Oakland Schools intends to award a contract to the most qualified vendor(s) for the purposes of providing café and caterings services at Oakland Schools Administration Building located at 2111 Pontiac Lake Road, Waterford, Michigan. It is our intent that this prime vendor will have exclusive rights to all catering activity in this building though Oakland Schools reserves the right to assign occasional events to other catering firms. Catering services may also be requested for other Oakland Schools’ buildings as well as other training locations throughout Oakland County.
It is the intent of Oakland Schools that the café and catering services operation will:
• Provide high quality, nutritious food service, to complement and enhance our professional development opportunities.
• Be distinguished by very high satisfaction of Oakland Schools’ employees, workshop participants, clients renting the professional development center and other guests.
• Provide employees and guests in the Oakland Schools building with café services to obtain cash and carry breakfast and lunch items.
This is a two (2) year fixed contract beginning on July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025 with options to renew for an additional three (3) years in one (1) year increments, up to a total of five (5) years, through June 30, 2028. Pricing proposed as part of the solicitation process would remain fixed and in effect for the first year of the contract. Oakland Schools will consider price increases based on CPI no later than November 15th of each contract year.