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Monthly Produce 15B50225Q00000015 National Menu Specifications Quote Sheet
Institution: FCC BEAUMONT Fiscal Year: 2025 Month: November
Failure to comply with the National Menu Specifications will result in your quoted item not being considered for award. No specification substitutions will be accepted. If a specification does NOT state it must be a product of the United States or Canada, it is acceptable for it to be a “product of” a Foreign Country and distributed in the United States.
| No. |
| Item Description |
| Unit of Issue |
| Units to Order |
| Price per Unit |
| Total |
Produce
| 1 |
| Fresh Fruit, Bananas, Yellowish to Yellow with Green Tips (Index 3 - 5). Minimum 1 1/8" diameter, Minimum 5.5" long, Specify case count on quote. |
| EA |
| 216,000 |
| 2 |
| Fresh Vegetable, Broccoli, Fresh Cut, Ready to Eat, Florets (3/4 – 2 ¾’ in diameter and ¾ to 2 ¾” in length), Spears (3 to 4” in diameter and not to exceed 4 1/2” in length) or Crowns (Not less than 2 1/2 “ or more than 5” in diameter and not less than 2 ½” or more than 5” in length), Conventional or Organic. (CID A-A-20290A, Style I – Size A, Style II – Size A, or Style III, Agricultural practice 1 or 2). Specify case weight on quote. |
| LB |
| 2,580 |
| 3 |
| Fresh Vegetable, Carrots, Ready to Use, Unpeeled, Whole (1” – 2 ½” in diameter not less than 5” in length). (CID A-A-20191D, Type II, Style A). Whole Carrots shall meet the requirements of the U.S. Standard for Grades of Topped Carrots. |
Specify case weight on quote.
| 4 |
| Fresh Vegetable, Celery, U.S. Extra No. 1 or U.S. No. 1. Stalks of celery of similar varietal characteristics which are fairly well developed, fairly well formed, well-trimmed, fairly compact, and which are free from blackheart and soft rot and free from damage caused by freezing, growth cracks, horizontal cracks, pithy branches, seed stems, suckers, dirt, doubles, wilting, blight, other disease, insects or mechanical or other means. Stalks shall be green unless specified as fairly well blanched, or mixed blanch. Outer whorl of branches shall be not less than 6 inches. Stalks shall be of such length as to extend from one side, end or bottom of the container to within 1-1/2 inches of the corresponding opposite side, end or top of the container. Specify case weight on quote. |
| LB |
| 2,915 |
| 5 |
| Fresh Vegetable, Cilantro (Coriander, Coriander Leaves, or Chinese Parsley), Herb. Medium green color. Specify case count on bid. |
| EA |
| 2,880 |
| 6 |
| Coleslaw Mix, Specify case weight on quote. |
| LB |
| 4,380 |
| 7 |
| Lettuce, Shredded, Specify case weight on quote. |
| LB |
| 5,600 |
| 8 |
| Fresh Vegetable, Lettuce, Salad Mix, Iceberg or Blends, Chopped Leafy Greens, Ready to Eat, Conventional or Organic. U.S. Fancy or U.S. No. 1. (CID A-A-20316A, Type of Leafy Green IX, Blend A or B, Style 4, Chop Size A, Purpose i, Agricultural practice A or B. Salad mixes will be packaged using modified atmosphere packaging to enhance shelf life and to retard browning. Nitrogen flush, vacuum, or partial vacuum may be used to drive out excess air. Note type of salad mix and package size on bid. Salad Mix Options: |
1. Bag of chopped iceberg lettuce, shredded red cabbage and shredded carrots (in separate bags from lettuce). ), Lettuce shall have bright green color and shall be free from odors such as chlorine, ammonia, musty/moldy, sour, and fermented smells and other odors not typical of fresh lettuce. The lettuce and cabbage shall be crisp, firm, not wilted, flabby, or tough.
2. Blend of one or more types of leafy greens such as Arugula, Baby Leaf Lettuce, Iceberg, Leaf Lettuce, Romaine, Spinach, or Spring Mix.
