This Request for Proposal is issued by Rockies Purchasing Services (RPS), a cooperative consisting of 49 school districts within Colorado and in southern Wyoming. RPS started in 2009 as a southern Colorado cooperative, and merged with the Northern Colorado Cooperative in 2011. Member districts are located throughout the state along the Front Range (I-25 Corridor), Western Slope, and Southeast regions. Our annual purchases are approximately $20,000,000.
The mission of school food service is to provide a variety of healthy school meals and other food services at affordable prices in support of the educational goals of students. The schools within the Cooperative participate in the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs for reimbursement for meals that meet federal standards and are allocated USDA Foods for use in school meals though the Food Distribution Program.
After feedback received from a survey of our members, the RPS Board made the determination to shorten the length of the contract for smallwares purchases from our usual twelve (12) month period to a four (4) month period. RPS members have forecasted their purchases by line item. It is the hope of RPS that this shortened contract period will maximize the opportunity for savings and increase the number of respondents replying to the solicitation.
The vendor(s) chosen to negotiate with the Cooperative under the terms of the proposal in effect for the agreement period of June 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020. Option for one (1) four-month renewal with an evaluation by September 10th of the first term.
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