Request for FSMC Bid and Scoring Records
Dear Plainfield Board of Education,
Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-5(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.
I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.
I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
Records requested:
For all Food Service Management Company (FSMC) procurements conducted by the district, going back as far as records are available, I request the following:
1. All Requests for Proposals (RFPs) issued for food service management contracts
2. All proposals/bids received in response to each RFP, including the submitted cost proposals from each bidding FSMC
3. All scoring sheets, evaluation forms, and scoring summaries used to evaluate proposals (including completed Form 320A or equivalent), showing the scores assigned to each bidder by each evaluator
4. All executed FSMC contracts, including any amendments or renewals
My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.
Thank you for your time
Best,
Andrew Swenson
On behalf of Cameron E. Cox, Chief Financial Officer/Board Secretary.
Good Morning,
We are in receipt of your OPRA request. In accordance with the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq., the District is unable to fulfill your request within the statutory seven (7) business days. Accordingly, we are respectfully requesting the statutory allowable seven (7) business days extension of time.
Bonnie S. Cummings
Confidential Secretary
Business Operations
Plainfield Public Schools
(O) (908) 731-4217
www.plainfieldnjk12.org | [email address]
1200 Myrtle Avenue, Plainfield, NJ
[1][IMG][2]OPRA-FSMC 1.zip
On behalf of Cameron E. Cox, Chief Financial Officer/Board Secretary.
Good Morning,
Attached please find your OPRA request.
Bonnie S. Cummings
Confidential Secretary
[3]photo Business Operations
Plainfield Public Schools
(O) (908) 731-4217
[4]www.plainfieldnjk12.org | [5][email address]
[6]1200 Myrtle Avenue, Plainfield, NJ
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From: Cummings, Bonnie
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2026 9:02 AM
To: Andrew Charles Swenson
<[OPRA #89763 email]>
Cc: Cameron Cox ([email address])
<[email address]>; Cummings, Bonnie
<[email address]>; Dash, Victoria
<[email address]>
Subject: RE: OPRA request - Request for FSMC Bid and Scoring Records
On behalf of Cameron E. Cox, Chief Financial Officer/Board Secretary.
Good Morning,
We are in receipt of your OPRA request. In accordance with the Open
Public Records Act (OPRA), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq., the District is
unable to fulfill your request within the statutory seven (7) business
days. Accordingly, we are respectfully requesting the statutory allowable
seven (7) business days extension of time.
Bonnie S. Cummings
Confidential Secretary
Business Operations
Plainfield Public Schools
(O) (908) 731-4217
[7]www.plainfieldnjk12.org | [email address]
1200 Myrtle Avenue, Plainfield, NJ
Dear Ms. Cummings,
Thank you for your response. I received your message referencing an attachment (OPRA-FSMC 1.zip), but unfortunately the file did not come through via OPRAMachine — only the district logo image was received. Could you please resend the documents directly to my email address at [email address]?
Yours sincerely,
Andrew
Good Afternoon,
Sorry to hear that you were unable to access the files that were
previously sent. I have attached them again and hope this time they will
be accessible.
[1]photo Bonnie S. Cummings
Confidential Secretary
Business Operations
Plainfield Public Schools
(O) (908) 731-4217
[2]www.plainfieldnjk12.org | [3][email address]
[4]1200 Myrtle Avenue, Plainfield, NJ
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From: Andrew Charles Swenson
<[OPRA #89763 email]>
Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2026 1:59 PM
To: Cummings, Bonnie <[email address]>
Subject: Re: OPRA request - Request for FSMC Bid and Scoring Records
Dear Ms. Cummings,
Thank you for your response. I received your message referencing an
attachment (OPRA-FSMC
[5]https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=ht...),
but unfortunately the file did not come through via OPRAMachine — only the
district logo image was received. Could you please resend the documents
directly to my email address at [email address]?
Yours sincerely,
Andrew