REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
February 9, 2017
FROM: Michael Lima, Finance Director/Controller
Finance Department
SUBJECT
Title
Consent and Approval of a Contract for Food and Beverage Concession Services at Chukchansi Park with Professional Sports Catering, LLC.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council consent to and award a five (5) year contract for food and beverage concession services to Professional Sports Catering, LLC.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff recommends the awarding of a five-year contract to Professional Sports Catering, LLC (PSC), who provided the most responsive and responsible response to the Request for Proposals (RFP) for food and beverage concession services at Chukchansi Park. The company will staff and operate the food concession services at Chukchansi Park during events held at the stadium. The selected consultant demonstrated a comprehensive management and branding strategy for the concessions at Chukchansi Park. PSC has proposed a compensation structure that is projected to generate $8.25 million over the term of the contract.
BACKGROUND
With the expiration of the previous stadium concessions services contract held by Ovations Fanfare L.P., doing business as Spectra Food Services & Hospitality, the City and the Fresno Baseball Club agreed to issue an RFP for the purpose of soliciting bids on the food and beverage concession service at Chukchansi Park. An RFP was issued in July 2016, with responses due the first week of August 2016. After requests were made for walkthroughs of the stadium by several potential proposers, the bid opening date was delayed to August 12, 2016. Five (5) proposals were received and subsequently opened on the revised submission deadline.
An RFP review committee (Committee) consisting of the Assistant City Manager, the Finance Director/Controller, the Parks Director, and the General Manager of the Fresno Grizzlies was established to review the proposals (see attached Report from ...
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