Specify case weight on quote.
| 10 |
| Fresh Vegetable, Onions, Bulbs, (Spring/Summer or Fall/Winter) or Creole, Yellow, Whole, Conventional or Organic. (CID A-A-20193C, Type I, II, or III, Color A or B, Style 1, Agricultural Practice A or B). Onions are mature, firm, single bulb, fairly well-shaped and free from splits. Onions shall be a U.S. No. 2 or better Grade of U. S. Standards for Grades of Bermuda-Granex-Grano Type Onions, U.S Standards for Grade of Creole Onions or U.S. Standards for Grade of Onions (Other Than Bermuda-Granex-Grano and Creole types). State case weight on quote. |
| LB |
| 6,550 |
| 11 |
| Fresh Vegetable, Green Onions, Pounds, U.S. No. 1; Green onions shall be fairly well-formed, firm, young and tender, fairly clean, free from decay, and from damage caused by seed stems, roots, foreign material, disease, insects, mechanical or other means. The bulbs shall be well trimmed. The tops shall be fresh, of good green color, free from damage caused by broken or bruised leaves, or by clipping. When all the tops of the onions have been evenly clipped back in accordance with good commercial practice, they shall be specified as “Clipped Tops” in connection with the grade. The overall length (roots excepted) of the onions shall be not more than 24 inches nor less than 8 inches and the onions shall be not less than one-fourth of an inch or more than one inch in diameter. State case weight on quote. |
| LB |
| 430 |
| 12 |
| Fresh Vegetable, Peppers, Sweet, U.S. Fancy or U.S. No. 1. Green. Minimum of mature green sweet peppers of similar varietal characteristics which are firm, fairly well shaped, and free from sunscald and decay affecting calyxes and/or walls, decay affecting stems, and free from damage caused by freezing injury, hail, scars, sunburn, disease, insects, mechanical or other means. Each pepper shall be not less than 2-1/2 inches and the length of each pepper shall be not less than 2-1/2 inches. State case weight on quote. |
| LB |
| 2,925 |
| 13 |
| Fresh Vegetable, Potatoes, Sweet, U.S. Extra No. 1, U.S. No. 1, U.S. No. 1 Petite, or U.S. Commercial. Sweet potatoes of one type which are firm, fairly smooth, fairly clean, fairly well shaped, which are free from freezing injury, internal breakdown, Black Rot, other decay or wet breakdown, and free from damage caused by secondary rootlets, sprouts, cuts, bruises, scars, growth cracks, scurf, Pox (Soil Rot), or other diseases, wireworms, weevils or other insects, or other means. Diameter shall be not more than 3-1/2 inches and not less than 1 ¾ inches. . Maximum weight shall not be more than 20 ounces. Length is not less than 3 inches or more than 9 inches. State package weight on quote. |
| LB |
| 8,280 |
| 14 |
| Fresh Vegetable, Potatoes, Russet, U.S. No. 1 or U.S. Commercial, Size A or Medium Size. “Utility” Minimum 3 oz and 1 7/8 – 2 ¼” in diameter. . Similar varietal characteristics, except when designated as a mixed or specialty pack, firm, fairly clean, fairly well shaped; free from freezing, blackheart, late blight, southern bacterial wilt and ring rot and soft rot and wet breakdown. Free from serious damage caused by dirt or other foreign matter, Russet scab; and Rhizoctonia. State package weight on quote. |
| LB |
| 36,250 |
| 15 |
| Fresh Vegetable, Tomatoes, U.S. No. 1. Large or Extra Large (not less than 2 ½” or more than 3”), Red or Light Red. Tomatoes will be similar varietal characteristics, mature, not overripe or soft, clean, well developed, fairly well forms, and fairly smooth, free from decay, freezing injury and sunscald, not damaged by any other cause. State case weight on quote. |
| LB |
| 7,175 |
| 16 |
| Fresh Vegetable, Cucumbers, U.S. Fancy, U.S. Extra No. 1, U.S. No. 1 Large. At a minimum, cucumbers which are fairly well colored, fairly well formed, not overgrown, and which are fresh, firm, and free from decay, sunscald and from damage caused by scars, yellowing, sunburn, dirt or other foreign materials, freezing, mosaic or other disease, insects, cuts, bruises, mechanical or other means. Large Cucumbers minimum diameter shall be not less than 2 ½” and 6” in length. State case weight on quote. |
| LB |
| 675 |
| 17 |
| Dairy, Cottage Cheese, Cultured or Acidified, Low Fat (2%), Fat Free, Cottage Cheese, or No Salt Added Low Fat Types, Unflavored, Small or Large Curd, Once the cottage cheese is packaged, the cottage cheese must have a remaining shelf life of at least 60 days. (CID A-A-20154C, Group I or II, Style A or B, Types 2, 3, 4, or 5, Flavor (a), Packaging size (7) - Other (as specified by purchaser), Agricultural practice (a). |
Note type and package size on quote. 5 LB Tubs Preferred.
| 18 |
| Eggs, Shell, Whole, Fresh, U.S. Grade A, Large. State case count on quote. |
| EA |
| 106,200 |
**FRESH PRODUCE WILL BE AWARDED ALL OR NONE/SINGLE AWARD. NO MULTIPLE AWARDS. ESTIMATED TOTALS ONLY. WEEKLY DELIVERIES REQUIRED.** Monthly Produce – 15B50225Q00000015
