CONGREGATE NUTRITION PROGRAM

The City of Jersey City is seeking a vendor to provide and deliver unitized hot meals, a cold box, or high-quality frozen meals for its Congregate Senior Lunch Nutrition Program. The program is managed by the Jersey City Department of Health & Human Services, Division of Food & Nutrition. The contract will be for an initial term of one year with options for the City to renew the contract for four additional one-year periods. The vendor must provide meals that meet the nutritional standards of the Older Americans Act, Title III Congregate Nutrition standards. Key responsibilities include: • Providing fresh, fully cooked, and ready-to-consume meals • Delivering meals to ten Congregate Senior Lunch sites • Meeting meal quantity and ordering requirements • Complying with menu nutritional requirements • Providing a unitized Special Holiday Hot Meal for special holiday celebrations The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive any technical non-conformance with the terms of the RFP. • The contract will be awarded using the competitive contracting provision of the Local Public Contracts Law • Proposals will be evaluated based on the Respondent's written response and, for selected Respondents, an oral presentation/demonstration • The City will conduct investigations of any or all of the Respondents as necessary • The contract term shall commence no later than fifteen days after the City Council awards the contract