The Aberdeen School Board unanimously approved the bids to supply fuel for vehicles and milk for its about 3,090 students at its meeting Tuesday evening at the Aberdeen High School.
First, the board approved the bid from Acme Fuel Company/Fast Fuel in Olympia for a price ranging from $3.11 for unleaded gasoline to $3.13 for diesel with a power service additive.
There was only one bid for supplying the district with fuel, district business manager David Herrington said. Board member Jennifer Hagen wondered why MASCO Petroleum, a local company, did not bid. Superintendent Tom Opstad and Herrington confirmed MASCO was notified of the bid request but that no bid was submitted.
“Unfortunate,” she said. Opstad theorized it may be because MASCO, which supplied the district last year, has been busy since Pettit Oil closed its doors abruptly earlier this year. MASCO took over a lot of Pettit’s fuel and home heating business in the region.
The board also voted unanimously to accept the low bid of $127,747.92 from Dairy Fresh Farms to supply the district with skim, 1 and 2 percent low-fat milk, chocolate- and strawberry-flavored milk, non-fat cottage cheese, no-fat sour cream, light sour cream and all purpose shake mix. The products cost just under $10,000 more than the bid price of $117,937.32 from last year.
The only other bid was from Food Services of America, which bid high at $146,360.00.
Other board members voting yes were President Sandi Bielski, members Jeremy Hawkins and Christi Boora and new member Jamie Walsh. The next school board meeting is set for Sept. 2.
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