This Request for Proposal is issued by Rockies Purchasing Services (RPS), a cooperative consisting of over 50 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. The Distributor will be chosen to negotiate with the Cooperative under the terms of the proposal in effect for the 2019-2020 school year. Agreement period is October 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020. Option for four (4) one-year renewals (July 1- June 30) with an evaluation by February 1st of each year.
