Food may be coming soon to GHC
Lesley Mathis
Issue date: 4/21/09 Section: News
The students at Georgia Highlands have gone a whole year without food available for them on campus, but if everything goes according to plan, they may be able to stay on school property for lunch next year.
Cynthia Parker, procurement officer at GHC, has said that she is hoping to have a request for proposals posted before the fall semester of next year.
"Once the request for proposals is posted, food service vendors of all types and sizes may present their proposal for providing food service to GHC Campuses (Floyd and Cartersville)," said Parker.
Following that process, Parker said that a committee of staff from GHC will pick two to three of the vendors.
Later, she and Rob Whitaker, vice president of finance and Administration, will interview those companies and decide which one would be best for the college.
"The awarded vendor will be asked to start immediately," Parker said.
Parker said that the food service at the Cartersville campus may be handled differently, and it may have a different vendor than the Floyd campus.
News of food on campus has most of the students at Georgia Highlands feeling relieved that the school could have done something sooner.
"It really was inconvenient to not have food on campus. If you get hungry between classes, there are limited options as to what you should do. I hope this new food will work out well for our school," said Mandy Bracket, a business administration major from Rome.
Cynthia Parker, procurement officer at GHC, has said that she is hoping to have a request for proposals posted before the fall semester of next year.
"Once the request for proposals is posted, food service vendors of all types and sizes may present their proposal for providing food service to GHC Campuses (Floyd and Cartersville)," said Parker.
Following that process, Parker said that a committee of staff from GHC will pick two to three of the vendors.
Later, she and Rob Whitaker, vice president of finance and Administration, will interview those companies and decide which one would be best for the college.
"The awarded vendor will be asked to start immediately," Parker said.
Parker said that the food service at the Cartersville campus may be handled differently, and it may have a different vendor than the Floyd campus.
News of food on campus has most of the students at Georgia Highlands feeling relieved that the school could have done something sooner.
"It really was inconvenient to not have food on campus. If you get hungry between classes, there are limited options as to what you should do. I hope this new food will work out well for our school," said Mandy Bracket, a business administration major from Rome.
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