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Title: Request for Proposals for the Installation, Operation, and Maintenance of a Food Market at Columbus Circle, Central Park, Manhattan
Procurement
Parks and Recreation (DPR)
Business Development
830 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10065
Luiggi Almanzar
phone: (212) 360-3483
email: luiggi.almanzar@parks.nyc.gov
Archived
Goods and Services
Competitive Sealed Proposals
10/20/2025 - 10/31/2025
Solicitation

PIN#CCFM-O-2025 Due:

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In accordance with Section 1-13 of the Concession Rules of the City of New York, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (Parks) is issuing, as of the date of this notice, a significant Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Installation, Operation, and Maintenance of a Food Market at Columbus Circle, Central Park, Manhattan.

There will be a recommended remote proposer meeting on Thursday, October 30, 2025, at 3:00 P.M. If you are considering responding to this RFP, please make every effort to attend this recommended remote proposer meeting.  

The Microsoft Teams link for the remote proposer meeting is as follows:

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MDI4MGMzNWMtNTlmNS00ZTA1LTg3ODgtOWQ0NjZhZThjMjY1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2232f56fc7-5f81-4e22-a95b-15da66513bef%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%220dd65b13-71a7-4031-bfb9-d016953006da%22%7d

Meeting ID: 225 124 460 048 7

Passcode: ut7ro2ah

Dial in by phone

+1 646-893-7101,,648132317# United States, New York City

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Phone conference ID: 648 132 317#

If you cannot attend the remote proposal meeting, please contact us by Tuesday, October 28, 2025, and subject to availability and by appointment only, we may set up a meeting at one of the proposed concession sites.

Parks must receive all proposals submitted in response to this RFP no later than Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 3:00 P.M.   

Hard copies of the RFP can be obtained, at no cost, through Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 3:00 P.M., by contacting Luiggi Almanzar, by phone at (212)360-3483 or via email at luiggi.almanzar@parks.nyc.gov.

The RFP is also available for download, through Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 3:00 PM, on Parks’ website.  To download the RFP, visit www.nyc.gov/parks/businessopportunities, click on the link for “Concessions Opportunities at Parks” and, after logging in, click on the “download” link that appears adjacent to the RFP’s description.  

For more information or if you cannot attend the recommended proposer meeting, the prospective proposer may  contact Luiggi Almanzar, by phone at (212)360-3483 or via email at luiggi.almanzar@parks.nyc.gov.         

 

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