This contract meets the social needs of the County’s population by providing home-delivered meals on 250 serving days, to an average of 550 nutritionally at-risk, homebound senior citizens and an average of 10 County residents living with HIV/AIDS, to ensure they receive at least one third of their daily nutritional requirements. The contractor has been providing these services to Contra Costa County since July 1, 2012.
On July 27, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #72-039-12 with West Contra Costa County Meals on Wheels for the provision of home-delivered meals for the Senior Nutrition Program, in the amount of $227,857, for the period July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, which included a three month automation extension period through September 30, 2022.
On November 2, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract Amendment Agreement #72-039-13 effective November 1, 2021, with West Contra Costa County Meals on Wheels, to increase the payment limit by $63,700, from $227,857 to a new payment limit of $291,557 with no change in the term of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, and an increase in the automatic extension payment limit by $15,925, from $56,964 to a new payment limit of $72,889 through September 30, 2022.
Approval of Novation Contract #72-039-14 will replace the automatic extension under the prior contract allowing the contractor to continue to provide home-delivered meals for the Senior Nutrition Program through June 30, 2023.