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Consider a memorandum/resolution approving use of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the selection of a food service and beverage concession tenant at Killeen Fort Hood Regional Airport.
SUMMARY
DATE: October 17, 2017
TO: Ronald L. Olson, City Manager
FROM: Matthew Van Valkenburgh A.A.E., Executive Director of Aviation
SUBJECT: USE OF A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FOR THE SELECTION OF A FOOD SERVICE AND BEVERAGE CONCESSION TENANT AT KILLEEN FORT HOOD REGIONAL AIRPORT
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
The Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport terminal building was originally built and designed with a common food court area surrounded by two types of food/beverage facilities. The north side of the area included a full kitchen and food service area while the south side was designed as a bar. When the airport initially opened in 2004, one company operated a Subway franchise sandwich shop from the north side and another company operated a bar on the south side. In 2010 the bar operator closed and the facility was leased to Green Beans Coffee, Inc. who operated a coffee bar with associated pastries and snacks also offered. In June 2016, the Subway franchise closed; that space has remained vacant. In November 2016, the Green Beans Coffee, Inc. assigned the lease agreement to a partnership who continued the business as a franchise operation. On September 20, 2017, the coffee bar business was closed and the tenant requested early termination of the lease agreement. As a result of the closure of these businesses, the airport has no on-site prepared / served food or drink service available. The only food and drink services currently available are prepackaged products either through vending machines or the gift shop.
It is staff’s recommendation to seek proposals from qualified food, drink, and bar vendors to operate the available food and beverage facilities at the airport as a concession operation.
The RFP process will allow the p...
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