Visakha District Schools MDM Privatized from 15.9.2018

Dated: 05/07/2018 Sub:- School Education – Establishment of Centralized Kitched in 9 identified clusters in Visakhapatnam District - Supply of hygine and Healthy Hot cooked food under Mid Day Meals Scheme - Work allottment orders were issued to the Nav Prayas Delhi Mou Entered between two parties w.e.f. 15.9.2018 - Notice served to the cokking Agenacies for withdrawing the present system of cooking - Necessary instructions to the Mandal Educational Officers - Issued Regarding.
File No.DEO-MDMOMNT/11/2018-SA(MDM)-DEOVSP

Visakha District Schools MDM Privatized from 15.9.2018 


PROCEEDINGS OF THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER :: VISAKHAPATNAM Present : Sri B. Lingeswara Reddy, M.A., M.Ed., 
Dated: 05/07/2018 
Sub:- School Education - Establishment of Centralized Kitchen in 9 identified clusters in Visakhapatnam district - Supply of hygiene and Healthy Hot cooked food under Mid Day Meals Scheme (MDMS) - Work allotment orders were issued to the Nav Prayas, Delhi - MOU entered between two parties w.e.f., 15.09.2018 - Notices served to the Cooking Agencies for withdrawing the present system of cooking - Necessary instructions to the Mandal Educational Officers - Issued - Regarding.
Ref:-
  • 1] Progs.Rc.No.404/MDM/2017 dated 17-05-2018 of the Commissioner of School Education, A.P., Amaravathi. 
  • 2] Model Memorandum of understanding between CSE and DEO's. 
  • 3] Lr.Rc.No.NP/2018-19/33 dated 21.05.2018 of Manager, Nav Prayas, S-606/ 607, Ground Floor Park End Apartment, School Block Shakarpur, Delhi-110092 along with Work allotment orders Progs.Rc.No.404/MDM/2017 dated 17-05-2018 of the Commissioner of School Education, A.P., Amaravathi. 
  • 4] Note orders dated 05.06.2018 of the District Collector, Visakhapatnam. 
  • 5] File No. DEO-MDMOMNT/11/2018-SA(MDM)-DEOVSP, Dated 13.06.2018 of the District Educational Officer, Visakhapatnam. 
  • 6] Your office Ref.No. NP/18-19/33, Dated 14.06.2018. 
  • 7] Note orders dated 27.06.2018 of the District Educational Officer, Visakhapatnam. 
  • 8] Lr.Rc.No.NP/2018-19/77 dated 30.06.2018 of Manager, Nav Prayas, S-606/607, Ground Floor Park End Apartment, School Block Shakarpur, Delhi-110092 
  • 9] MOU dated 02.07.2018 between the District Educational Officer, Visakhapatnam and Nav Prayas, Delhi. 
The Commissioner of School Education, Andhra Pradesh, Amaravathi has permitted the Nav Prayas, Delhi a Non-Government Organization in Visakhapatnam to establish 9 Centralized Kitchens in the following centres to serve hot and cooked food to the school children under Mid-day-Meal scheme with an objective to provide hygiene, health and nutritious food to the school children in the reference 1st cited.

Annexure showing the Mandals Covered

  • Further, the Commissioner of School Education, Andhra Pradesh, Amaravathi has requested the District Educational Officers before entering into the MOU the following shall be ensured 
  • a. Prior to entering into MOU the entire issue shall have the approval of the District Collector. 
  • b. The buffer stock of food grains lying with those schools shall be made available to the agency immediately. 
  • C. The Eggs shall be supplied by the supplier to the door steps of Cluster Kitchen. With regard to agencies like Akshya Patra. Which is not willing to handle eggs, the same may be supplied at school points, boiled and delivered as part of MDM. The supplier shall lift the food grains form MLS points on the basis of Release Orders issued by the Civil Supplies Department based on allotted number of children and working days. e. Monthly report shall be expedited by the Supplier to the Commissioner of School Education with regard to lifting and utilization of food grains number of children covered through Automated Monitoring System. 
  • In view of the above instructions, as per the note orders of the District Collector, Visakhapatnam and as per the declaration submitted by the Proprietor, Nav Prayas, Delhi vide reference 8th cited, declaring that, they will be supplied "Hot Cooked Food" to the children of the above schools as per the condition mentioned in the MOU from 15.09.2018, a MOU is entered with the NGO on 02.07.2018. 
  • In view of the above, all the Mandal Educational Officers mentioned above are requested to issue notices to the Cooking Agencies under their jurisdiction that, the present system of cooking will be withdrawn from 15.09.2018 and to ensure that the buffer stock of food grains lying with those schools shall be made available to the Centralized Kitchen Agency i.e., Nav Prayas, Delhi. And further, the Mandal Educational Officers are requested to serve notices to all the Cooking Agencies under their jurisdiction immediately by taking acknowledgements from the cooking agencies and submit the copy of acknowledgements to this office by 10.07.2018 without fail (a model copy of notice enclosed). 
  • The failure will be treated as seriously and responsibility will be placed against the Mandal Educational Officer for not serving notices to the cooking agencies under their jurisdiction well in advance and a suitable disciplinary action may be taken against them if any failure in this regard.