The Area Agency on Aging for North Florida (AAANF) announces the release of the following Procurement Opportunity:
Advantage Aging Solutions is currently seeking proposals for a new Pre-Plated Food Service Vendor to serve our 14 counties in North Florida.
Please review the documents from the Food Vendor Bidder Concerence held on May 7, 2026
Area Agency on Aging for North Florida, Inc.
Notice of Request for Proposals for Pre-Plated Food Vendor
MAY 1, 2026
The Agency on Aging for North Florida, Inc. d/b/a Advantage Aging Solutions announces the posting of a Request for Proposals to supply congregate and home delivered meals to our nutrition providers who serve elderly persons in the following counties: Callhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson,
Jefferson, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla, and Washington Counties. The proposal package and application instructions may be obtained from the
Advantage Aging Solutions procurement site at: https://www.advantageaging.org/procurement beginning at 10:00 a.m., May 1, 2026.
Every entity that intends to submit a proposal must submit the required electronic Notice of Intent Form located at: https://aaafornorthflorida.submittable.com/submit by Friday, May 15, 2026, 3:00 p.m., ET. If less than two Notices of Intent are received in response to this RFP, Advantage Aging Solutions may institute the Exceptional Purchase (as defined in Section 287.012, Florida Statutes) provisions provided for by Chapter 287, Florida Statutes for a single source contract. In which case the Agency will proceed under the single source provisions of Section 287.057, Florida Statutes. Any entity that protests the intended decision pertaining to the Exceptional Purchase shall be required to post, at the time of filing a formal written protest, a bond in the amount equal to 1 percent of the estimated contract amount for the Exceptional Purchase pursuant to Section 287.042, Florida Statutes.
Please refer to the procurement site for a copy of the AAANF Provider Protest Appeal & Contract Enforcement Policy for more information. Questions concerning this Request for Proposals must be submitted in writing via email to procurement@aaanf.org. No phone calls or other form of communication will be accepted.
A Bidders Conference will be held regarding this Request for Proposals at 10:30 A.M., Eastern on Thursday, May 7, 2026. Interested parties are highly encouraged to attend the Bidders Conference at the following physical location or virtually through Zoom:
Advantage Aging Solutions
2414 Mahan Drive
Tallahassee, Florida 32308
or
Virtual Attendance via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87895647678?pwd=eR5ban8fFJymSj1uTtgop9lDlBdzom.1
Meeting ID: 878 9564 7678
Passcode: 439459
Proposals in response to the RFP will be due by 3:00 p.m., Friday, June 5, 2026, and must be completed and submitted via Submittable through the following link: https://aaafornorthflorida.submittable.com/submit
If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this conference, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please email procurement@aaanf.org at least 5 business days before the scheduled conference, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 5 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, please call 711.
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