The Department of Education and Early Development, Mount Edgecumbe High School (MEHS), is soliciting proposals for a qualified food service management company to provide food service to approximately 400 students at the MEHS residential boarding school along with appropriate staff and guests during the school year. MEHS (Sponsor) shall be legally responsible for the conduct of the food service program and shall supervise the food service operations in such manner as will ensure compliance with the rules and regulations of State Agency and USDA regarding each Child Nutrition Programs (CNP) covered by the resulting contract. The Sponsor shall retain signature authority for the monthly claim for reimbursement. The Sponsor shall retain control and signature authority of the CNP nonprofit food service account and overall financial responsibility for the CNP. (7 CFR210.16 (a)(4)-(5) Responsibilities. The responsibilities of the food service provider include the following: 1. Preparing and serving meals and meal supplements (snacks) to students, and participants in NSLP, and SBP. 2. Preparing and serving meals to staff, parent organizations, and for some scheduled events (conferences, business partnerships, etc.), whether in or out of the Sponsor. 3. If the selected FSMC is procuring goods or services which are being charged to the Sponsor under the awarded contract outside of the fixed price per meal (e.g., equipment), the selected FSMC is acting as an agent for the Sponsor and must follow the same procurement rules under which the Sponsor must operate and that the selected FSMC may not serve as a vendor. Any rebates, discounts, or commissions associated in any manner with purchases must be returned to the nonprofit school food service account. Only net costs may be charged to the Sponsor. 4. Oversight and coordination of purchasing, maintaining, and repairing all equipment used in the kitchen. 5. Maintaining all kitchen areas and working environments in a safe and sanitary condition. 6. The Sponsor shall comply with food safety inspection requirements as prescribed by USDA for its facilities and shall ensure that all state and local regulations are being met by the selected FSMC preparing or serving meals at any Sponsor facility. 7 CFR 210.16(a)(7).
