Description
The Department of Family and Community Services is soliciting bids for a vendor to purchase and deliver fresh fruits and vegetables to the McLaughlin Youth Center (MYC) in Anchorage, Alaska. The contractor is expected to maintain a reasonable stock of all items as listed on the product worksheet and provide next-day delivery for orders placed. The contractor must also provide a web-based ordering system and ensure that fresh products are delivered at temperatures between 32°F and 40°F.
• The contractor must have demonstrated experience supplying fresh fruits and vegetables to institutions, correctional facilities, schools, or similar settings.
• The contractor must have the capability to maintain an adequate and reasonable stock of all items listed on the product worksheet.
• The contractor must have experience providing next-day delivery and accommodating emergency orders.
• The contractor must provide a web-based ordering system that includes inventory information, order placement, order status tracking, and printable confirmation forms.
• The contractor must have a proven quality assurance program for acquisition, warehousing, and distribution of perishable products.