The New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services ("DCAS") is issuing a solicitation to obtain bids for DOC DAIRY. This will be a 1-Year Requirements Contract ("RC"). The sponsoring Agency is the Department of Correction ("DOC"). Please see the solicitation documents in PASSPort for additional details. Please submit your proposals by both acknowledging the receipt of the RFx in the Acknowledgement tab and completing your response in the Manage Responses tab in the City's PASSPort System (nyc.gov/passport). Vendor resources and materials can be found at the link below under the Finding and Responding to RFx heading. If you need additional assistance with PASSPort, please contact the MOCS Service Desk at the link below. MOCS Service Desk: nyc.gov/mocshelp Vendor Resources: https://www.nyc.gov/site/mocs/passport/getting-started-with-passport.page https://www.nyc.gov/site/mocs/passport/passport-faqs.page
Estimated value: $1,776,636.66. Questions due: 9/25/2026. Contract term: 1/1/2027 – 12/31/2027
The contract requires the selected vendor to supply and deliver a range of dairy and dairy alternative products, including whole dry milk powder, skimmed milk, low-fat milk, Greek yogurt, various cheeses, fresh eggs, margarine, and soy milk. Deliveries are to be made weekly to various DOC locations, primarily Riker's Island Central Freezer. The vendor must comply with NYC Local Law 50 (New York State food sourcing), NYC Food Standards, and submit detailed product sourcing data for the Good Food Purchasing initiative. All pricing is FOB destination, unloaded, and inside.
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Source: NYC PASSPort (RFx 37893), retrieved via the NYC PASSPort procurement portal. View the official posting, and always confirm requirements and deadlines with the issuing agency.