20250512 - Pahaska Concession Services

Reference the RFI for full requirement details. Email DPR.Proposals@denvergov.org with any questions about your submission. 

Letters of Interest should include the following elements:

1. Qualifications & Experience

1. Provide the name and address of your company, the number of years your company has been in operation, and the size of your staff. Provide the name and contact information for the individual authorized to represent your company and execute contracts. Indicate unique features of your company that make you best suited to fulfill the requested services.
2. Describe your qualifications and experience managing food and beverage concession services for the public, including any food service permits held.
3. Describe any relevant experience you have with making capital improvements to restaurant interiors, including any associated bonding requirements.
4. Describe your qualifications and experience with Native American cuisine and merchandising, including purposefully sourced ingredients, indigenous-made products, and locally crafted goods. Describe your qualifications and experience managing cultural programming if applicable.

2. Approach

1. Describe your proposed concession services for the site, including staffing plans, customer service philosophy, marketing strategies, and preliminary site set-up and improvement plans.
2. Describe your approach to retail merchandising, including sourcing and display of local and indigenous products.
3. Describe your approach to cultural programming that enhances visitor understanding of indigenous foodways and the history and culture of the American West.   
4. Provide a list of the entity names and contact information for any partnerships and/or subcontractors you may anticipate utilizing to fulfill the concession services.

3. Financial Backing

1. Describe your ability to fund the initial set-up, ongoing management of the Concession Site, and payment of compensation to the City.
2. Describe your ability to meet bonding requirements if applicable.
3. Describe your potential interest in capital improvement investment if applicable.
4. Indicate if your company or any of its partners, owners, or principals have ever filed Chapter 7, 11, and/or 13 in Bankruptcy Court. If so, provide the date, court jurisdiction, amount of liabilities and assets, and current status.

4. Questions

1. Describe the challenges you may anticipate for operating the Concession Site, including questions you may have for the City in anticipation of preparing a formal proposal submission to the upcoming RFP.