CO-OP FOOD PROGRAM
Distributor / Bidder Information
- page updated December 17, 2019 -
SPRING 2020 BID ARCHIVE
The School Services of Montana (SSoM) Spring 2020 Bid is open for submissions as of October 1, 2019. As this bid is for product delivery in the second half of the school year (January - May 2020) we will not be making any major changes to the items on the bid spreadsheet. This ensures that the products currently being enjoyed by students across Montana will continue to have access to these same products in the second half of the school year. The main exceptions include deletions of products that have been discontinued by the manufacturer with no equivalent replacement product availability. We also understand that the aquisition of Food Services of American by US Foods may create some deviations with the bid, and we will cross that bridge if and when we get there.
Note to Manufacturers and Brokers
This bid is open to Montana distributors (i.e. Sysco and US Foods/FSA) who can not only provide bid pricing for 100% of the items on our IFB but who can also satisfy the requirements of our IFB (i.e. delivery requirements). Since this bid is now in progress, we will not be adding new items to the bid, and we will only notify Sysco and US Foods/FSA of Alternative Product availability (products not currently listed on the Approved Product list in the bid spreadsheet but that are equivalent to the specs of the Approved Products listed) in special situations.
Previous order window Order Forms are available on the Food Order Details webpage if you are interested in what we have offered most recently to our participating Montana schools and child-based organizations. Click here for quick access to the Spring 2020 order form. All new products (new items or Alternative products for existing items) must be approved by our Advisory Committee members for consideration for the next bid (March 2020).
Note to Manufacturers and Brokers
This bid is open to Montana distributors (i.e. Sysco and US Foods/FSA) who can not only provide bid pricing for 100% of the items on our IFB but who can also satisfy the requirements of our IFB (i.e. delivery requirements). Since this bid is now in progress, we will not be adding new items to the bid, and we will only notify Sysco and US Foods/FSA of Alternative Product availability (products not currently listed on the Approved Product list in the bid spreadsheet but that are equivalent to the specs of the Approved Products listed) in special situations.
Previous order window Order Forms are available on the Food Order Details webpage if you are interested in what we have offered most recently to our participating Montana schools and child-based organizations. Click here for quick access to the Spring 2020 order form. All new products (new items or Alternative products for existing items) must be approved by our Advisory Committee members for consideration for the next bid (March 2020).
SPRING 2020 BID DATES
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Oct. 1
Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 11 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 18 Dec. 10 Dec. 11 |
Spring 2020 bid OPENS: Invitation Letter; IFB #SSoM-0008 doc; IFB #SSoM-0008 bid .xls
Addendum #1 Deadline for receipt of written questions by bidders; NO QUESTIONS SUBMITTED Deadline for posting of written responses by SSoM; N/A Bids due by 12:00 pm via email BID AWARD LETTER: Sysco Montana Spring 2020 order window OPENS to participating school districts Spring 2020 order window CLOSES; all orders and signature pages due to SSoM office by 11:59 pm Order reports sent to bid winner |
CO-OP FOOD PROGRAM CONTACT INFO
Jennifer Brekke, Interim Bid Manager
direct office # (406) 522-6024
jbrekke@mt-schools.org