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Food Services Procurement

Procurement request will be posted to this website.  Please check back frequently for updates.  If you would like to be added to our list for quote requests, please complete the contact form at the following link: https://www.magnoliasd.org/apps/form/fs-contact
 
Interested vendors must also review the Magnolia School District's Code of Conduct and Procurement Procedures prior to submitting pricing.  These documents can be found as attachments in the navigation panel on this page. 
Current Requests:
Buy American Provision
Buy American Provision (7 CFR, sections 210.21[d] and 220.16[d]; U.S. Department of Agriculture Policy Memorandum SP 38-2017) Schools participating in the federal school meal programs are required to purchase domestic commodities and products for school meals to the maximum extent practicable. Domestic commodity or product means an agricultural commodity that is produced in the US and a food product that is processed in the US substantially (at least 51 percent) using agricultural commodities that are produced in the US. 
 
Domestic commodities or products are defined as agricultural commodities (i.e., meat/meat alternate, grain, fruit, vegetable, and fluid milk) or processed products (i.e., processed food product that includes components that contribute to a reimbursable meal, such as a chicken patty that contains an M/MA and grain component) that are processed in the United States using substantial agricultural commodities that are produced in the United States. Products from Guam, American Samoa, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Northern Mariana Islands are allowed under this provision as territories of the United States.
 
Exceptions to the Buy American Provision will be used as a last resort and are only allowable for one of the two exceptions listed below and outlined in further detail in the USDA Policy Memorandum SP 38-2017: Compliance with and Enforcement of the Buy American Provision in the National School Lunch Program. 
  • The product is not produced or manufactured in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities of a satisfactory quality, such as bananas or pineapples.
  • Competitive bids reveal the costs of a United States product are 25% higher than the nondomestic product.
 
Vendors/distributors must document and inform the SFA of exceptions to the Buy American Provision requirement prior to delivery of the nondomestic commodity or product. Exceptions must be provided in writing and approved by the Child Nutrition Director prior to delivery.
 
The documented exception shall include the following:
  • A description of the nondomestic item.
  • Alternative domestic commodities or products (if applicable).
  • A synopsis of what was done by the vendor to determine cost and availability of the item.
  • Documentation outlining the price of both domestic and nondomestic commodities or products or lack of availability to justify the exception.
  • The dates that the:
    • Vendor informed the SFA of the nondomestic commodity or product substitution,
    • Child Nutrition Director agreed to accept this food item in advance of delivery, and
    • Commodity or product was received by the SFA.
 
Per California Food and Agriculture Code (FAC), Section 58595(c), our SFA is must purchase agricultural food products grown in California before foods grown outside the state when both of the following are met:
  • The bid or price of the California-grown agricultural food product does not exceed the lowest bid or price for a domestic agricultural food product produced outside the state.
  • The quality of the California-grown agricultural food product is comparable to that domestic agricultural food product produced outside the state.