EMERGENCY NOTICE - IDOC Culinary Consultation and Assistance

This is an emergency procurement issued by the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) for culinary consulting services and assistance. IDOC has selected Aramark Correctional Services, LLC to provide these services, including developing an emergency meal plan that meets national nutritional standards and providing management and consulting services for its implementation. Aramark was selected due to their extensive experience providing culinary consulting for correctional systems and their ability to rapidly deploy large-scale services to prevent further delays on the project. The expected start date is February 13, 2024, and the estimated end date is May 12, 2024, with an estimated expenditure of $235,200. The procurement is being funded through State Appropriated Funds.

This emergency procurement was made with as much competition as was practicable under the circumstances, and the agency utilized best efforts to include contractors certified under the Business Enterprise Program, which aims to promote the participation of minority-owned, women-owned, and disabled-owned businesses in state contracts. The document indicates that the Illinois Department of Corrections searched for all possible vendors for correctional management services but found only one vendor who lacked the critical experience in correctional management required for this emergency procurement.