UNITE HERE 11 urges Yavapai County to replace Aramark

UNITE HERE Local 11 has released a letter urging the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office and Board of Supervisors to replace Aramark through a request for proposals, or RFP.

Services named in the letter

The letter concerns three areas of county service: food, commissary and banking. It calls for those services to be considered through an RFP process rather than continuing with Aramark.

County officials addressed

The letter is directed to the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office and the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors is the county body named alongside the Sheriff’s Office in the request.

What the request means

An RFP is a formal process through which an organization asks businesses to submit proposals for work or services. The letter urges county officials to use that process in considering a replacement for Aramark.

The release identifies UNITE HERE Local 11 as the organization making the request. It does not establish whether the Sheriff’s Office or Board of Supervisors has acted on the request.