Jail Food Services

2026-11-03

The NYE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS is accepting proposals for Jail Food Services for the Nye County Detention Center located at 1521 E . Siri Lane , Pahrump NV 89060 , Nye County , Nevada . SPECIFICATIONS 2 . 1 INTENT The Nye County Board of Commissioners is accepting proposals from a licensed Contractor to provide Jail Food Services at the Nye County Detention Center . The average inmate population is anticipated to be one hundred seventy - five ( 175 ) inmates . 2 . 2 SCOPE OF WORK In general , Nye County is requesting proposals for the provision of food services to include : Pahrump Jail : Inmate Food Service : Nye County is requesting proposals for the provision of food services to include inmate feeding seven ( 7 ) days per week and program support services for an approximate population of one hundred seventy - five ( 175 ) inmates . Each inmate shall be provided with a minimum of two ( 2 ) hot meals per day and one ( 1 ) cold meal , serving a total of approximately five hundred twenty - five ( 525 ) meals daily . Staff Food Service : The proposal shall include the provision of food services for Nye County Sheriff ’ s Office employees upon request . Commissary : Contractor shall operate and manage Commissary services and distribute once per week to inmates . SCOPE OF WORK ( PHASE I ) A ) Description of Current Operation 1 ) Pahrump Jail Inmate Food Service : a ) Nye County is requesting proposals for the provision of food services to include inmate feeding seven ( 7 ) days per week and program support services for an approximate population of one hundred seventy - five ( 175 ) inmates . Each inmate shall be provided with a minimum of two ( 2 ) hot meals and one cold meal per day , serving approximately five hundred twenty - five ( 525 ) meals daily . b ) Custody Deputies supervise Inmate workers delivering meals to each living area . Meals are delivered in hot carts on insulated trays . c ) The current Inmate meal schedule is as follows : Breakfast 630 Lunch Served with Breakfast Dinner 1600 1 . Each Contractor must consider all of Section 1 above in the response to Phase I of the proposal . 2 ) Staff Food Service : The proposal shall include the provision of food services for Nye County Sheriff ’ s Office employees upon request . a ) The price per meal charged shall be determined by taking the actual meals served each day times the contract price for that number of meals for each category . The Nye County Sheriff ’ s Office shall be billed only for actual meals served . 3 ) Food Storage : a ) Food is received , stored , prepared , and served at the Pahrump facility located at 1520 E . Basin Ave Pahrump , NV 89060 . 4 ) Inmate Work Crews : a ) Food preparation is currently accomplished with an inmate labor force consisting of six ( 6 ) inmates per shift . These inmate crews perform all the hands - on cooking , food preparation and packaging of food items throughout each shift for all meals . These inmate crews additionally help with baking , storage rotation , truck unloading and staff cooking . Other assignments include utensil and kitchen clean - up .

Nevada

2026-05-01