19-028 OCDSB - External Food Provider(s) for Elementary Schools

This Request for Supplier Qualifications (“RFSQ”) is an invitation by Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (the “District”) to prospective respondents to qualify in accordance with Evaluation of Responses (Part 2) for future eligibility to be an external food provider for elementary schools for the regular provision of food as further described in Section A of the RFSQ Particulars (Appendix B) (the “Deliverables”).
 
Important:  
Purchasing commitments will be made by individual District Elementary Schools.
 
Definitions:
Regular provision of food refers to more than one day per week by the same service provider.
External food provider refers to a provider that prepares food off-site.
 
External food provider(s) that provide food services less than once per week are not required to respond to this RFSQ.  This pre-qualification list RFSQ does not guarantee any volume of business.  This prequalified list will be used as a tool which is shared with the elementary schools for them to source a regular External Food Provider on a pre-qualified basis. 
 
Reference the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board at www.ocdsb.ca for all sites and address information.
 
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario serving students within a 2,760 square kilometre area known as the city of Ottawa. We are the seventh largest board by school population in the province of Ontario. Our students are based out of 143 schools - 113 elementary including two special education sites, 25 secondary including the Adult High School, and 5 secondary alternate sites.
 
The term of the prequalified external food provider list will be for a period of one (1)  year, commencing upon selection by the District and terminating 15 August 2019 with an option in favour of the District to extend the agreement on the same terms and conditions for an additional two (2) one-year terms.  Further notifications will not be published.