Tyson - Contract Award Letter

This Contract Award Letter pertains to the Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education's School Nutrition Department in Georgia, which solicited sealed bids for processing USDA commodity foods. The bidder selected for award must be approved by the State of Georgia Food Processing Program and can only offer items appearing on the list of approved processors' end products. The processor is required to make multiple deliveries throughout the school year, with the specific quantity of product to be mutually agreed upon between the School Nutrition Program and the selected processor. All freight and delivery charges must be included in the unit cost quoted by the bidder.

In accordance with Section 104(d) of the William F. Goodling Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act and Section 12(n) of the National School Lunch Act, Savannah-Chatham County commits to purchasing domestically grown and processed foods to the maximum extent practicable. The supplier may be required to certify the percentage of U.S. content in supplied products. The award indicates that Tyson was selected as the contractor for this commodity processing opportunity.