Ratifies up to $114,000 for Brigaid to develop recipes and support scratch cooking in Nutrition Services
Brigaid LLC helps the Nutrition Services menu planner with recipe development and testing, including summer and 2025-26 school year menus, and supports scratch cooking and staff training at the Central Kitchen. The cost is capped at $114,000 for January 1 to June 30, 2025. Because this is a ratification, the work began before the vote.
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- Vendor / partner
- Brigaid LLC · Middletown, CT
- Action
- New agreement
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- Food, transportation & operations
- Term
- Jan 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025
- This vote
- $114,000
- Funding
- 5310 Child Nutrition School Program
- Resource / site
5310-991- Vendor no.
007706- Presented by
- Chief Systems and Services Officer
- File
25-0434· agendaL.-9- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, Mar 12, 2025
Official text
Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2024-2025 by and between the District and Brigaid LLC, Middletown, CT, for the latter to assist the Menu Planner with the continuation of recipe development and testing, including the creation of the summer and School Year 2025-2026 menus, including printing recipes for site-based staff; support the continuation of all scratch production and training of staff at the Central Kitchen, with specific focus on supporting the Central Kitchen Production Supervisor so they are empowered to assume oversight of the Central Kitchen Cooks; and also continue to coordinate with and update Nutrition Services leadership and staff throughout their work, via the Nutrition Services Department, for the period of January 1, 2025, through June 30, 2025, in an amount not to exceed $114,000.00.
History
- Adopted on the General Consent Report