USA. The Miami-Dade Aviation Department is preparing to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for retail and food & beverage locations at Miami International’s Central Terminal.
The organisation has drafted a RFP that is pending approval by the Miami-Dade County Mayor and the Board of County Commissioners. If approved, the RFP will be issued by the end of the second quarter.
The RFP will call for one or two master concessionaires to develop, lease and manage/operate “high quality and reasonably priced locations” available in the terminal. The RFP covers two packages; one for 11 food & beverage locations in 17,744sq ft of space, and the other for 12 speciality retail/news locations covering 12,098sq ft.
The lease term is eight years and may be extended by the department for two separate one year periods.
The F&B package calls for a 9,865sq ft food hall with each location in it providing “a distinct cuisine or theme chosen from among the most popular cuisines in the region”.
Two 1,686sq ft and 4,127sq ft spaces will be reserved for casual dining. The Miami-Dade Aviation Department said it preferred “restaurant concepts that focus on specific themes – such as a regional speciality cuisine or chef- or celebrity-inspired – that are unique or present a strong local, regional, or national brand”.
Three further spaces of 2,184sq ft, 2,251sq ft and 2,467sq ft will be for fast casual dining, while two 250sq ft spaces are intended for quick-service, carry-out kiosks that offer snack and dessert foods.
Five more spaces are for quick service food; two liquor bars will offer a variety of cocktails, beer, and wine with a limited selection of small-plate food; and a final space is being reserved for a branded coffee outlet.
On the retail side, the department is “seeking merchandise brands that will increase the variety of offerings at the airport and is especially interested in recognised, popular national, regional and local merchandise brands, including branded merchandise within stores”.
The sale of duty free merchandise will not be allowed and the number of news/convenience stores will be limited to no more than 30% of the locations.
Bidders should have five or more years of experience within the last seven years in the majority ownership (at least 50%) of an entity that provides the services outlined in the RFP in a transportation venue of comparable size.
Successful bidders will pay a Minimum Annual Guarantee (MAG) as proposed in the RFP, but this will be no less than US$4,952,363.
A pre-proposal conference will be scheduled once the RFP is officially launched. 
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