NYSED School Meals Summer Institute

The RFP and other documents will be posted to the NYSED website.

The New York State Education Department (NYSED) Child Nutrition Office is seeking proposals to hire a facility that will host, direct, and provide services for the NYSED School Meals Summer Institute, which consists of three (3) NYSED-sponsored training courses for school food service personnel statewide: “Culinary Academy”, “Kitchen Leadership Academy” and “Food Service Director Academy”. NYSED will tour the facility to ensure it meets all criteria prior to awarding the contract.

Eligible Bidders are those that can meet all items detailed under Mandatory Requirements. Bidders must sign the Mandatory Requirements Certification form.  

Subcontracting will be limited to thirty percent (30%) of the total contract budget. Subcontracting is defined as non-employee direct personal services and related incidental expenses, including travel.

NYSED will award one (1) contract pursuant to this RFP. The contract resulting from this RFP will be for 4 years and 8 months, for a term anticipated to begin January 1, 2025, and to end August 31, 2029.

Service Area: A centralized location between Kingston and Syracuse.

Bidders are required to comply with NYSED’s Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBE) participation goals for this RFP through one of three methods. Compliance methods are discussed in detail in the Minority/Women-Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Participation Goals section of the RFP.