REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
March 1, 2022
FROM
JACQUELYN GREENE, Director, Preschool Services Department
SUBJECT
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Amendment to Contract with Preferred Meal Systems, Inc. to Provide Food Services for Head Start, Early Head Start, and State Preschool Programs
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve Amendment No. 1, effective July 1, 2021, to Contract No. 20-295 with Preferred Meal Systems, Inc. to provide food services for children enrolled in Head Start, Early Head Start, and State Preschool programs, adding individual lunch deliveries, at an increased cost of $2.86 from $2.36 per lunch from July 1, 2021, throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and temporarily increasing all the meals cost by 7% from March 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022, with no change to the contract amount of $6,266,781 and no change to the contract period of June 1, 2020 through May 31, 2023.
(Presenter: Jacquelyn Greene, Director, 383-2005)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Provide for the Safety, Health and Social Service Needs of County Residents.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
This item does not impact Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The contract amount of $6,266,781 for these food services is federally funded through the California Department of Social Services Child and Adult Care Food Program. Adequate appropriation and revenue have been included in the Preschool Services Department's (PSD) 2021-22 budget and will be included in the 2022-23 recommended budget.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Preferred Meal System, Inc. provides approximately 1,828,769 meals annually to approximately 5,100 children enrolled in Head Start, Early Head Start, and State Preschool programs countywide. The meals served includes breakfast, lunch and a snack at a cost of $1.27, $2.27 and $0.66 respectively with a scheduled rate increase of 3.9% on July 1 each year. Meals are served fami...
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