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Committee backs five‑year Aramark jail food contract with Good Food Purchasing terms
Summary
The Budget and Finance Committee voted to forward a five‑year, up-to-$20 million jail food services contract with Aramark to the full Board, highlighting new Good Food Purchasing standards, an estimated base spend of roughly $16.8 million and a 19% contingency for possible cost increases.
The Budget and Finance Committee voted to recommend that the full Board approve a five‑year contract allowing the Sheriff’s Department to hire Aramark Correctional Services for jail food services, with a contract cap of $20 million and two one‑year extension options.
Crispin Hollings, chief financial officer for Sheriff Hennessy, told supervisors the contract—competitively bid and awarded earlier in the year—covers preparation and service of three meals a day at county jails, adds coffee…
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