Not every city is afraid of a "food fight"
Mayor White and City Council may not have the stomach for a bidding battle over the right to operate food concessions at Bush Intercontinental, but Albuquerque, New Mexico, has no such qualms. That city is currently soliciting Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for its airport food concessions contract:
DESIGN, DEVELOP AND OPERATE FOOD CONCESSIONS AT THE ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL SUNPORT - MANDATORY PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING: 09/13/2007, 10:00 A.M. (LOCAL TIME)
RFP Number : RFP2008-003-SB
Closing Date: 11/15/2007
Albuquerque's website even includes a helpful definition of an RFP:
Request for Proposals (RFP) involve situations where the award cannot be made on lowest price alone. Proposals are primarily for services, or include services, and a scope of services is provided by the City. Responses are evaluated by a committee with a predetermined evaluation criteria that encompasses more than price and allows for evaluation of proposals best accomplishing the scope of services. Full details of all current Requests for Proposals are available for free to everyone.
The definition doesn't mention donations to elected officials, or a current vendor's less-than-expected revenues as part of the evaluation process. Go figure.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 09/16/07 01:39 PM | Print |
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