DEPARTMENT: Pre-K 4 SA
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Sarah Baray, Ph.D.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Annual Contract for Nutrition Services for Pre-K 4 SA
SUMMARY:
This item authorizes acceptance of a contract with the San Antonio Food Bank to provide student nutrition services and nutritional education services for Pre-K 4 SA for three years, with two, one year options to renew for a total contract value not to exceed $12,795,502.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
As part of the Pre-K 4 SA program, breakfast, lunch and snacks are provided to all students each day. The Corporation is also committed to providing education services related to nutrition and food. The contractor will provide breakfast, lunch, and a snack to students at their designated Center each school day and will also provide snacks for students participating in the Extended Day program. Food preparation will occur onsite at the contractor's facility. Food will be delivered to each Education Center daily. Pre-K will implement a new family style model that consists of the contractor providing and delivering family style packaged meals, with each family style packaged meal able to appropriately feed a classroom of 20 students. In the classroom the students will serve themselves with measuring utensils. In addition to nutrition services, the contractor will provide student and family nutritional education services. This can include, but will not be limited to, cooking demonstrations, nutrition lessons, Center gardening to be done by Master Gardener, health fairs, garden to market and inclusion of parents in the menu planning, and other appropriate means of providing nutritional education services. For budget purposes, the contract value includes annual services for both daily student nutrition services and nutritional education services. Pre-K 4 SA enrolls 2,000 students per academic year, program-wide with 500 students enrolled at each of the four Pre-K 4 SA Education Centers. On ...
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