Bread

The New Haven Board of Education Food and Nutrition Department is soliciting Request for Proposals (RFP) for the delivery Fresh Bakery Product(s) (Items cannot be frozen and must be delivered fresh to central kitchen and schools) and frozen bread products for the school and summer year meals program. There are approximately 224 service days in the program; we serve approximately 22,000 meals per day. In soliciting request for proposals, it is the City’s intent to establish a vendor (or vendors) with the primary objective to improve services, expedite deliveries, streamline paperwork, reduce administrative costs and contain food costs. To achieve these goals it will also be necessary to maintain continuity of supply for its food service needs as changing brands could potentially introduce unnecessary hardships on our student customers thereby jeopardizing the integrity of our programs. Therefore, the successful Respondent must be both capable and willing to deliver. The City of New Haven reserves the right to award request for proposals to a prime vendor or multiple vendors or any variation deemed to be in the best interest of the City of New Haven Food Service. CONTRACT PERIOD This is a one-year contract. The contract will begin July 1, 2024 and will continue through June 30, 2025. At the sole discretion of the New Haven Public Schools, Food and Nutrition Department, any award under this request for proposal can renewed for two (2) additional one-year periods. 1 st Option to renew period July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 2 ND Option to renew period July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027