Project Information

Bid Title

Request for Proposals for Edible Food Recovery Services to Commercial Edible Food Generators - Round 2

Issuing Agency

Zero Waste Sonoma

Location

California

Published Date

Dec 18, 2025

Closing Date

Jan 5, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

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Project Description

Request for Proposals for Edible Food Recovery Services to Commercial Edible Food Generators - Round 2

December 18, 2025

Zero Waste Sonoma (ZWS) is seeking proposals for services to provide edible food recovery services to Commercial Edible Food Generators, as required by the regulations the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) adopted in response to Senate Bill (SB) 1383 (Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016) (the regulations are hereinafter referred to as “SB 1383 Regulations”). All work will be completed in collaboration with ZWS staff and in compliance with SB 1383 Regulations (Chapter 12 of Division 7 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR). The below scope of work has been prepared to assist you in providing a written submission.

According to CalRecycle, Californians send 2.5 billion meals worth of still-fresh, unsold food to landfills each year, even as 1 in 5 Californians face food insecurity. The goal of SB 1383 is to reduce food waste and address food insecurity by diverting surplus edible food from the garbage and compost bins to food banks, soup kitchens, and other food recovery organizations and services that help feed our neighbors. By diverting food waste away from the landfill, California can lower methane climate pollution emissions and save landfill space.

SB 1383 requires that by 2025, California will recover 20% of edible food that would otherwise be sent to landfills, to feed people in need. The law requires the following:

• Jurisdictions must establish food recovery programs and strengthen their existing food recovery
networks
• Food donors must arrange to recover the maximum amount of their excess, edible food
• Food recovery organizations and services that participate in SB 1383 must maintain record

• Edible Food Recovery RFP - Round 2 (0kb)

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Commodity Codes

• NAICS 722310Food Service Contractors

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