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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Aramark Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the estimated amount of $852,053 per year for inmate food services.
Staff Summary
* The current contract for food services for the Adult Correctional Facility and Community Based Corrections Center expired on December 31, 2018.
* A Request for Proposal (RFP), which was sent to 10 vendors for the provision of both inmate food services and the operation of the County caf? and coffee kiosk, resulted in the receipt of three proposals, one of which was deemed unresponsive.
* Based on the criteria set forth in the RFP, the proposal submitted by Aramark, who is the current provider for the jail kitchen, is the most favorable for the County.
* As part of its proposal Aramark identified the need to hire additional staff to provide the service to supplement the sentenced inmate workers, which has not provided a consistent labor source, which resulted in an increased cost per inmate meal.
* The cost of $1.149 per inmate meal provides three daily meals to each inmate and will provide staffing for the jail kitchen.
* The contract authorizes a two-year agreement with three additional one-year renewal options that will cost the County an estimated annual amount of $852,053.
* The funding for this contact was appropriated and included in the Sheriff's Office Fiscal Year 2019 Budget.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 5-102 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, proposals were called for by publication for Inmate Food Services and County Caf?; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to said publication, request for proposals were extended to 10 vendors; and
WHEREAS, sealed proposals were received from three vendors, one of which was deemed unresponsive, and opened in the County Building, Waukegan, Illinois, on August 23, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.; and
WHEREAS, based on the criteria set forth in the Request for Proposals, an Evaluation Committee selected the proposal submi...
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