University Dining Services manages six retail outlets, six dining hall locations, and the catering operations across the Urbana-Champaign campus which serve the needs of the University's students, faculty, staff and visitors. Key to serving this customer base is ensuring the availability of pre-packaged food products that meet specific needs and preferences of the University's diverse customer base. University Dining Services seeks a vendor to supply it with these specialty retail food products.

PLEASE NOTE: A pre-submission conference call will be held Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 10:00am Central Standard Time. While attendance is not mandatory, it is HIGHLY ENCOURAGED to ensure that potential vendors have a full understanding of proposal submission requirements. See solicitation document for call in information.

VENDORS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO REVIEW THEIR PROPOSALS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ALL ASPECTS OF RESPONSIBILITY AND RESPONSIVENESS PRIOR TO SUBMISSION.

Preferences in favor of environmentally preferable supplies, recycled supplies, resident bidders, and Illinois grown products may apply. See sec. 2.2.3 of the solicitation document for a full listing and description of possible applicable preferences.

The University reserves the right to accept or reject any and all responses or parts thereof.
Vendor may expect payment thirty to sixty days after receipt of invoice, unless otherwise stated in the bid documents.
Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR) eligibility number is required on all proposals, if applicable.
The contract(s) for this solicitation could exceed $50,000 annually.