Proposals for fresh bread procurement due by April 6, 2026.

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
Notice is hereby given that, on behalf of thirty member districts in the San Gabriel Valley Food Services Cooperative Purchasing Group, the Board of Education for the Charter Oak Unified School District (District), Covina, CA (Los Angeles County), will receive sealed proposals for Request for Proposal Number # 25-26-01 for the procurement of the following:
Fresh Bread
Sealed RFPs must be delivered to the Purchasing Department (Attn: Sofia Corona), Charter Oak Unified School District, 20240 E. Cienega Ave., Covina, CA 91724 no later than 1:00 pm on April 6, 2026. Any proposal received after the scheduled closing time shall be returned to the proposer unopened.
The District is not responsible for RFPs sent via U.S. Mail, UPS, Federal Express, or by any other delivery service. It is the vendor’s responsibility to ensure that their RFP is delivered to the Purchasing Department by the requested date. Each proposal must conform and be responsive to the contract documents. No proposal may be withdrawn for ninety (90) days.
The District, on behalf of the purchasing group, reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, to waive any discrepancy or technicality, and to award the contract for goods or services to other than the lowest proposal. The award of contract, if made by the District, will be to the qualified firm whose bid best complies with all the requirements set forth in the proposal documents and whose proposal, in the opinion of the District while complying with all legal requirements, is in the best interest of the member districts in the purchasing group, taking into consideration all aspects of the contractor’s response, including the total net cost.
An optional Bidders Conference for the purpose of acquainting prospective bidders with the unique requirements of the purchasing group will be held on March 18, 2026 at 10:00 A.M. on Google Meet meet.google.com/ipg-qmqj-iyr . Please indicate your name on the screen with the format “Company name + your name).
To obtain the Request for Proposal package visit the District web page at:https://www.cousd.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=3185294&type=d&pREC_ID=2663774Questions regarding this RFP/Q may be directed to the Charter Oak Unified School District, Adrianne Garza, Director of Food Services: agarza@cousd.net or Sofia Corona, Senior Buyer: scorona@cousd.net 
Purchasing DepartmentCharter Oak Unified School District
Published: San Gabriel Valley TribuneThursday, March 5, 2026 and Thursday, March 12, 2026San Gabriel Valley TribunePublished: 3/5, 3/12/26