USDA Certified Groceries - DOC

The State of Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) has issued an Invitation for Bid (IFBC30034901802263) for USDA Certified Groceries, seeking to procure 19 different food items across multiple categories including canned fruits, vegetables, beans, and condiments. The procurement covers 19 line items with quantities ranging from 952 to 17,136 cases, including products such as sliced apples, applesauce, green beans, lima beans, red beans, vegetarian beans, beets, carrots, corn, peas, peaches, peanut butter, pears, pineapple, spinach, tomato products, and black beans. The solicitation requires all items to meet specific USDA Grade A or B standards, with most products mandated to be kosher certified or contain only kosher-allowable ingredients. Delivery will be made to two DOC Commodity Warehouses: the Central Region Warehouse in Jefferson City and the Eastern Region Warehouse in Bonne Terre, Missouri. The bid was posted on May 14, 2018, with responses due by May 29, 2018 at 3:00 PM CDT, and the contract period will run from July 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018. Vendors must provide unit pricing per case, with payment terms set at Net 45 Days and delivery specified as Free On Board Destination.

The solicitation does not specify any set-aside designations for disadvantaged businesses or minority-owned enterprises. No incumbent vendor information is provided in the documentation, and there are no apparent restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond to the bid. The contract will be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, with all line items required to be included in the total bid price. Negative bid pricing is explicitly prohibited. While the exact total contract value is not specified, the total estimated quantity across all line items suggests a substantial procurement, with over 100,000 cases of groceries to be delivered. Funding for the contract will come from the Missouri Department of Corrections' operating budget. Vendors must carefully adhere to the detailed specifications for each product, including precise packaging requirements (primarily #10 cans with 6 cans per case, with specific exceptions for items like peanut butter) and meet stringent quality and certification standards.