1) The Contractor agrees to adhere to all State and Federal regulations, primarily 7 CFR Part 250 and all applicable program policies and instructions, in connection with the handling, storage, and distribution of any commodities. 2) The Contractor agrees to accept, unload, remove, and place into storage in their facility/facilities, shipments of USDA Foods allocated by OGS for distribution to eligible Recipient Agencies. Incoming USDA loads must be accepted for delivery at minimum, between 7:00 AM and 2:00 PM. Contractor may not charge the USDA carrier any fees for the delivery of USDA Foods or further processed USDA Foods. 3) USDA Foods begin arriving in the second half of August for the school year, and April will typically be the last month USDA deliveries will be made. Deliveries to schools will begin in September and typically end in May with light “clean up” deliveries occurring in June. It is not OGS’s intention to carry over any product during the summer months. 4) The Contractor shall deliver the commodities for OGS to designated recipient agencies. Each recipient agency must sign for all commodities received. All cases will be allocated to a recipient agency, and thus all contents of each incoming truckload will be accounted for. The Contractor will be responsible for downloading the recipient agency allocation breakdown for each incoming USDA load, utilizing a USDA web-based system. 5) Refer to Attachment 2 for a list of current Recipient Agencies in Region E. OGS may update this list as necessary throughout the term of the contract. Additionally, each recipient agency may have multiple delivery locations. 6) OGS Food Distribution is working to develop a web-based USDA Food Distribution Inventory Management System. Upon implementation of the new system, the Contractor must use the system to manage inventory and distribution of food to schools.
