Produce Specs - 15B50226Q00000041.pdf
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This is a National Menu Specifications Quote Sheet for a federal contract opportunity for monthly fresh produce delivery to FCC Beaumont.
The solicitation (15B50226Q00000041) is for FY 2026, 3rd Quarter, requiring weekly deliveries from April 6, 2026 through June 30, 2026. The contract will be awarded on an all-or-none, single-award basis with no multiple awards permitted. Quoted prices are estimated totals only. Sixteen line items are specified with detailed quality and size requirements: fresh fruits including bananas (1,025 cases), watermelons (7,350 lbs), honey dew melons (12,750 lbs), and cantaloupes (24,500 lbs); fresh vegetables including carrots (31 bags), celery (31 bags), cilantro (20 cases), coleslaw mix (219 cases), shredded lettuce (320 cases), salad mix (311 cases), onions (191 bags), sweet peppers (129 cases), sweet potatoes (257 cases), russet potatoes (767 bags), and tomatoes (202 cases); and dairy cottage cheese (0 lbs currently). All items must comply with specified national menu specifications; failure to comply will result in non-consideration for award, and no specification substitutions will be accepted. Products may be sourced from foreign countries unless explicitly restricted. Weekly deliveries must be scheduled with Rene Guerra, Food Service Administrator (rguerra@bop.gov).
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Monthly Produce 15B50226Q00000041
National Menu Specifications Quote Sheet
Institution: FCC BEAUMONT Fiscal Year: FY 2026 Quarter: 3rd
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
Monthly Produce – 15B50226Q00000041
1 Fresh Fruit, Bananas, Yellowish to Yellow with Green Tips (Index 3 - 5). Minimum 1 1/8" diameter, Minimum
5.5" long, 120 Case Count
CS 1025
2 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. 50 lbs. per bag
Bags
3 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. 55 lbs. per bag.
Bags 31
4 Fresh Vegetable, Cilantro (Coriander, Coriander Leaves, or Chinese Parsley), Herb. Medium green color.
60 Count Per Case
CS 20
5 Coleslaw Mix, Specify case weight on quote. 20 lbs. Per Case CS 219
6 Lettuce, Shredded, Specify case weight on quote. 20 lbs. Per Case CS 320
Institution: FCC BEAUMONT Fiscal Year: FY 2026 Quarter: 3rd
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
Units to Order
Price per
7 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.
~ 20 lbs. Per Case
CS 311
8 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).
~ 50 Lbs. Per Bag
Bags 191
9 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. ~ 25 lbs. Per Case
CS 129
Institution: FCC BEAUMONT Fiscal Year: FY 2026 Quarter: 3rd
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
Units to Order
Price per
10 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. ~ 40 Lbs. Per Case
CS 257
11 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. ~ 50 Lbs. Per Bag
Bags 767
12 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. ~ 25 Lbs. Per Case
CS
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.
LB
14 Fresh Fruit, Watermelons. U.S. Fancy or U.S. No. 1. Seedless or Regular. LB 7,350
15 Fresh Fruit, Melon, Honey Dew, Fresh. U.S. No. 1. LB 12,750
16 Fresh Fruit, Melon, Cantaloupes, Fresh, U.S. Fancy or U.S. No. 1. LB 24,500
Institution: FCC BEAUMONT Fiscal Year: FY 2026 Quarter: 3rd
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
Units to Order
Price per
**FRESH PRODUCE WILL BE AWARDED ALL OR NONE/SINGLE AWARD. NO MULTIPLE
AWARDS. ESTIMATED TOTALS ONLY.**
Period of Performance: Weekly deliveries from 4/6/2026 through 6/30/2026. No Exceptions
WEEKLY DELIVERIES WILL BE SCHEDULED WITH RENE GUERRA, FOOD SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR (rguerra@bop.gov).
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