Food Concessions Services
- Client
- Columbus, Ohio
- RFP Number
- FOOD-11239
- Posted
- 10/16/2026
- Category
- Live Animals, Poultry, Food, Beverage, Catering Services and Supplies, Vending Machines
- Budget
- Looking for Proposals
- NAICS
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- Set-aside
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- Contact
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Description
AI GeneratedThe government authority in Columbus, OH requires a vendor to operate a snack bar or restaurant to provide food concession services based on park use demands. The selected vendor must comply with restrictions prohibiting tobacco, vape, drugs, and other chemical substances, while using a contracted beverage supplier as the exclusive provider for permissible locations. Only onshore USA organizations are eligible to submit proposals for this opportunity, and work performance will occur offsite. Potential applicants must submit all questions regarding the solicitation no later than October 30, 2026.
Key solicitation details
AI-extracted from FDECD080-8373-4471-8379-DABE4396D99E.pdf. Confirm against the original documents before bidding.
The City of Columbus Recreation and Parks Department is issuing a Request for Information to compile information from vendors for onsite food concession operations and potential sponsorship at Kilbourne Run Sports Park. Responding vendors will help the city draft a future request for proposal. The solicitation is open to onshore US organizations.
- Issued by
- City of Columbus Recreation and Parks Department - Sports Office
- Inspection of concession area and facility
- October 27th between 9am and 4pm
- Guided site visits
- Tuesday, October 27th from 9 AM – 4 PM
- Questions related to this request due
- 5:00 PM on Friday October 30th, 2026
- Answers to questions posted
- 5:00 PM Tuesday November 3rd, 2026
- Submittal due date and time
- 5:00 PM on Friday November 6, 2026
- How to submit
- Submission details
- All information should be submitted via email to Dustin Ware ([email protected]).
- Contract term
- 5 years, from 3/1/2027 to 2/28/2032
- Place of performance
- Kilbourne Run Sports Complex, Columbus, Ohio
- Insurance and bonding
- Commercial Liability Insurance: Bodily Injury ($500,000 Each Person / $1,000,000 Each Accident), Property Damage ($500,000 Each Accident / $1,000,000 All Accidents) naming CRPD as additional insured. Insurance for sexual, physical, and verbal abuse: $2,000,000.00 per occurrence and $6,000,000.00 aggregate. Workers' Compensation compliance.
How proposals are evaluated
| Plan of Operation: Service and Method | |
| Management Ability: Experience and past performance in similar operations | |
| Financial ability of Bidder to successfully operate the facilities for the term of the Contract | |
| Performance evaluation by the CRPD of vendor's similar operations | |
| Location preference (City of Columbus, then State of Ohio when other considerations are equal) |
Scope of work
- Furnish food and beverage services
- Operate a snack bar or restaurant as park use demands
- Sell miscellaneous refreshments, standard menu items, confectionary, and approved non-menu merchandise
- Provide pouring rights items from designated contracted beverage supplier
- Perform daily cleaning, housekeeping, and normal maintenance of concession facility and City equipment
- Provide equipment, supplies, services, and reporting necessary for food service operations
- Optionally provide sponsorship and naming rights to the concession facility with potential park picnic shelter access
Minimum qualifications
- Ability to obtain all required permits by the State of Ohio and follow Columbus City Code
- Ability to record all sales on a sealed cash register or acceptable point of sale system
- Compliance with all Workers' Compensation laws of the State of Ohio
Documents to include with the bid
- Company qualifications in respect to food service operation including equipment, supplies, services, and reporting
- Name, address, phone, and e-mail of contact person for the company
- Number of years the company has been in service
- List or description of current customer base
- Description of services offered in respect to specifications
- Narrative of concession approach at sports complex
- Description of vendor product line
- Experience questionnaire and plan of operation
- Personal financial statement (individuals and partnerships) or most recent annual financial statement (corporations)
Verify important details
Document checkConfirm submission instructions and amendments with the issuing agency before responding.
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