Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program Transportation Project

The Department of Health’s Division of Nutrition seeks to establish a contract to coordinate the transportation and distribution of more than 10.5 million pounds of donated and purchased food from nationwide food donors to regional food banks in New York State, which then distribute food items to Emergency Food Programs.

The successful organization must be a member of Feeding America’s (FA) National Food Bank Network as indicated by a Member Contract, or, have an agreement with a FA member Food Bank allowing the bidder access to FA’s “Choice” System, which is a current inventory system of the foods available to FA member Food Banks. In addition, the successful organization must have at least two years’ experience in transporting food or arranging the transportation of food to NYS Emergency Food Programs (e.g., Regional Food Banks, Food Pantries, or Soup Kitchens).

The full IFB is attached and can be found at the following link: https://www.health.ny.gov/funding/

Questions must be submitted to hpnap@health.ny.gov by March 4th, 2025 by 4:00 PM ET

Responses to Written Questions Posted by the Department (on or about): March 11th, 2025

Deadline for Submission of Bids: April 4th, 2025 by 4:00 PM ET