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CONTRACT FOR FOOD SERVICES Page 5 of 10 e Meals ordered will be packaged in bulk containers. If Caterer fails to deliver adequate amot%nts of food as ordered, the Purcba~r may request that any omissions in delivery be provided by the caterer. If there is insufficient time for the Caterer to deliver the emissions on the same day before serving time, then the Purchaser shall have the right to purchase the oa~'~arable food items from another source and to receive an amount of reimbursement or credit on the Caterer's invoice equal to the P~rcha.~_r's experk~ for obtaird31g these food items. If the shortage or emission cannot be made up by the Caterer by serving time on the same day and if the Program is not able to purch~e the needed food items, then the shortage or omission of the specific food item (meat, vegetable, bread, dessert or milk) will constitute a shortage of entire meal(s) and the cost of these meals may be deduct~O~_ from the Caterer's bill accordingly. Cost of the meals shall be the contract price including tax plus total administrative expenses figured per meal. Ibis cost shall be the total unit cost established in the Invitation for Bid Proposal ~,h~itte0__ to Centralina Council of Governments by the C~_barrus County Depa~ I .~_nt of Aging. Meals shall be prepared under properly controlled temperatures. After preparation of meals, they must be packaged, delivered to sites for cons~,~otion within three hours. Caterer will ~ake and reco__rd temperatures of food before it is placed in the holding equipment. Recorded temperatures will be kept on file until the end of the contract period and made available to the Purcha-~_r for review. Assembled meals shall beheldinproperlyrefrigeratedandheated ar~asthatmeetsanitation standards. Tne Catererwillbe responsible for maintaininghot foods at 140F degrees or above, and cold foods at 45F degrees or betowduringdelivery. All meals must be delivered to all sites in Cabarrus County between 9:30 A.M. and 11:30 A.M. If the time schedule is not met · by twenty minutes, the Program may purchase meals from. an alternate source and charge the meal cost plus related expenses to the Caterer. Alternately, the Program may elect to accept meals delivered more than twenty minutes late to a site, but Purcba-~_r shall only to pay for the number of meals that can be served to the Program participants still in attend~ at the time of m~al delivery. If meals are delivered too late to meet DOA guidelines within the three hour preparation limit, purcb~-~er will not be obligated to pay for any meals for any day that shall occur.