Commercial Vended Meals

The Jersey City Board of Education is seeking a vendor to provide nutritious, well-balanced, and age-appropriate vended meals and related components for school food service. The vendor will be responsible for preparing, cooking, and packaging unitized meals off-site at their own facility. The contract will exclude milk. The vendor must comply with USDA meal patterns, regulations, and guidelines, as well as New Jersey Department of Agriculture policies and guidelines. • The vendor must provide meals/meal components only, pre-packaged or pre-plated. • The vendor must prepare, cook, and package unitized meals off-site at their own facility. • The contract will exclude milk. • The vendor must comply with USDA meal patterns, regulations, and guidelines. • The vendor must comply with New Jersey Department of Agriculture policies and guidelines.