Summary of Specifications:
The Arapahoe Library District (ALD) is seeking a partnership with a qualified, reliable, local coffee vendor. The selected vendor will provide outstanding product and advisory services so that ALD can provide beverages, snacks, and fresh food items to library patrons and employees at Koelbel and Smoky Hill Libraries. Arapahoe Library District is comprised of eight branch libraries and a mobile library. Our libraries are busy, bustling community centers that provide relevant programs and materials for more than 250,000 people. Koelbel Library is a 45,000 square foot, full-service public library located in Centennial. The 20-year-old facility is being remodeled in order to refresh and restore the facility and to reconfigure key areas of the library, creating space for new and enhanced user experiences, including a café and used book store. In 2013, Koelbel Library had 370,212 people walk through the doors. ALD provided 884 programs, with 27,866 people in attendance. The Koelbel Library community meeting rooms accommodated 23,000 people in 5,000 meetings. In addition, Smoky Hill Library, the location of ALD’s second café, had 537,240 people walk through the doors last year. Smoky Hill produced 1,413 programs with a total of 39,840 people in attendance. The meeting rooms held 4,700 meetings with 23,500 people in attendance. We are seeking a one year contract with four possible one-year renewals beginning January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015. Continuation of the contract beyond the initial period is the prerogative of ALD and not a right of the vendor. Renewals will be made only when such continuation is clearly in the best interest of ALD.
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