Senior Nutrition Program Meal Service
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SUMMARY
KEY REQUIREMENTS
BUDGET
VerifiedCONTRACT DURATION
TIMELINE
Questions Deadline: July 24th, 2026
Response to Questions Released: July 29th, 2026
Proposal Submission Deadline: August 11th, 2026
Staff Review of Proposals: August 12th–19th, 2026
Award of Contract: August 26th, 2026
Services Commence: October 1st, 2026
QUESTION DEADLINE
CONTACTS
Primary procurement contact — name, title, email, and phone
Additional decision-makers and their departments
Issuing Agency
City Of Escondido
DESCRIPTION
A government authority in Escondido, California is seeking a vendor to provide meal services for its senior nutrition program. The selected contractor will be responsible for menu planning and ensuring nutritional compliance, preparing meals, and procuring all raw food items, ingredients, and consumable supplies needed for meal production unless otherwise specified by the city.
The scope also includes meal delivery and handling, coordination of daily meal counts with city staff, and timely response to approved changes in meal quantities. The vendor must support program monitoring and evaluation activities conducted by the city or applicable funding agencies and provide a delivery and logistics plan. Meal service may include both hot and cold meals, with meals either ready for distribution or requiring on-site plating, assembly, or serving.
Questions are due by July 24, 2026. The resulting contract is expected to run for a period of three years.
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Frequently asked questions
- When is the submission deadline?
- Submissions are due August 11, 2026. Questions must be submitted by July 24, 2026.
- What is the budget for this RFP?
- The published budget is $311,610.
- Who issued this RFP?
- It was issued by City Of Escondido. The work is located in Escondido, California, United States.
- Who is a good fit for this opportunity?
- Commercial or institutional food service provider with senior nutrition program experience
- Expertise in menu planning and nutritional compliance for public or funded meal programs
- Capacity to prepare and deliver hot and cold meals at consistent daily volumes
- Established food procurement, kitchen operations, and consumable supply management capabilities
- Experience coordinating meal counts, quantity adjustments, and reporting with government clients
- Ability to provide on-site plating, assembly, or serving support as required
- Strong local or regional logistics presence in Southern California
- Proven record managing multi-year public sector food service contracts
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