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County recommends Kentucky-based KELWELL Food Management for inmate meals
Summary
After reviewing two bids, county staff recommended KELWELL Food Management for the jail's inmate meals, citing lower apparent cost and local customer service; the court moved, seconded and approved the recommendation.
Landon presented two bids for county food service: Trinity Service Group (a national firm) and a Kentucky-based bidder identified as "KELWELL Food Management." Landon said both bids would save the county compared with the current budgeted amount of about $140,000.
He reported that Trinity bid came in at roughly $62,000 with a 15% service fee and said the Kentucky bidder submitted a figure of $51,597 with a separate $35,000 annual fee that Landon broke down as approximately $2,400 per pay period. "It would be KELWELL Food Management," Landon said when asked the recommended vendor. Landon recommended choosing the Kentucky-based bidder for customer-service reasons and local responsiveness.
The presiding officer asked for a motion to accept the recommendation; members moved, seconded and voted to approve the recommendation on the record. The court instructed staff to obtain copies of the winning bid for the clerk's office.
Questions about contract terms and the vendor's exact total were not resolved in the public discussion; the clerk was asked to keep a copy of the bid on file.
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