The WestMass ElderCare Title IIIC Older Americans Act Nutrition Program is seeking bids from food service providers for the provision of traditional and medically tailored, congregate and home delivered meals to older adults and individuals with disabilities in its region.
The purpose of this program is to provide older persons, particularly those with low incomes and of minority status in the WestMass ElderCare, Inc. (WMEC) service area, with cost-effective, nutritionally sound meals served in strategically located centers where they can receive other social and rehabilitative services. Besides promoting better health and nutrition, this program is meant to reduce isolation, promote safety, and provide a means for older adults to gain access into the broad aging services network.
Meals are to be provided five days per week, Monday through Friday, excluding designated holidays, from October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027.
WestMass ElderCare serves Holyoke, Chicopee, Ludlow, Ware, Granby and South Hadley. The average daily number of meals to be provided is 1,200 home delivered meals and 75 congregate meals.
Interested parties may request a Bid Application package from Lisa Lovell, Nutrition Program Director, WestMass ElderCare, Inc., 4 Valley Mill Road, Holyoke, MA 01040, telephone 413-538-9020 or email rfpnutrition@wmeldercare.org. Application materials may also be downloaded; scroll below for links. Deadline for receipt of bids is May 24, 2024 no later than 1:00 p.m. A Bidder’s Conference will be held at WMEC on Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.
WestMass ElderCare reserves the right to reject any or all bids, call for new bids, and waive any formality in the bidding. Faxes of bids will not be accepted.
Bids from Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs), Women Business Enterprises (WBEs), Minority and Women Nonprofit Organizations (M/WNPOs), Veteran Business Enterprises (VBEs), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Enterprises (SDVOBEs), Disability-Owned Business Enterprises (DOBEs), and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Business Enterprises (LGBTBEs) are highly encouraged. For more information, or to register your business in the Supplier Diversity Program, please visit https://www.mass.gov/supplier-diversity-program-sdp
WMEC Nutrition Bid Specifications FINAL 4_18_24
Attachment A1 – Meal Cost Analysis
Attachment A2 – Meal Cost Analysis
Attachment B- Meal Cost Billing Rate
Attachment C- Mealsite Locations
Attachment D – Average daily meal counts
Attachment E – Nutrition Standards EOEA 2020
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WestMass ElderCare is a private, non-profit agency founded in 1974 which is funded in part by grants and contracts from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs. We are part of a network of Aging Services Access Points and Area Agencies on Aging.
WestMass ElderCare is a member of the Pioneer Valley Aging and Disabilities Resource Consortium.
