MI union will try to stop no-bid prison food contract

State representatives told local media that the early end to the three-year, $145 million contract from 2013 was due to contract negotiations that stalled.

Snyder previously defended sticking with Philadelphia-based Aramark, saying Michigan was on pace to save $14 million a year through privatization.

But you won’t see many changes inside of the state prison kitchens.

“The contract “was competitively bid, and we’re going with the second-place vendor”, he said”.

No broad advantage: While they have respective strengths and weaknesses, Volokh says neither public nor private prisons have an obvious net advantage over the other.

“The contract with Trinity will ensure uninterrupted food delivery service in Michigan correctional facilities”, Stibitz said in the statement.

To monitor Aramark’s work, the Snyder administration hired former Indiana corrections chief Edwin Buss on a $160,000-a-year contract.

Friedmann said the problem with privatized food service is that companies are looking to maximize profits and skimp on sanitation and hygiene in order to cut costs.

Trinity Services Group is a Florida-based group that is dedicated to the food services industry inside of prisons.

Caleb Buhs, a spokesman for the Department of Technology, Management and Budget, said the state is complying with “the spirit and the letter of the law”. The discussion over the proposed changes to the contract – which included Aramark billing the state on a census basis instead of per meal – broke down for good on Friday.

Reports indicate that the transition will begin July 29th and is expected to be concluded by September 9th.

Inspection: Volokh says that inspection is key to any quality food service, public or private.

Trinity now provides food service in prisons in 44 states and serves more than 300,000 inmates. “I think we’re all ready to have this work in the way it was intended”. But Gautz says that will still cost less than having food responsibilities handled by corrections employees. There were also allegations of spoiled food being served or maggots being found in food preparation areas in other prisons.

Ohio recently renewed a contract with Aramark to feed 50,000 prison inmates.

Aramark, which on its website says it has retained 97 percent of its correctional facility business in more than 35 years, said it takes “full responsibility” for its performance in Michigan prisons “while operating in a highly charged political environment that included repeated false claims.”. “Ultimately, we were unable to resolve a number of shared issues and as a result we mutually agreed with MDOC to end the contract”.

Washington said the company will be held accountable for the $200,000 fine assessed by Gov. Rick Snyder.

Aramark released a statement Monday saying.

The Michigan Department of Corrections is cutting its ties with the beleaguered food provider Aramark over contractual differences, in a development that comes after the company’s allegedly unsanitary and unsafe working conditions made headlines in the state and around the country.