Flour- white and wheat - ICI

This state and local contracting opportunity is for the procurement of white and wheat flour by the Illinois Department of Corrections - Illinois Correctional Industries (ICI) division. The Illinois Department of Central Management Services is issuing an Invitation for Bid (IFB) on behalf of ICI to establish a 2-year contract, with an optional 2-year renewal, for the delivery of various quantities of flour to ICI facilities. The awarded vendor will be responsible for providing the flour based on the current market trading price for wheat on the Kansas City and Minneapolis grain exchanges, plus a fixed multiplier determined through the bid process. Bids are due by June 11, 2018 at 11:00 AM CDT, and there is no bidder conference or site visit required.

The procurement does not include any set-asides or preferences for specific business types. The incumbent vendor is not identified in the documentation provided. The contract is estimated in value but does not have a maximum amount specified. Vendors will be required to bill each governmental unit (the Illinois Department of Corrections) separately for their actual share of the costs.