Specifications include, but are not limited to: A. Meals Served: Provide nutritious hot meals to inmates three (3) times per day, seven (7) days per week, three hundred sixty-five (365) days per year and three hundred sixty-six (366) days during leap years. 1. Meals shall meet the following standards and guidelines: Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC), in particular, Chapter 900, Dept. Order 912 – Food Service System at: http://www.azcorrections.gov. American Correctional Association (ACA) standards for food service in Adult and Juvenile Correctional Institutions at: http://www.aca.org. Incorporate Arizona Department of Education (ADE) requirements set forth in this RFP that relate specifically to standards necessary for participation in the National School Lunch Program. Dietary allowances outlined by the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine, Food & Nutrition Board at: http://nal.usda.gov/main/. Standards for medical diets as designated by the National Commission on Correctional Healthcare (NCCHC) at: http://www.ncchc.org/pubs/index.html. Holiday Meals: A minimum of four (4) nationally recognized holiday meals shall be provided annually at contract rates. These holidays include: 1. Thanksgiving 2. Christmas 3. Discretion of authorized NCSO personnel with one-month advance notice to Contractor 4. Discretion of authorized NCSO personnel with one-month advance notice to Contractor C. Restricted Diets: Contractor shall be required to provide all restricted diets to include: 1. Medical diets approved by the County’s authorized inmate medical health services provider. a. The Contractor shall serve all restricted diets ordered in compliance with Department policies. b. An hour of Sleep/Bedtime snack shall be supplied for all insulin dependent diabetics as delineated in medical diet standards for diabetics. (The diabetic snack or sack supplement provided on Saturday and Sunday is not to be considered a meal and shall not be charged as such).
