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New York State Regional School Food Infrastructure Grant Program 2026 Round 4

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2138997State & Local

Response Deadline01/22/2027, 05:00:00 AM UTC

Contract Overview

Solicitation details, issuing organization, response deadlines, documents, and interested companies for this government contract opportunity.

AI Contract Overview

The New York State Regional School Food Infrastructure Grant Program 2026 Round 4, issued by the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets, provides up to $10,000,000 in funding to be distributed through two $5,000,000 awards. The program aims to strengthen the state's food system resiliency by encouraging the use of fresh New York State farm products in K-12 school meals, reducing food insecurity, and increasing market opportunities for local producers. Funding is strictly designated for capital projects, including the construction, renovation, repair, or equipment acquisition for facilities such as aggregation storage hubs and commissary-type kitchens that serve multiple school districts. Eligible regions include the Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, Mohawk Valley, and Capital Region. Applications must be submitted via the Statewide Financial System Grants Management System by January 22, 2027, and must include a comprehensive business plan and a minimum 5% match of the total grant request. Proposals are competitively evaluated based on a 100-point scoring system, with the highest weight placed on the submitted business plan (50 points), followed by the quantification of project benefits (20 points), outside support (20 points), and cost reasonableness (10 points). The program emphasizes socioeconomic participation, setting specific contracting goals of 30% for Minority and Women Business Enterprises (15% MBE and 15% WBE) and 6% for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses. Awardees are subject to a reimbursement-only payment structure, where the Department may provide an initial payment of up to 25% and will retain 10% of the budget until the final report is accepted. Additionally, recipients must comply with strict food safety standards, including federal regulations under 7 CFR Part 210 and 250, and must acknowledge state prohibitions regarding the backhauling of USDA foods.

General Info

NYS grants up to $10,000,000 for school food infrastructure capital projects by January 2027.

Agency

New York → NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets

NAICS

236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

Place of Performance

NY, USA

Set-Aside

NONE

Documents

(7)

Agreement for Direct Distribution of USDA Foods

PDF•5 pages•contract-document

RFP#0423 - 2026 Business Plan Template

PDF•2 pages•sow

RFP #0423 Appendix 1: Match Calculation and Budget Formulation

PDF•2 pages•specifications

RFP #0423 Appendix 2: Vending and Backhauling Acknowledgement Form

PDF•1 page•supporting-document

RFP #0423 - NYS Regional School Food Infrastructure Grant 2026

PDF•20 pages•rfp

RFP0423 - NYS Regional School Food Infrastructure Grant Program 2026 Round 4

PDF•8 pages•rfp

RFP #0423 - RSFI 2026 Program Specific Questions

PDF•1 page•sow

AI Contract Breakdown

Uniform Contract Format

Timeline

1 update

PhaseSolicitation

PostedSep 15

Solicitation

Notice updatedSep 15

The notice description changed. The point of contact changed.

Response DeadlineJan 22

Submission deadline

Response Deadline

01/22/2027, 05:00:00 AM UTCin 4 months

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyNew York → NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets

Contacts1 person available

OfficeN/A

Organization / AgencyNew York → NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets

Office AddressN/A

Contacts

NYS The Farm-to-School TeamEconomic Development Program Specialist

contact@example.gov

+1 (555) 000-0000

Full Description

The NYS Regional School Food Infrastructure Grant Program will encourage the use of fresh New York State farm products in meal preparation for K-12 school children, reduce food insecurity, increase market opportunities for New York State producers, and strengthen the resiliency of our state’s food system. Additionally, this program will encourage workforce development by providing training for culinary arts, food processing, safe food handling and storage, logistics, delivery, and other community needs. This grant program will require that facilities serve multiple school districts, support their local community, and provide workforce development opportunities. Grant funds are available for the costs of capital projects, including services, expenses, and grants for the cost of construction, renovation, alteration, rehabilitation, improvements, installation, acquisition, repair or replacement of buildings or equipment for the development of facilities to support the preparation and distribution of New York focused meals for regional school infrastructure, such as aggregation, storage hubs and/or commissary-type kitchens. The following regions will be eligible for this grant: Finger Lakes: Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates Southern Tier: Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Delaware, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins Mohawk Valley: Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego, Schoharie Capital Region: Albany, Columbia, Greene, Saratoga, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Warren, Washington Eligible Projects: Only capital projects necessary for construction, renovation, alteration, rehabilitation, improvements, installation, acquisition, repair or replacement of buildings, equipment, or permanent facilities for the development of facilities to support the preparation and distribution of New York-focused meals for regional school infrastructure, such as aggregation, storage hubs and/or commissary-type kitchens. For purposes of this program, a project may be a portion of a larger overall capital project. Grantees can only apply for the full amount of $5,000,000 per proposal. Business enterprises awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: Awarded in previous rounds and excluded from being awarded in Round 4: Western New York: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara North Country: Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence Long Island: Nassau, Suffolk Central New York: Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego Mid-Hudson: Duchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester New York City: Bronx, Kings, New York, Richmond, Queens Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOB) SDVOB Goal: 6.00% Minority / Women Business Enterprise contracting goals (MWBE) MBE Goal: 15.00% WBE Goal: 15.00%