CONCESSION AT CAFE BUILDING AND KIOSK 2 AT FORDHAM PLAZA IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX, SOLICITATION NUMBER: 84125BXAD680

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)

The City of New York (“City”) through its Department of Transportation (“DOT”) is seeking a concessionaire for the development, operation, and maintenance of a food, beverage and/or merchandise concession at the Café Building (“Café Building”) and—Small Kiosk, Middle (“Kiosk 2”) at Fordham Plaza located at Fordham Road, Third Avenue and East 189 ^th Street in the Borough of the Bronx (“Fordham Plaza” or “Plaza”).

TERM

DOT is seeking a concessionaire for one (1) ten-year term with two (2) five-year renewal options, exercisable at DOT’s sole discretion. No longer term will be considered.  This concession will be operated pursuant to a license agreement issued by DOT; no leasehold or other proprietary right is offered.

PROJECT MANAGER

The Project Manager for this concession is Will Godovskiy. All RFP questions and/or inquiries should be directed to him. He may be reached at:

Email: vgodovskiy@dot.nyc.gov

Phone: (212) 839-6970

Fax: (212) 839-9895

RFP TIMETABLE

The following schedule has been established for this RFP:

RFP Release Date:                             February 26, 2025

Recommended Proposer

Site Tour: March 12, 2025 at 11AM

Recommended Proposer Virtual

Meeting: (Morning) March 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM

(Evening) March 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Proposals Due:                                  April 11, 2025 at 2 PM

Meetings (if any):                               Week of April 21, 2025

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If you have a physical disability and cannot deliver your proposal to 55 Water Street, please contact the Project Manager at least 48 hours prior to the deadline and alternate arrangements can be made.

STRONGLY RECOMMENDED PROPOSER SITE TOUR & VIRTUAL MEETINGS

There will be a strongly recommended on-site tour on March 12, 2025 at 11 AM and virtual proposer meeting on March 13, 2025 2025 at 10 AM (morning) and March 18, 2025 at 6 PM (evening).  Proposers can attend either one of the meetings. The on-site proposer site tour will begin with a tour of the Café Building followed by a tour of the kiosk. We will be meeting at Fordham Plaza under the canopy at the Café Building doors in the northeast corner of the plaza near the corner of Fordham Road and Third Avenue.

There will be two opportunities to attend a virtual proposer meeting. The morning session will take place on Zoom on  March 13, 2025 at 10 AM. The evening session will take place on Zoom on March 18, 2025 at 6 PM. The Zoom meeting information is as follows:

Morning:

Meeting ID: 935 0001 7945

Passcode: 966082

Link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/4SPmRpkTTjKPapuYW0xzvw

Evening:

Meeting ID: 958 8665 4895

Passcode: 472532

Link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/EGxSJ1TkT5OT6ybuWmvMiQ

Dial-in number available upon Zoom meeting registration.

If you are considering responding to this RFP, please make every effort to either attend an on-site tour or virtual proposer meeting. DOT will view favorably proposers that attended either the on-site tour or virtual proposer meeting.

MEETINGS

The Selection Committee may decide to contact certain proposers with a virtual meeting or over the phone during the week of April 21, 2025. This is the only week meetings will be held. Therefore, it is recommended that proposers be available to meet with the Selection Committee.