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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 5, 2009 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~ - q <br />SUBJECT: Approval of the Senior Food Service Caterer Contract with Nantucket Cafe, Inc. <br />DEPARTMENT: Purchasing PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Aging <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Food Service Contract with <br />Attachment 1-Congregate Meal <br />Information <br />Attachment 2- Subcontract provision <br />for Use of ARRA funds <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Pam Jones, Purchasing, - 245-2652 <br />Jerry Passmore, Aging, - 245-2020 <br />PURPOSE: To approve the food service caterer contract with Nantucket Cafe, Inc. to provide <br />senior meals with federal Home and Community Care Block Grant (HCCBG) and the American <br />Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds for the Congregate Nutrition Program beginning <br />November 6, 2009 through June 30, 2010 with optional one year extensions. <br />BACKGROUND: For several years Joint Orange-Chatham Community Action (JOCCA) <br />operated the Orange County senior luncheon program utilizing a national caterer, Bateman <br />Senior Meals of Greensboro, N.C., to provide the meals at the County senior centers. Eligible <br />luncheon participants are not charged for the meals but are given the opportunity to make a <br />voluntary donation. Based upon availability, guests who are not eligible can purchase a meal. <br />On July 1, 2009 after a year's review by the food service inno <br />on Aging began operating the senior luncheon program sere <br />transition goal was to improve the overall quality of the 1 <br />elimination of paper/plastic products used in serving the meal <br />support of the Friends of the Seymour Center and the <br />dinnerware and linen napkins were purchased and the [ <br />commercial dishwashers at both centers. The Department <br />Bateman Senior Meals. on a month to month basis. <br />cation committee, the Department <br />ing 155 meals per weekday. The <br />god and to "go green" with the <br />under JOCCA. With the financial <br />Central Orange Center, dishes, <br />iepartment began operating the <br />on Aging continued the use of <br />A caterer selection committee was formed made up of County staff, representatives from the <br />Friends of both senior centers, current luncheon participants, Advisory Board on Aging <br />members, and Senior Wellness Advisory Council, and Mary K. Warren, Aging Program <br />Coordinator with the Triangle J Council of Governments-Area Agency on Aging. The committee <br />assisted in developing a Request for Proposal (RFP) that would address the specific food <br />service needs of Orange County older adults and federal and state dietary requirements for the <br />