School board approves food, dairy, fuel and service bids for 2025–26 school year

The Murfreesboro Community Unit School District 186 board approved multiple procurement actions for the 2025–26 school year, awarding bids for dairy, food products, waste collection, motor oil and gasoline at its July meeting. The board recorded that only one dairy bid was received and approved Prairie Farms as the dairy vendor. For food products, bids were received from CRS, Cole's Food and US Foods; the record shows the board accepted the recommended vendor slate. The board approved a single-bid waste-collection contract and a motor-oil contract that drew two bidders (7 FS and Heintarf Company), with the apparent low bidder recommended. A gasoline contract was awarded to Southern FX after the district received two bids, with Southern FX identified as the lowest offer. The board made each award by motion and voice or roll-call vote; recorded responses from members present were unanimously affirmative on each procurement item. The meeting record does not include contract lengths, per-unit pricing, line-item budget impacts, or detailed evaluation criteria; the board noted that vendor breakdowns and enclosure documents were available with the meeting materials. The board also noted that one procurement item was revised or withdrawn during discussion; the transcript records that one item "has changed" and was scratched from the agenda, but does not specify which enclosure or vendor that referred to.