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Hattiesburg Public Schools (HPS) is accepting proposals for the MANAGEMENT OF FOOD SERVICE OPERATIONS from qualified Food Service Management Companies (FSMC).

Proposal due date is May 28, 2025 at 10:00a.m. (CST).

Proposals should be sealed, boxed and labeled:

RFP # 25-011 FOOD SERVICES MANAGEMENT PROPOSAL, with the appropriate date and time on label.

HPS has approximately three thousand nine hundred twenty-three students (3,923) enrolled. HPS has one (1) high school, one (1) middle school, five (5) elementary, one (1) Alternative school and one (1) 6th grade school which is a satellite kitchen.

Type of Agreement: The Agreement that will be negotiated with the successful FSMC will be for a “fixed cost per meal” type. Proposals that do not offer a fixed price per meal agreement will not be considered for award.

All FSMC proposals must reflect a working knowledge of all current and pending federal regulations regarding school food service management (such as all recent and upcoming changes in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulations related to the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act (HHFKA).

By submitting a proposal, all FSMCs acknowledge their compliance of all existing and proposed federal guidelines that may affect a FSMC.

Proposals should be sent to:

Hattiesburg Public Schools District

301 Mamie Street

Hattiesburg, MS 39401

Attention: Edith Stallings, Accounting Supervisor
All bids should include one (1) original and five (5) copies for a total of six (6) proposals if mailed, with an option to submit electronically at www.centralbidding.com. For any questions related to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at (225) 810-4814.

Bid requirements and specifications along with our proposed evaluation process can be obtained via email by contacting: [email protected]

Hattiesburg Public Schools reserves the right to reject any and/or all proposals so received and also the right to waive any irregularities not in violation of the law.

Additionally, the HPSD may conduct negotiations deemed necessary and appropriate.