Hawaiʻi Ag & Culinary Alliance (HACA) is seeking proposals from qualified culinary education providers, workforce development organizations, chef educators, dietitians, training consultants, or teams of professionals to develop, coordinate, and deliver a comprehensive workforce development training program for the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE).

The selected contractor shall support HACA in delivering training programs for regional cooks, school cafeteria workers, and a Train the Trainer program designed to strengthen scratch cooking, food safety, sanitation, kitchen efficiency, menu execution, customer service, leadership, and operational readiness within HIDOE’s school food service system.

HACA intends to award this opportunity to the best and most qualified bidder whose proposal demonstrates the strongest combination of relevant experience, technical capacity, curriculum quality, implementation plan, staffing, cost effectiveness, and ability to meet HIDOE’s operational and nutritional standards.

This RFP is being issued as a competitive blind bid. HACA is not disclosing a project budget or estimated funding amount as part of this solicitation.

PROCUREMENT SUMMARY

COMPETITIVE BLIND BID

HACA is not disclosing a project budget or estimated funding amount as part of this solicitation.

Proposals Due

August 3, 2026
11:59 P.M. HST

Proposals must be submitted electronically no later than 11:59 p.m. Hawaiʻi Standard Time on August 3, 2026, to:

Denise Yamaguchi, CEO
Hawaiʻi Ag & Culinary Alliance
[email protected]

The email subject line should read: Proposal Submission – HIDOE Workforce Development Training Program

Late, incomplete, or nonresponsive proposals may not be considered.