Chico Unified School District is pleased to announce this posting for Requests for Proposal for bids for Child Nutrition food, dry goods, produce for the 2026-2027 school year.  The bids are due on or before 9:00 a.m. on March 20, 2026 at the District Nutrition Office located at 2455 Carmichael Dr. Chico Ca 95928. Interested vendors are referred to the Chico Unified School District Nutrition website for details, instructions, and submittal due date.  Sealed bids WILL NOT be reviewed publicly.  Bids will be reviewed and presented to the CUSD school board at the April 2026 board meeting for approval.  Once approved by the CUSD board the bid results will be made available to the public for viewing at:

 

The bid packet and contract will be available at the following link on February 16, 2026:

 

 

PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE

 

SECTION 10140-10141

 (a) Public notice of a project shall be given by publication

   once a week for at least two consecutive weeks or once a week for

   more than two consecutive weeks if the longer period of advertising

   is deemed necessary by the department, as follows:

       (1) In a newspaper of general circulation published in the county

       in which the project is located, or if located in more than one

       county, in such a newspaper in a county in which a major portion of

       the work is to be done.

       (2) In a trade paper of general circulation published in San

       Francisco for projects located in County Group No. 1, as defined in

       Section 187 of the Streets and Highways Code, or in Los Angeles for

      projects located in County Group No. 2, as defined in said Section

      187, devoted primarily to the dissemination of contract and building

      news among contracting and building materials supply firms.

   (b) The department may publish the notice to bidders for a

   project in additional trade papers or newspapers of general

   circulation that it deems advisable.

   (c) In the case of the Department of Transportation, in lieu of

   the public notice described in subdivision (a), the public notice

   requirement of this section may instead be met by publishing the

   notice electronically on that department's Internet Web site.

 

The notice shall state the time and place for the receiving

and opening of sealed bids, describing in general terms the work to

be done and that the bids will be required for the entire project and

for the performance of separate designated parts of the entire

project, when the department determines that segregation is

advisable.