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Student Nutrition Services

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Jennifer LeBarreExecutive Director

Simone SaldanhaStudent Engagement Coordinator

Alexandra EmmottCulinary Manager

Noelia OropezaEngagement Manager

January 14, 2020 Board Meeting

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Tonight's Agenda

1. Student Engagement

2. Current Meal Program Landscape

3. Request for Qualifications and Proposals (RFQ/P) for Strategically Sourced Prepared Meal and Meal Delivery Services

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StudentNutritionServices

MissionEveryday we nourish our students with food that enables them to live healthy lives and thrive inside and outside the classroom.

VisionStudent Nutrition Services is a student centered, equitable, and financially stable school food eco-system that provides dignified meal experiences and engages all students in eating fresh, healthy food.

Goals

1. Nourish our Students with Good Food We provide access throughout the school day to food that is healthy, culturally diverse, affordable, fair, sustainable and loved by students.

2. Create Dignified Built Environments We create dining spaces that delight students and kitchen spaces that make it possible to prepare and serve good food.

3. Support a Thriving WorkforceWe invest in people, technology, and processes to create a thriving workforce and environment that fosters an innovative approach to achieving our vision.

4. Build a Strong School Food Culture We engage the whole community in creating a financially stable school food culture that activates students’ voices and shows how much we value and care for our students.

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1. The SFA integrates student voice into SNS to ensure a student-centered school food and dining experience

2. The SFA supports students in growing their leadership skills aligned with the Graduate Profile

4Student Engagement:School Food Advisory

SFA Council Sessions & Projects 5

2015 - 2019

● New menu items ✅

● Dining Staff Survey ✅

● Advocacy for White Rice on the Menu ✅

● Student Feedback via Surveys/Social Media 🕗

● Dining Spaces 2.0 🕗

2019 - 2020

4 Council Sessions● Student Feedback on

Refresh meals● Adequate time for Lunch

Policy

4 Projects● Driven by student interests● Supported by SNS Staff

Project Partners

6Serving 7.4 Million Meals a Year:3 Different Meal Models

3. Heat and Serve Meals Purchased from Outside Vendor

Meals prepared by SNS Staff

1. Meals Cooked from Scratch by SNS

2. Meals Freshly Prepared by SNS

12% 13% 75%

McAteer Culinary Center● Central Kitchen serving Early Education meals at 12 EED Sites, Ruth Asawa SOTA and The Academy

Maximizing Capacity of McAteer Culinary Center● Starting with Sanchez in 2020, prepare meals at McAteer for delivery to elementary schools

SFUSD Central Kitchen● Design Charrette: Partnering with Stupski Foundation to conduct design charrette including financial

modeling on SFUSD Central Kitchen concept.

Marina Catering Kitchen● Bond supported remodel of kitchen. Once completed Marina will serve all Refresh meals for breakfast

and lunch. Marina will also function as a Catering Kitchen.

Expanding Meals Cooked from Scratch

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New Menu Items ● Increased menu options; increased and improved fresh vegetable options

Investment in Professional Development ● Over 50 hours in 2 years, a 400% increase!

Increasing In House Production● Brown & Everett exclusively providing Refresh lunch options since September 2019

● Presidio & Aptos will start all Refresh meals for lunch in March 2020

● Presidio, Aptos & Everett will start new Breakfast Refresh program in April 2020

Expanding Freshly Prepared Meals

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Eliminate Pre-Packaged Meals● Working with prepared meals vendor move to bulk meal service at schools with updated kitchens.

● Lafayette Elementary school will start this program in February 2020.

Heat & Serve Line Experience● Improve experience for students at schools where we must serve pre-packaged meals

● New RFP

Improving Heat and Serve Meals

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RFQ/P for Prepared Meals and Delivery Services

In response to feedback from the Board, SNS issued a new RFQ/P for prepared meals and delivery services

● Issued an RFQ/P on September 18, 2019

● Designed to improve the quality of services for our students and increase competition

● For the first time three different scopes of work were included

● Solicited for a five year contract

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Vendors could bid on any/all of the 3 scopes

1. 20 Middle & High Schools● Preparation and delivery of breakfast & lunch for our

Refresh schools

2. 114 Sites & EED Meal Deliveries● Preparation and delivery of breakfast, lunch, snacks,

and suppers for school year● EED deliveries from our McAteer Culinary Center year

round● Preparation and delivery for breakfast, lunch, and

snack for summer meals

3. Vended Snack Program● Direct services to schools that do not

qualify for free snack programs

Services Solicited

Evaluation and Selection 11

Best Value Scoring

● Community tasting panel: four panels over two days; counted for 300/1000 points

● Evaluation Panel was observed by representative from Legal and Procurement

● Evaluation panel members included: 3 SNS employees, 1 SFUSD parent, and 1 CFO.

● Here are the results of the solicitation: ○ Three proposals were reviewed○ One deemed non-responsive○ Revolution Foods was evaluated as the best

value, responsible bidder for SOW 1 and SOW 2. No award for SOW 3.

● January 28, 2020 will ask Board to ratify five year contract for $11,500,000 for 2020-21 school year.

Value CategoryMaximum Value Points

Revolution Foods

Better 4 You

1. Good Food Purchasing Program

300 216 0

2. Community Tasting Panel 300 220 212

3. Experience- Team Approach 250 182 101

4. Overall Responsiveness 150 130 75

A. Total Value Points (sum all value points)

1,000 748 388

B. Total Daily Price (from Fee Schedule)

$14,623 $17,042

Points per Dollar (A. divided by B.)

19.53 43.92

Questions?

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