NOTICE TO BIDDERS

INVITATIONS FOR BIDS to furnish and deliver FROZEN FOOD (MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS) to the Department of Education at School Cafeterias on the Island of Oahu will be received at the DOE Procurement & Contracts Branch at the Waipahu Civic Center, 94-275 Mokuola Street, Room 200, Waipahu, Hawaii 96797 until 2:00 P.M., Hawaii Standard Time on Wednesday, October 15, 2008, at which time and place they will be publicly opened. Bids received after the established date and time shall not be considered. All bids shall be made on Department forms that can be obtained at the aforesaid place and must be completed in accordance with the accompanying instructions.

Potential Bidders interested in responding to this solicitation may do so by using the electronic solicitation posted on the Procurement Notice System website. Bidder must first register itself by completing and submitting the Registration Form for Online IFBs and RFPs which is also posted on the Procurement Notice System website. The Registration Form must be e-mailed to DOEProcure@notes.k12.hi.us or faxed to (808) 675-0133 prior to the deadline for bid submittal. Upon registration, bidder is requested to print a hard copy of the solicitation. If Bidder fails to register, Bidder will not receive any addenda and/or other procurement notices; its bid may therefore be rejected and not considered for award.

Questions relating to this solicitation may be addressed to the Department of Education, Procurement Office at telephone (808) 675-0130 or facsimile (808) 675-0133.

PATRICIA HAMAMOTO
SUPERINTENDENT

Procurement Notice Posted September 16, 2008