OAR 411-011-0010: Competitive Procurement for Nutrition Services

(1) In accordance with the Older Americans Act, as amended through 1984: “No contract awarded after September 30, 1982, shall be entered into for the provision of nutrition services unless such contract has been awarded through a competitive process. Such process shall include evaluation of each bidder’s experience in providing services to older individuals. Whenever there is no evidence of improved quality of service and cost effectiveness on the part of another bidder, a provider of services, who received funds under Title VII of the Older Americans Act of 1965 as in effect on September 29, 1978, shall be given preference.” (Section 501(b)) (2) Those elements of nutrition services relevant to competitive contracting are meal preparation and meal service delivery and management. (3) The Area Agency on Aging (AAA) may apply the criteria under OAR 411-011-0005(2) to meal preparation and meal service delivery management combined or separately and in any combination of geographic locations. Additionally, these criteria may be applied to management of a local site of which nutrition services are but one component.