Award Information

This is an Award Information document for Invitation to Bid #23-015 issued by the MCSD (Marion County School District) in Georgia for the purchase of milk and dairy products for the School Nutrition Program. The bid solicitation encompasses eleven distinct dairy product line items with varying specifications and quantities, including buttermilk, cottage cheese, milk in multiple varieties (1%, whole, chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, and skim), Dairy Ease, and sour cream. Estimated quantities range significantly across items, from 300 units for cottage cheese to 2,500,000 half-pint cases for chocolate milk. Two vendors submitted bids for consideration: Thomaston Milk Company and Bedsole Milk, Inc. The award determination was made to the vendor with the largest number of bid prices, meaning the vendor that submitted the most complete bid response across all line items.

Thomaston Milk Company was awarded the contract, having submitted bid prices for nine of the eleven line items, while Bedsole Milk, Inc. submitted prices for only four items. Thomaston's bid prices ranged from $0.3985 per unit for skim milk to $12.5588 per unit for sour cream, with competitive pricing across major volume items such as chocolate milk at $0.4079 per half-pint case and 1% milk at $0.4238 per half-pint. Bedsole Milk's submitted prices were generally higher where bids were made, including $0.4250 for 1% milk and $0.4350 for chocolate milk, but the vendor did not bid on six line items, including buttermilk in gallon size, vanilla milk, and sour cream.