To: Martin L. Cousineau, Finance Committee Chairperson
From: Pamela Coleman, GCCARD Director
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RE: Approval of a request by GCCARD for a purchase order to Abbott Laboratories, in an amount not to exceed $82,000.00, for the purchase of Ensure nutritional shakes and ancillary supplies for bottle-fed infants to be utilized by GCCARD's Nutrition and Head Start programs for a period commencing October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
The Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (GCCARD) requests authorization from this committee to obtain a Purchase Order (PO) to Abbott Laboratories in an amount not to exceed $82,000.00 for Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27), with a recommendation of approval by the full Genesee County Board of Commissioners at their next regularly scheduled meeting.
BACKGROUND:
GCCARD’s Nutrition Services program works in tandem with the Valley Area Agency on Aging (VAAA) and the Genesee County Office of Senior Services (GCOSS) Senior Millage to deliver Ensure nutritional shakes to Genesee County senior citizens. Abbott Laboratories is the manufacturer of Ensure and is the only vendor available to directly ship large quantities. GCCARD’s Head Start program also utilizes Abbott Laboratories for ancillary supplies for bottle-fed infants in Early Head Start.
DISCUSSION:
This PO is to run from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, and is to be utilized by GCCARD’s Nutrition Services program and Head Start program.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
There will be no impact on Human Resources.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
Funds for this PO are to be allocated to the following fund numbers: Head Start 2802-698.06-763.000 and 2801-698.06-763.000 and Nutrition Services 2731-697.14-762.000, 2731-697.15-762.000 and 2733-697.15-762.000. Not to Exceed $82,000.00. No General fund appropriation is required for this request.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
There will be no impact on Facilities.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
There will be no impact on technology.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
This memorandum conforms to Genesee County’s priorities of Healthy, Livable and Safe Communities and Inclusive, Collaborative Culture as we collaborate with other agencies to ensure access to nutritional products for eligible, low-income Genesee County seniors and provide supplies for bottle-fed infants participating in Early Head Start.
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Director of the Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (GCCARD) to authorize an expenditure, in the form of a Purchase Order to Abbott Laboratories, for the purchase of Ensure nutritional shakes and ancillary supplies for bottle-fed infants to be utilized by GCCARD’s Nutrition Services and Head Start programs, in an amount not to exceed $82,000.00 for the period commencing October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documents being on file with the official records of the September 16, 2026 meeting of the Finance Committee of this Board).