Harvest of the Month Recipe Development

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (DEW) is seeking an experienced Offeror to create a minimum of 40 original and previously unpublished standardized recipes featuring 16 different pre-selected Ohio grown or raised foods. The selected Offeror will create new and original standardized recipes that are compliant with meal pattern requirements of the federal child nutrition programs. Each recipe must contain adaptations to be used in the National School Lunch Program/School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, and Summer Food Service Program. • The Offeror must submit a technical proposal document and a cost proposal document as separate attachments. • The cost proposal must include the quantity of standardized recipes the Offeror intends to develop, with a minimum of 40 and a maximum of 120. • The project is divided into two fiscal year periods, FY26 (1/1/26-6/30/26) and FY27 (7/1/26-9/30/26). • The Offeror must participate in monthly DEW meetings.