Bid guide
How to bid on soup kitchen food storage and delivery for Kansas DCF
What Kansas DCF is buying
The Kansas Department for Children and Families seeks a vendor to provide personnel, equipment, storage, transportation, and administrative services to receive, store, and deliver USDA food for its Soup Kitchen Food Bank program.
The program serves congregate meals for people experiencing homelessness and food insecurity at about 75 soup kitchen sites across Kansas. USDA food is available for monthly shipment through the contracted vendor.
Deadline and timing
Proposals are due November 17, 2026, at 3:00 PM ET. The opportunity was published October 5, 2026.
Submit your response as directed in the bid documents before the deadline. Check the event posting for the specific submission instructions.
Who this opportunity may suit
This opportunity may fit firms able to coordinate food storage and transportation across Kansas, including vendors with the personnel, equipment, and administrative capacity to manage deliveries to multiple recipient sites.
The work concerns USDA food handling and delivery for a soup kitchen food bank program. Review the bid package for the full requirements, including the cited 7 CFR Part 250.12.
How to access the bid package
Find event EVT0010957 on the State of Kansas eSupplier public portal. The posting and its document list are publicly viewable without an account.
Open the posting’s “View Bid Package” link to access the bid documents. Follow the response directions in those documents and submit before the deadline.
Prepare a clear, practical response
Read the full bid package and make a checklist of each requested form, service, and submission instruction. Confirm how the documents define delivery, storage, staffing, equipment, and administrative responsibilities.
Explain plainly how your firm would manage receiving, storage, and monthly distribution to recipient agencies. Check that your proposed approach addresses service across the roughly 75 Kansas sites, and review the response for completeness before submitting.
See the live bid — deadline, agency details, and how to respond
Dates and requirements can change via addenda; always verify on the bid page and at the original source before responding.
View this bid on BiddingSimpleThis guide was prepared by BiddingSimple from the solicitation’s public posting. It is not official guidance from Dpt for Children and Families; the original posting controls.