South Point Park opened to the public on March 22, 2009.  On September 15, 2010, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution No. 2010-27485, authorizing the Administration to enter into negotiations with Blissberry LLC ("Blissberry"), the top-ranked proposer pursuant to Request for Proposals (RFP) No. 34-09/10, for the management and operation of a food and beverage concession at the South Pointe Park Pavilion Building.  A Concession Agreement with Blissberry was executed pursuant to Resolution No. 2010-27485 with a term ending in November 30, 2015 for a yogurt bar and grill concession. 

Prior to the expiration of the original Concession Agreement, Blissberry requested a five (5) year extension to the original Concession Agreement. On May 6, 2015, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution No. 2015-29008 accepting the recommendation of the Finance and Citywide Projects Committee to waive the competitive bidding requirement and approving an extension to the original Concession Agreement with Blissberry until November 30, 2020. Subsequent to the extension, at Blissberry’s request, the Concession Agreement was assigned to South Pointe Cafe LLC on September 1, 2016.

On September 14, 2020, prior to the November 30, 2020 Concession Agreement expiration date, South Point Café LLC requested another five (5) year extension, through November 30, 2025. Pursuant to a committee referral, South Point Café’s request for an additional five (5) year extension was discussed at the September 23, 2020 meeting of the Neighborhood and Quality of Life Committee ("NQLC"). The request was denied and, instead, NQLC recommended to the City Commission that the Administration be directed to issue a competitive solicitation to seek proposals for a replacement agreement with a concessionaire for the South Pointe Park Pavilion. On October 14, 2020, the Mayor and City Commission, via Resolution No. 2020-31457, accepted the recommendation of the NQLC and directed the Administration to issue a competitive solicitation for a replacement agreement and, further, approved, via a waiver of competitive bid, a one (1) year extension to the Concession Agreement with South Point Café LLC through November 30, 2021.

Accordingly, the purpose of the RFP is to seek proposals from concessionaires for the City’s consideration in order to establish a concession agreement beginning December 1, 2021. 

In order to consider a replacement agreement, the attached Request for Proposals (RFP) seeks responses from qualified concessionaires for the management and operation of the South Pointe Park Pavilion. Interested firms are strongly encouraged to attend the site visit scheduled as the site will be furnished “as is” to the selected concessionaire. The selected concessionaire shall be responsible for maintaining all current equipment (e.g., air conditioning, plumbing, electrical, lighting and mechanical roll-up doors) and, furnishing and maintaining any additional equipment necessary for the proposed operation. The pertinent areas of the RFP include the following sections.