SBE: Emergency Notice: Lanter Distributing, LLC

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) is issuing an emergency procurement for the receipt, warehousing, and delivery of USDA Foods, including dry, cooler, and frozen foods. The intended recipients are approved public and private nonprofit schools, correctional facilities, emergency disaster-relief agencies, summer food service programs, and other such entities. The emergency procurement is necessary to efficiently receive and store the USDA Foods over the summer for delivery when school resumes in the fall. The estimated start date is June 10, 2024, and the estimated end date is August 21, 2024, with a total estimated expenditure of $1,100,000. The emergency procurement will be funded 100% with federal funds.

ISBE has identified the incumbent vendor, Lanter Distributing, LLC, as the only vendor with the necessary knowledge and expertise to provide these services under the emergency procurement. ISBE searched for and identified only two registered Businesses Enterprise Program (BEP) certified vendors, but both are located outside of Illinois. As a result, ISBE is not setting a BEP goal for this emergency procurement, but has utilized best efforts to include BEP contractors. The emergency procurement does not have a listed maximum award value, but the estimated expenditure is $1,100,000.