Overview
School Food Authorities (SFAs) participating in USDA Foods through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) may choose the State-contracted distributor to deliver their USDA Foods, referred to as “State Delivery”.
SFAs opting for State Delivery, will receive a one-time per month delivery of their USDA Foods Direct Delivery (Brown Box) and Wisconsin State Processed (C Code) Products to one address.
- DPI does the required procurement and contracts with a distributor, a significant staff time savings.
- Currently, Midwest Perishable Industries does the State Delivery.
- State Delivery has no order/delivery minimums; an important benefit to Wisconsin’s smaller SFAs.
- State Delivery has no storage available. During the Annual Order Survey, SFAs select the product case quantities by month. SFAs must plan their Orders well, thinking about storage capacities and product usage. Once the Annual Order Survey closes, SFAs cannot cancel or move delivery months.
- Orders cannot be delayed or split into two deliveries in a month.
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State Delivery is not a prime vendor and cannot deliver Direct Diversion or Cheese Rebate end products.
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SFAs report order delivery discrepancies in the WI USDA Foods Ordering System.
- Be sure you understand the Delivery expectations and how to submit a discrepancy to DPI.
- Delivery and Receiving Procedures
- Delivery Checklist of USDA Foods by Midwest Perishable Industries - This is an optional tool to use to document the delivery experience. Completion of this form is not required.