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a. Ratify the execution by the Contracts/Purchasing Officer of the agreement with A'viands Catering for $7,043.92 to provide catering services for the Child Abuse Prevention Council Proclamation and Award Breakfast retroactively effective April 16, 2019 through April 30, 2019.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Ratify the execution by the Contracts/Purchasing Officer of the agreement with A'viands Catering for $7,043.92 to provide catering services for the Child Abuse Prevention Council Proclamation and Award Breakfast retroactively effective April 16, 2019 through April 30, 2019.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
This agreement provided catering services for the Child Abuse Prevention Council (CAPC) annual Proclamation and Award Breakfast which took place on April 16, 2019. This annual breakfast is held in the month of April and it honors those who have produced exceptional work in the field of child abuse prevention. This event is held yearly in one of the few Monterey County sites that will accommodate 300 guests and will provide a catered breakfast at a reasonable cost.
This agreement was not executed prior to the term start date because a new caterer, A'viands, was hired by CSUMB to provide catering services to all those groups who required such services. The caterer was unfamiliar with the complexity of the Monterey County contract requirements and was unable to obtain the required signatures from their home office located in Minnesota prior to the contract start date. The Award Breakfast was held and A'viands performed the services described in this agreement so the Department is bringing this agreement to your Board for retroactive approval.
Despite numerous communications and email exchanges with the caterer, the identified vendor of catering services at CSUMB was unable to provide signed contract documents prior to the start date of the agreement. To ensure future contracts are signed in a timely m...
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