Littleton Public Schools, hereinafter referred to as “the District”, serves a geographic area of approximately 28 square miles and has a current enrollment of over 15,000 students. The staff consists of over 65 full and part time professional and support personnel located in over 21 schools and office facilities. Nutrition Services serves approximately 600 reimbursable breakfast meals and 6,000 reimbursable lunch meals plus a la carte sales of $6,000 on a daily basis. Prime Distributor annual expenditure for food and non-food is approximately $725,000
Littleton Public Schools is soliciting proposals from qualified firms to provide Nutrition Services– Groceries Prime Distributor services in accordance with the scope of work specified in Section IV. This Request for Proposal should be viewed as a formal bid.
The District shall solely determine which distributor best meets the District’s needs. It is expressly understood that the ensuing agreement does not grant Respondents an exclusive privilege to furnish the District any or all of the type of services which are the subject of this solicitation.
The District is requesting Groceries Prime Distributor services for 21 kitchen sites within the District. It is understood that weekly deliveries will be made to the Nutrition Services central warehouse at 5759 S Windermere St., Littleton CO 80120 where the District will then make deliveries to the kitchen sites. The District is seeking a Prime Distributor to provide the best service for the District based on cost plus a fixed fee. The Respondent should submit one fixed fee rather than a tiered option based on product categories.
Our operational process upon notification of award to the qualified distributor will consist of providing specifications for all food and non-food items intended for purchase during school year 2020-2021 for pricing. Additionally, identifying products whose prices will change frequently and those that prices can be held for a determined period and identifying those time periods. The district will also notify the distributor annually of products they plan to bring in utilizing USDA commodities and Net-Off Invoicing. It will be required that the distributor activate net-off invoicing banks prior to the first delivery of the school year for accurate draw down of commodity pounds.
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