The City of Clearwater is soliciting proposals from qualified firms for the operation, maintenance, and management of concession facilities at Pier 60 and the Barefoot Beach House on Clearwater Beach. Services include food and retail concessions, beach equipment rentals, restroom operations, facility maintenance, and required capital improvements. Proposers must have the ability to operate both sites and submit a single bid to operate both sites. The selected operator will be responsible for providing high-quality customer service, ensuring safe and clean facilities, and maximizing revenues to the City while maintaining compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and standards.
• The proposal should include a cover letter and executive summary, qualifications, experience, and key personnel, operations plan, concession menu and retail program, beach rental program, maintenance plan, community engagement, partnerships, and references, and financial capacity and compensation.
• The City will evaluate proposals based on responsiveness, responsibility, and technical proposal/price.
• The contract term is 377 days, and the City may accept the proposal at any time during this period.
• The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals or any part thereof and to waive minor irregularities, defects, omissions, technicalities, or form errors in any proposal.