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Cleaning and building management handed to a contractor for $18 million
What happened
On April 27, 2026 the board awarded a five-year contract for custodial and management services to Aramark for $17,989,782.89, running from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031, by nine votes to none. The tender behind it was authorised as a competitive-contracting process at the December 15, 2025 meeting.
Why it matters to families
Custodians are the staff who keep buildings clean and safe day to day, and moving the work to an outside company changes who employs them and who answers when something is not done. At about $18 million over five years it is also one of the largest single commitments the board made in the year.
The evidence
The April 27, 2026 Regular Action Meeting minutes record: 'BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board hereby awards a contract for Custodial and Management Services to Aramark in the amount of $17,989,782.89 for the period of July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031,' approved nine votes to none. The December 15, 2025 minutes record the authorisation of the competitive-contracting process for those services.
The source
Regular Action Meeting minutes, April 27, 2026See the full record for Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District.
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