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Contract expiration and RFP process for DHS food vendors
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Council Member Brewer inquires about the expiration of current food vendor contracts with DHS and the process for writing new RFPs. Kate MacKenzie from the Mayor's Office of Food Policy provides information on the timeline and considerations for future contracts.
- Current direct contracts with DHS are set to expire at the end of fiscal year 2026.
- MacKenzie indicates that lessons learned over the past few years will be considered in rebidding the contracts.
- The discussion touches on the possibility of writing RFPs differently to allow for more local, non-profit business models like Rethink Food to participate.
Gale A. Brewer
1:40:00
Is that something that's happening soon at DHS?
Kate MacKenzie
1:40:03
Is it staggered?
1:40:04
I believe that the direct contracts expire in fiscal twenty six or end of fiscal twenty six.
1:40:14
That's that's now.
1:40:16
As the as the plan that is put in place to to rebid those comes out, they will certainly be considering what we've learned over the past few years and take the appropriate action.
Gale A. Brewer
1:40:30
Okay.
1:40:30
Will that RFP be written differently or will it be written the same or you don't know yet?
1:40:35
I don't know.
1:40:36
Is that something you could consider so that the local non businesses could in fact, whether it's Rethink or somebody else, be that kind of a model?
Kate MacKenzie
1:40:45
We've we've working across all agencies to to look at contract language and learn take our experiences over the last five years and and make changes as appropriate.
Gale A. Brewer
1:40:57
Okay.