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Danbury selects Chartwells for school food service after RFP; state review pending
Summary
After a multi-vendor request-for-proposals process, Danbury officials said they selected Chartwells (part of Compass Group) to provide school food services, replacing a decades-long relationship with Sodexo; the award requires state review of scoring sheets before becoming final.
District staff told the Board of Education on May 20 that five companies responded to the district27s request for proposals for food service management and four submitted formal bids; the public bid opening occurred May 1 at 2 p.m. After a multi-person review using a points rubric, Chartwells (part of the Compass Group) was selected as the highest-ranked bidder.
"Although we were with Sodexo for 40 plus years and had some really great…
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