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Board Approves Piggyback Food-Service Contracts to Stock New Walk-in Freezer
Summary
The Palmdale Aerospace Academy District board approved three resolutions to piggyback on other districts’ contracts (Gold Star Foods and Sysco) for produce, frozen/dried goods and fresh breads to support the child nutrition program and the new walk-in freezer; votes were taken by voice with no recorded opposition.
The Palmdale Aerospace Academy District board approved three piggyback procurements to supply the district’s child nutrition program, allowing the district to purchase food through existing contracts with other school districts rather than running separate bids.
Food services staff (introduced by the chair as Miss Zarzaurasu) presented Resolution 25-26-02 to piggyback Gold Star Foods via Oxnard Union High School District for produce, explaining that piggybacking lets the district "purchase all the food to fill our refrigerator" without a separate local RFP because the original RFP includes a piggyback clause. "When they do their RFP... it's already in the contract that was approved by their board to allow us to do that," the staff member said.
The board then moved through two additional piggyback resolutions: Resolution 25-26-04 (Gold Star Foods via Anaheim Union High School District for frozen foods, dried goods and processed commodities) and Resolution 25-26-03 (Gold Star Foods via Valley Verde Unified High School District for fresh breads). Each resolution was moved and seconded and approved by voice vote; the transcript records repeated "Aye" responses and no recorded opposition.
Staff said the district’s main distributors are Gold Star Foods and Sysco and that Sysco is already approved for piggyback purchases but is limited in some product categories. The procurement approach was explained as a practical step to match specific contract item lists in other districts’ RFPs to the district’s needs and to confirm that those districts’ contracts allow piggybacking.
The contracts and resolutions were approved in open session by voice vote; the transcript records the motions, seconds and unanimous "Aye" voice responses but does not list individual roll-call votes by name.
Next steps: staff will proceed with purchases under the approved piggyback agreements and will follow any required procurement documentation protocols.
