Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) issues this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) from individuals, groups, organizations and businesses (Respondents) to provide innovative, diverse, active, fun, educational and reliable high-quality programming in Salesforce Park (Park) on a seasonal and/or recurring basis to enhance the public’s experience while in the Park. Through this RFQ, the TJPA intends to create a list of pre-qualified Respondents from which the TJPA may later partner. As the TJPA identifies specific needs for public programs and activities in the Park in the future, the TJPA intends to reach out to some or all of the Respondents on the pre-qualified list regarding their availability and to request specific proposals for programs or activities. The TJPA would then evaluate the submitted proposals for alignment between the applicants’ qualifications and the needs/requests of the TJPA, and negotiate key terms of a contract with the selected Respondent (e.g., scope of activity, schedule, financial terms) to provide that specific program or activity. The TJPA’s intent is to facilitate numerous activations with this RFQ; accordingly, the TJPA may enter multiple agreements with Respondents at its sole and absolute discretion. While it is the TJPA’s goal to provide an opportunity for each prequalified Respondent, no Respondent is guaranteed a contract. The TJPA may issue subsequent Requests for Qualifications at future dates to supplement the pre-qualified list and/or fill seasonal needs for public programs and activities. Over the past three years, the Park has hosted over twenty regularly scheduled community programs a week, all free and open to the public. The Park’s programming is split into two 6- month seasons – May to October (high season) and November to April (low season). The high season involves summer programs and offers a more intense schedule of events to the public. An individual program’s schedule typically adheres to one of these seasons or is offered year-round. A typical programming partner will be involved in programming at the Park for a weekly, biweekly or monthly program, which can span a few weeks or months, or be a stand-alone series. Programs should be one to three hours in duration and be compatible with limited power availability and offer flexibility with regard to set-up on site. Programming generally falls into one or more of these categories: o Arts and Culture o Children and Families o Hobbies and Interests o Fitness and Wellness o Live Entertainment and\or Dance
