CITY OF SAN ANTONIO
AVIATION DEPARTMENT
Interdepartmental Correspondence
TO: Erik Walsh, City Manager
FROM: Thomas Bartlett, Acting Director, Aviation Department
COPIES: Audit and Accountability Committee; Ben Gorzell, Chief Financial Officer; Kevin Barthold, City Auditor; Carlos Contreras, Assistant City Manager; Troy Elliott, CPA, Deputy Chief Financial Officer
SUBJECT: Post-Solicitation Briefing for Terminal A Duty Free Retail Concession
DATE: January 21, 2020
Passengers traveling from airport to international destinations are able to purchase a variety of duty free merchandise such as liquor and tobacco products at duty free retail stores. Merchandise including cologne and perfumes, cosmetics, packaged food gifts, jewelry, and electronics is also available for purchase by non-international travelers at these stores. These stores provide a customer enhancement to international travelers as well as a source of non-airline revenue for the airport. The duty free store at the San Antonio International Airport (airport) is located in Terminal A across from its international gates.
On June 27, 2018, a Request for Proposals (RFP) was advertised in the San Antonio Express-News, American Association of Airport Executives website, Airports Council International website, and Airport Revenue News website seeking qualified and experienced vendors for a Duty Free Retail Concession in Terminal A at the San Antonio International Airport with a contract term of 7 years with 3, one-year extensions. The estimated contract value is $2 million in revenue for the total contract period. As a concession agreement, the solicitation was released under the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) Program.
Six proposals were received and evaluated by the Evaluation Committee ("committee"). The committee representatives were Russell J. Handy, Director, Aviation Department; Thomas Bartlett, Deputy Director, Aviation Depar...
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