The successful contractor will be required to serve tasty, appetizing, wholesome quality food. Therefore, all respondent’s must submit with their proposal’s, regular menus detailing as a minimum a twenty-one (21) day non-repetitive meal plan to include a specific portion sizes (Indicating cooked or raw weight when appropriate), caloric content and seasonal variations due to holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas days. The meals shall have an average caloric content of two thousand eight hundred (2,800) calories per day and minimum average of seventy-five (75) grams of protein per day. In addition to the regular twenty one (21) day cycle meal plan, the contractor shall include a special menu of proposed meals for inmates or detainees on special, modified, medical and/or religious diets (e.g. diabetic, pregnancy, vegetarian, religious etc.). Any menu changes must be approved by the appropriate county representative (Sheriff’s Office) prior to implementation.
