Provision of Hot School Meals – St. Anne's Special School, Roscrea 19370O

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The Board of Management of St. Anne's Special School, Roscrea is seeking proposals for the provision of Hot School Meals under the School Meals Scheme through the Department of Social Protection (DSP) and is dependent on the level of DSP funding approved for each academic year. The School intends to facilitate the availability of this service each day of the school year for 49 students. The school calendar will be furnished to the Successful Tenderer at the start of each academic year. Provision of hot school meals for approximately 49 students attending St. Anne's Special School, Roscrea. The successful contractor will be required to provide safe, nutritious and high-quality meals to meet a wide range of individual dietary, medical and sensory needs, including food allergies, texture-modified diets, dysphagia (swallowing difficulties), special dietary requirements, and sensory-related food preferences, in accordance with individual student care plans where applicable. The successful contractor must be able to accommodate frequent changes to individual pupil dietary requirements during the school year arising from clinical recommendations, Speech and Language Therapy advice, Occupational Therapy recommendations, allergy diagnoses or other medical needs.