STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Transportation & Infrastructure
AGENDA DATE: September 25, 2024
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Department of Aviation
EXECUTIVE: Dev Rastogi
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a new seven-year concession contract with one, two-year renewal term with CBC SSP America DAL, LLC for food and beverage concessions services at Dallas Love Field Airport, branded as Catch One - Estimated Revenue: Aviation Fund $225,000.00
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BACKGROUND
On April 28, 2023, ("Concession Effective Date"), a Month-to-Month Concession Agreement was executed. (The by and between CBC SSP America DAL, LLC ("Concessionaire"), a Texas limited liability company (hereinafter referred to as "CONCESSIONAIRE"), and the City of Dallas.
Pursuant to the requirements of Administrative Directive 4-05, the Department of Aviation requested and received approval from the City Manager's office to contract with CBC SSP America DAL, LLC for food and beverage concession services branded as Catch One in Suite C2170 at Dallas Love Field Airport. An exception to the concessions contracts procurement process allows the city manager, with assistance from the initiating department, to procure a concession contract through an informal process, rather than by Request for Bids (RFB) or Request for Proposals (RFP) process, when an RFB or RFP process is determined not to be cost beneficial to the City. CBC SSP America DAL, LLC is the only concessionaire that can best operate the special needs required food and beverage concession in Suite C2170 at the airport.
The concessionaire has proved to be an excellent operator, managing both the First Quarter Bar & Grill and AV8 Bar Caf?. Post-COVID recovery progresses but at a significantly higher cost. Wages, hiring costs, merchandise and food costs have all increased, along with the delivery costs, and all aspects of the operations at the airport have increased the costs of those operati...
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