Specifications include, but are not limited to: The services to be covered by the contract include providing the following SB 1383 food recovery services from Tier 1 and Tier 2 food generators, which are defined as follows: Tier 1 Food Generators are supermarkets with revenue ≥ $2 million, grocery stores with facilities ≥ 10,000 sq. ft., food service providers, food distributors, and wholesale food vendors. Tier 2 Food Generators are restaurants with facilities ≥ 5,000 sq. ft. or 250+ seats, hotels with an on-site food facility and 200+ rooms, health facilities with an on-site food facility and 100+ beds, large venues and events, state agency cafeterias with facilities ≥ 5,000 sq. ft. or 250+ seats, local education agency with an onsite food facility, and non-local entities. A. Food Recovery Capacity Planning • Survey known Food Recovery Organizations (FROs) operating within Santa Cruz County • Develop survey in collaboration with local jurisdictions to include at minimum: • Current collection capacity (by weight/meals). • Current distribution capacity (by weight/meals). ▪ Desire to expand food recovery and distribution capacity (yes/no). ▪ Equipment/personnel needed to maintain/expand services. ▪ Work with Santa Cruz County local jurisdictions to complete other components of SB 1383 Food Recovery Capacity Planning Report. B. Food Recovery Information Collection: • Name, Location, and Contact Information for all known food recovery. organizations and services operating within Santa Cruz County. ▪ Annual amount of food collected from Food Generators by donor location/jurisdiction. ▪ Annual amount of food delivered to food recipients by local jurisdiction. • Maintain Accurate Edible Food Recovery Agreements with Tier 1 and Tier 2 Food Generators. • Name, Location, and Contact Information for Tier 1 and Tier 2 Food Generators. ▪ Onboarding and coordination of Tier 1 and Tier 2 Food Generators • Work with local jurisdictions to identify and onboard new Food Generators. • Meet with SB 1383 food donors to increase food recovery opportunities. C. Annual CalRecycle Food Recovery Data Report to each of five (5) local jurisdictions within the county • Provide brief edible food recovery report to each jurisdiction for each calendar year by June 15 for submission by local jurisdictions as part of CalRecycle’s Electronic Annual Report (EAR) including: ▪ Pounds of estimated or weighed recovered food for the preceding calendar year. ▪ Help jurisdiction to clarify list of and quantify total of all Tier 1 & 2 Food Generators. ▪ Support the identification and quantity of Food Recovery Organizations and Services located within each jurisdiction. ▪ Report number of food recovery education notices print, electronic, direct contact, and others distributed by CONTRACTOR to FROs and Tier 1 & 2 Food Generators for the calendar year. ▪ Support local jurisdictions to clarify quantity and location of food recovery violations within the year by Tier 1 & 2 Food Generators, FROs, and Food Recovery Services. ▪ Report numbers of complaints and follow up at Food Recovery Organizations and Services, Tier 1 & 2 Food Generators. ▪ Deliver brief edible food recovery report to lead contact at each of the five (5) local jurisdictions. D. Support Food Recovery Organization Collection and Record Keeping: • Provide record keeping training to Food Recovery Organizations. ▪ Provide scales to record pounds of donated food. ▪ Provide temperature regulating equipment to hold food at temperature during transit. E. Prepared Food Handling Methods: • Work with Food Recovery Organizations to build capacity for Tier 2 food recovery: ▪ Establish edible food quality acceptance standards and empower edible Food Recovery Organizations to accept or reject prepared edible food based on these standards. ▪ Collaborate with County Environmental Health or other food safety lead agency/ies to develop accepted best practices in safe food handling...