. Thank you.
Response: Bids have been extended and will close July 17th, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Posted: 7/22/2025
Type of Addition: In Review
Posted: 8/4/2025
Type of Addition: Award Information
Overview: 📢 Notice of Bid Award and Posting Porterville Unified School District is pleased to announce the official award and posting of the Dry Goods, Cold Foods, Frozen Foods, and Supplies Bid. Vendors have been selected based on the criteria outlined in the original bid documentation. The award details and full bid posting will be available starting at 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at www.portervilleschoolmeals.com. For additional information or to request access to the award summary, please contact the Student Nutrition Department.
Documents:
Posted: 6/17/2025
Question: please advise whether you will award this bid to one vendor as a whole, or multiple vendors. Thank you!
Response: All solicitations will be awarded by line item
Posted: 6/17/2025
Question: Please indicate whether you will be ordering the cases all at once or on an as-needed basis. Thank You!
Response: These will be ordered as needed and are usually ordered in quantities of 20 or more
Posted: 6/17/2025
Question: Based on previous ordering history and purchase orders, about how often are the gloves ordered (Monthly, quarterly or other) and what is an approximate case order? If it is as needed and quantities vary can you please provide the quantity of the last order placed?
Response: These will be ordered as needed and are usually ordered in quantities of 20 or more
Posted: 6/17/2025
Question: Based on previous ordering history and purchase orders, about how often are the trash liners ordered (Monthly, quarterly or other) and what is an approximate case order? If it is as needed and quantities vary can you please provide the quantity of the last order placed?
Response: These will be ordered as needed and are usually ordered in quantities of 20 or more
Posted: 6/17/2025
Question: Will this be awarded by line items or as a whole to one vendor?
Response: All solicitations will be awarded by line item
Posted: 6/17/2025
Question: Can you please provide the previous award tabulation with winning vendors and individual item prices?
Response: Tabulation is not available at this time.
Posted: 6/17/2025
Question: Can you provide the thickness, gallon size and case weight of the 40X48 trash liners?
Response: These are not specifications we provide. We just need the proper gallons.
Posted: 6/23/2025
Question: Can you provide the estimated usage number for SN-26-04 Supplies?
Response: Usage will be based on pricing and availability. Not all bid items will be utilized on our menus. We will add items based on pricing to ensure we only utilize products that align with our fiscal goals.
Posted: 7/7/2025
Question: We would like to request a due date extension on bid SN-26-04 Supplies for July 16, 2025. We're working with the Vendors to provide the best pricing to the district. Please confirm extension request approval. Thank you.
Response: Bids have been extended and will close July 17th, 2025 at 10:00 AM