Shipping+Instructions.docx

This is a Shipping Instructions document for the State of Iowa's food items solicitation for the CDC Warehouse in Woodward, Iowa. The document establishes mandatory shipping and quality requirements that bidders must satisfy to be deemed responsible. All products must be delivered to the warehouse with freight charges and fuel costs included in the bid price. Products must be palletized and shrink-wrapped, transported in insulated and clean trailers, and must comply with USDA grade standards for both product and container condition. All products must be labeled with pack date codes accompanied by a key upon request, and bidders must provide proof of pack date and pack origin if requested. The State reserves the right to request product samples for testing. Products are considered late if received more than 30 days after purchase order receipt; late or non-compliant shipments will be awarded to the next lowest bidder or re-solicited, with the original bidder responsible for pickup and any associated costs incurred by the warehouse.

Damaged freight will be refused, and if damaged packages are discovered within a pallet, those packages will be set aside for credit or the entire load may be refused at the bidder's expense for pickup. Preference will be given to products packed in the USA. Canned products may not be received frozen. All bid prices must be delivered pricing to the warehouse, and bidders are responsible for ensuring they ship exactly what was indicated in their submitted bid. Bidders must be capable of meeting these specifications to qualify as responsible vendors for this food procurement opportunity.