(A)
When an AAA
procures for congregate dining project(s) or home-delivered meals project(s),
the AAA is subject to rules 173-3-04, 173-3-05, 173-3-05.1, and
173-3-06 of the Administrative
Code and this rule.
(B)
When an AAA procures for congregate dining project(s)
or home-delivered meal project(s), the AAA shall procure for person direction
by one of the following competitive procurement methods:
(1)
Procurement by
the competitive-proposal method defined in
45 C.F.R.
75.329:
(a)
Allow the highest
level(s) of person direction that providers offer in bid(s) to determine what
are responsive level(s) of person direction for its PSA.
(b)
Indicate in the
request for proposal (RFP) that a responsive bid is a bid in which the provider
explains how it proposes to offer person direction.
(c)
Award the
AAA-provider agreement(s) to the provider(s) offering the most-responsive
bid(s)that is based on a score on the level of person direction that each
provider's bid offers in the score determining the responsiveness of a
bid.
(2)
Procurement by the sealed-bid, small-purchase, and
micro-purchase methods defined in
45 C.F.R.
75.329:
(a)
Determine the
level of person direction that providers in the PSA are capable of offering
without basing the AAA's calculations of this level solely on the willingness
of providers who are currently in AAA-provider agreements with the
AAA.
(b)
Indicate in the RFP that a responsive bid is a bid in
which the provider explains how it proposes to meet or exceed the level of
person direction that the AAA determined providers in the PSA are capable of
offering.
(c)
Award the AAA-provider agreement(s) to the provider(s)
offering the most-responsive bid(s) that is based on a score on the level of
person direction that each provider's bid offers in the score determining the
responsiveness of a bid.
(C)
During a state of
emergency declared by the governor or a federal public health emergency,
paragraph (B) of this rule does not apply with regard to dining formats,
location, delivery methods, times, and frequencies.
(D)
Definition for
this rule: "Person direction" means a subset of person-centered methodology.
While person-centered methodology requires providers to work with consumers to
determine what is best for the consumers, person direction allows consumers to
decide what is best for themselves from a range of viable options. Person
direction over congregate and home-delivered meals allows consumers to control
the direction of their meals.
Giving consumers options between dining
formats, locations, and times; allowing consumers to enjoy multi-generational
dining; giving consumers options between entrees at each mealtime; and giving
consumers options between one entree and the sides that accompany it and at
least one other entree and the sides that accompany it (even if consumers
exchange entrees or sides between two or more complete meal options) are
examples of possible ways to offer person direction to consumers through
congregate nutrition projects.
Giving consumers options between
delivery formats (e.g., warm, frozen, chilled), options between delivery times
(e.g., morning, afternoon), and options between delivery frequencies (e.g.,
per-meal delivery, periodic delivery); options between entrees at each
mealtime; and options between one entree and the sides that accompany it and at
least one other entree and the sides that accompany it (even if consumers
exchange entrees or sides between two or more complete meal options) are
examples of possible ways to offer person direction to consumers through
home-delivered meals programs.
Replaces: 173-4-04
