The Department of Social Services desires to establish a single feasible source contract with A Red Circle to open a cooperatively owned grocery store that provides locally grown fresh produce from state farmers and other locally sourced products and meats to families. House Bill 11.292 requires the following: “For a nonprofit organization founded in 2017 to open a cooperatively owned grocery store that will provide locally grown, fresh produce from state farmers, and other locally sourced products and meats located in any county with more than one million inhabitants.” A Red Circle is the only entity that meets the requirements for a non-profit organization founded in 2017 and located in a county with more than one million inhabitants that provides locally grown fresh produce from state farmers and other locally sourced products and meats through a cooperatively owned grocery store to families. According to RSMo 34.044, a single feasible source can be utilized when the product/service requirement is proprietary and only available from a single provider. As a result, this represents a proprietary requirement that meets the criteria as a single feasible source under RSMo 34.044 and the State is pursuing this acquisition as a Single Feasible Source. Please note: This is a Sole Source Notification.
