Vending Machines Service

The Los Angeles County Public Works department in Alhambra, California is seeking a contractor to provide dependable, responsive, and professional vending machine services for County employees and visitors. The agency requires the selected contractor to ensure that all vending machines remain fully operational, adequately stocked, clean, sanitary, safe, and accessible at all times. This initiative aims to solve the need for a reliable, turn-key vending solution that offers a variety of quality food, beverage, coffee, snack, and personal convenience products across County facilities. The scope of work covers the furnishing, installation, stocking, servicing, maintenance, repair, replacement, relocation, and removal of vending machines and related equipment. The contractor must provide all labor, supervision, transportation, equipment, replacement parts, cleaning, refrigeration components, electronic payment systems, telemetry systems, and all other necessary materials. Specific product offerings must include cold beverages, bottled water, juice products, milk and dairy alternative beverages, sports drinks, energy drinks, and coffee energy beverages. The contractor must also assume responsibility for all costs, losses, cleanup, disposal, and product replacement associated with refrigeration failure, spoiled products, contaminated products, or food safety incidents. Eligible bidders must be located onshore within the United States, and the performance of the work will be offsite. The agency is establishing a contract period of one year for these services. The agency has not disclosed a specific budget and is currently looking for proposals to determine the cost of the contract. Key dates and specific evaluation criteria are not detailed in the initial solicitation.