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THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234

Office of P-20 Education Policy
Child Nutrition Program Administration
89 Washington Avenue, Room 375 EBA, Albany, NY 12234
Phone: (518) 473-8781 Fax: (518) 473-0018
To: 
School Food Service Directors/Managers
From: 
Child Nutrition Program Administration
Date: 
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Subject: 
Request for Proposal for the FY22 National School Lunch Program Equipment Assistance Grant for School Food Authorities
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) Child Nutrition Program Office has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the FY22 National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Equipment Assistance Grant for School Food Authorities (SFAs).
  • RFP GC23-010 is posted at Grants Administered by NYSED: 
https://www.p12.nysed.gov/funding/2022-national-school-lunch-program/hom...
  • Questions regarding this grant must be emailed to foodequip@nysed.gov by February 28, 2023. A Questions and Answers Summary will be posted to the link above by March 14, 2023.
  • Fully completed applications including all required pieces must be uploaded into the SharePoint site by 5:00 p.m. on March 31, 2023.

Submission Process

A SharePoint site for application submissions has been created for this RFP. Permission to access the SharePoint site for uploading applications is granted by the NYSED Child Nutrition Program Office. The SharePoint site exists only to upload completed applications and is not used to complete the application itself. Please see the “FY22 SharePoint Instructions”. 

All food service directors, business officials and child nutrition fiscal contacts entered in the Child Nutrition Management System (CNMS) will be sent an email invitation to gain access to the SharePoint website. Please allow 24-48 business hours from the posting of the RFP to receive this email invitation.

Potential applicants that did not receive the invitation email should request an invitation via foodequip@nysed.gov. The email request must contain the SFA name, SFA LEA code, the individual’s name, title, and email that wishes to be granted access to the SharePoint site. 

Invitation requests for SharePoint will be accepted and approved until 4:00 pm March 31, 2023. Requests to access SharePoint after this time will not be granted.

It is recommended that the SFA administration designate only one duly authorized user to upload all submissions for the SFA. 

For additional information, please review the grant application documents at the link above and email foodequip@nysed.gov with any questions.

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