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Sheriff notifies commission of planned RFP for jail food services and reports staffing shortfall

Grand Forks County Commission · March 18, 2026
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Summary

The sheriff told commissioners he will issue an RFP for the jail's food services, extended the current vendor through July to allow competitive bidding, and reported the jail was down six officers with plans to interview candidates to reduce the shortfall.

The Grand Forks County sheriff told commissioners on March 17 that the county plans to issue a request for proposals for the jail’s food-service contract and that the current vendor agreed to extend service through July to allow for competitive bidding.

"We're currently being supplied all inmate foods by a summit ... I did get them to extend our current contract through July, with a non renewal requirement clause in there so we…

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