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i <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 17, 2014 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-u <br /> SUBJECT: Approval of Senior Lunch Caterer Contract with Nantucket Grill, Inc. <br /> DEPARTMENT: Aging PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Contract Janice Tyler, 919-245-4255 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve the food service caterer contract with Nantucket Grill, Inc. to provide <br /> noon meals for the Home and Community Care Block Grant-funded Senior Lunch Program at <br /> the Seymour and Central Orange Senior Centers for the period July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015 <br /> with an optional one year extension. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Orange County Department on Aging assumed administration of the <br /> Senior Lunch Program in July 2009. The purpose of this program is to provide a nutritious noon <br /> meal to persons 60 years and older, targeting those individuals who are in the greatest social <br /> and economic need. A request for proposals was issued by Orange County Purchasing in <br /> March 2014 for a caterer to provide the meals for Fiscal Year 2014-15 with an option of one <br /> year renewal. The bid selected was from Nantucket Grill, Inc., the current caterer. The cost per <br /> meal will increase from $5.00 to $5.75. The total amount of the contract will be $177,000. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: The majority of the cost for the Senior Lunch Program is reimbursed by <br /> the NC Division of Aging and Adult Services. The balance of the funding is provided by Orange <br /> County and the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough. Donations are also collected <br /> from the participants. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve and authorize <br /> the Chair to sign the catering services contract with Nantucket Grill, Inc. <br />