Summary of Specifications:
Meals on Wheels is currently responsible for delivering approximately 1,600 ready to eat, home delivered meals Monday thru Friday at lunch time. In addition, approximately 160 chilled meals are delivered Monday thru Friday and are intended to be consumed as the client's evening dinner meal. Dining Senior Style serves approximately 400 lunchtime meals on site Monday thru Friday each week and 35 chilled dinner meals for participants to take home for their evening meal. There are approximately 245 service days per fiscal year and meal service on three (3) major holidays including Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. The Macomb Community Action Office of Senior Services’ Senior Citizen Nutrition Program is seeking the services of qualified, licensed food service providers. Food service providers will use Macomb Community Action menus and recipes to prepare meals for the Meals on Wheels and Dining Senior Style programs. Food service is requested for both bulk food and packaged meals, described in detail below. I. Bulk Food Bulk food will be delivered daily to nutrition site locations throughout Macomb County. Meals will be packaged on-site by Macomb Community Action staff for delivery to homebound senior citizens participating in the Meals on Wheels Program. The Senior Citizen Nutrition Program will then serve meals on-site to participants of the Dining Senior Style Program. II. Packaged Meals 1. Prepare and package hot meals using the Oliver Products packaging equipment and supplies. Contractor will deliver meals to Adult Day Care facilities, Congregate-only sites and Meals on Wheels pick up locations throughout Macomb County. 2. Prepare and package chilled dinner meals to accompany Meals on Wheels and for Dining Senior Style hot lunch meals.
