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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 14, 2021 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-j <br /> SUBJECT: Authorization to Approve an Interim Senior Lunch Caterer Contract <br /> DEPARTMENT: Aging <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Janice Tyler, 919-245-4255 <br /> PURPOSE: To authorize the approval of an interim food service caterer contract to provide noon <br /> meals for the Home and Community Care Block Grant-funded Senior Lunch Program at the <br /> Seymour and Passmore Centers for the period January 18, 2021 through June 30, 2022. <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. This contract is filling an emergency need, as the current <br /> caterer, Nantucket Grill, has given its 60 day notice to end its contract due to labor shortages. <br /> With guidance from Triangle J Area Agency on Aging Director and the County's Finance and <br /> Administrative Services Department, Aging staff proposes to secure an interim caterer and <br /> conduct a formal request for proposals through Orange County Purchasing in March 2022. The <br /> contract for FY2022 would be awarded after that process. For this interim contract, the meal cost <br /> will not exceed the current rate of $7.40 per meal. With this contract, the total cost of meals <br /> purchased will not exceed $177,600. Note: There have been over 71,000 meals served curbside <br /> since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020. <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 and Chapel Hill. These funds are included in the current <br /> operating budget. Donations are also collected from the participants. <br /> SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable to <br /> this item: <br /> • GOAL: ENSURE ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY <br /> The creation and preservation of infrastructure, policies, programs and funding necessary <br /> for residents to provide shelter, food, clothing and medical care for themselves and their <br /> dependents. <br />