Agenda Item
ii. Bid No. 24-25 for School Nutrition Cold Storage to Boulevard Cold Storage (The Waken Meat Company)(Not to exceed $330,000 for SY 24-25)
Summary: Presented By: Mr. Erick Hofstetter, Chief Operating Officer, Division of Operations
Request: It requested that the Board of Education approve the award of Bid 24-25 School Nutrition Cold Storage to Boulevard Cold Storage (The Waken Meat Company), in the amount not to exceed $330,000 for SY 24-25.
Why: To ensure DCSD SNS provides healthy reimbursable meals to students that meet the Child Nutrition, USDA standards for meal pattern requirements
Details: Bid 24-25 was competitively solicited through the Purchasing Department; it was posted to the DCSD website and IonWave on February 8, 2024. The bid was advertised in the Champion Newspaper on February 8, 2024, and February 15, 2024. Electronic notification was sent to 9 vendors from the DCSD vendor bid list. Electronic notification was sent to 83 vendors from the DCSD IonWave. Electronic notification was also sent to 271 vendors through the State of GA Procurement Registry.
Products stored by Boulevard Cold Storage are received from School Nutrition frozen food vendors, maintained, and stored in Boulevard’s cold storage, delivered to schools by DCSD drivers.
One vendor responded to the solicitation and deemed responsive to requirements of the solicitation by the Purchasing Department. School Nutrition Services evaluation panel selected Boulevard Cold Storage (The Waken Meat Company) as the sole responsible and responsive bidder.
Boulevard Cold Storage
100 Metcalf Rd Extension
Forest Park, Georgia 30297
Financial impact: There is no financial impact on the General Fund. School Nutrition Services is a self-supporting entity with revenue based on meal participation and supplemental sales. Funds will be paid from the GL account.
Funds will be paid from GL account 622.3100.563000.00062.8200.9990.8015.040.0000
Board Policy DJE requires the Board of Education to approve the expenditure of any vendor that provides goods and/or services to the school system that may exceed $100,000.00 in purchases for the fiscal year.
Contact: Mr. Erick Hofstetter, Chief Operating Officer, Division of Operations, Division of Operations, (678) 676-1447
Dr. Connie R. Walker, Executive Director of School Nutrition Services, Division of Operations, (678) 676-1780
Effective: Upon Board approval
Status: Approved by General Counsel
Event Number ITB 24-25 Addendum 1 Organization DeKalb County School District
Event Title ITB 24-25 Cold Storage Workgroup Non-Capital
Event Description The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) is seeking
Event Owner
qualified bidders with professional
SMA qualifications, technical competence, and specializ
Event Type Invitation to Bid
Issue Date 2/8/2024 05:00:01 PM (ET)
Close Date 3/12/2024 02:00:00 PM (ET)
Response
Responding Supplier City State Response Submitted Lines Description
Total
Boulevard Cold Storage (The Cost to receive - Frozen
Forest Park GA 3/8/2024 02:48:31 PM (ET) 1 $0.02
Waken Meat Company) Foods - per pound
Cost to store - Frozen
2
Foods - per pound $0.02
Cost to receive -
3 Refrigerated Foods - per
pound $0.02
Cost to store -
4 Refrigerated Foods - per
pound $0.02
Cost to receive - Dry
5
Foods - per pallet $12.00
Cost to store - Dry Foods -
6
per pallet $12.00
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