a. Attachment A, Price Sheet, Cheese Slices.xlsx

This is a price sheet attachment for a Request for Bid (RFB #PA180735) issued by the State of Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, in collaboration with the Department of Administration, for the processing of USDA bulk cheese into cheese slices. The project involves converting United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Bulk Cheese, Natural American FDB Barrel (USDA Foods Material ID Code #110242), into reduced fat and reduced sodium cheese slices for distribution to Wisconsin schools participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and Summer Food Service Program participants. The processed product shall be offered to all eligible schools, both public and private, throughout the state. The contract period runs from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019. Bidder products will be qualified through taste testing, responsiveness to bid and technical requirements, and any additional testing or inspections deemed necessary by the State.

Bidders shall submit pricing using the fee-for-service processor value-pass-through method, entering a bid price per case that includes all costs for palletization and delivery FOB Destination, Prepaid and Allowed, to designated State warehouse sites. The price sheet calculates the total cost per serving using the formula (Column A + Column C) / Column D = Column E, where Column A is the bidder's processing cost per case, Column C is the electronically calculated USDA Foods value per case based on $1.6929 per pound from the Average Cheese Prices File for SY2018, and Column D is the number of servings per case, with each serving providing 1 ounce of meat/meat alternate to meet meal pattern requirements. Bidders are required to provide information regarding the commercial equivalent product code and estimated case product yield per truckload of USDA product.