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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to enter into a concession agreement with The Paradies Shops for provision of gift/news services at the Long Beach Airport. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
The Long Beach Airport Terminal facilities currently have 10,542 sq. ft. utilized for
concession service and sales, including food, beverage, gift, news and retail convenience
items. The current concession operator, El Dorado Services, has operated from January
30, 1994 under a IO-year {five-year plus five-year option) lease agreement, and for the past
year-and-a-half has been operating under a month-to-month holdover agreement.
In May 2004, Airport staff, working with Airport Concession Consultants (ACC), a nationally
known airport concessions consultant group, began the process of selecting a concession
operator(s) in order to upgrade product offerings, enhance revenue to the Airport Fund,
encourage investmenthpgrade in facilities, and maximize the potential to blend the
concession area theming with the Airport's rich history. A wide outreach was conducted
including local, regional, and national exposure.
Initially, interested food/beverage and gifthews operators were required to submit
background and financial statements, in order to be pre-qualified to continue in the process.
Sixteen companies, from all over the United States, became qualified. As is common in the
industry, interested parties were allowed to provide the pre-qualification information for the
food/beverage, giftshews, or both concession opportunities.
In April 2005, requests for proposals (RFPs) were given to the pre-qualified companies, and
a pre-bid meeting was held at SkyLinks Golf Course on April 18, 2005. Attendees were
briefed on the Airport's concession program selection criteria, which were developed from
customer feedback, Long Beach airline input, consultant's industry benchmarks and
consideration of the Terminal's historical context. These criteria include the following:
Proposed con...
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