Title
Beverage Supply/Sponsorship and Vending Services
History
The current village beverage contract, a three-year agreement, is due to expire on January 31, 2014. It was suggested by several vendors that the Village may want to consider combining the beverage contract with the contract for snack vending machine services in our facilities. The idea that some vendors may be able to better balance the lower volume snack machines if they also provided the higher volume beverage machines. With this in mind, a request for proposals (RFP) was released and advertised on October 16, 2013. The RFP offered the option to provide a proposal for snack vending, beverage supply and sponsorship.
The RFP package included a comprehensive listing of Village requirements including the specifications for provisions at all of the Village concession areas. Proposals were opened on November 8, 2013, with two companies providing proposals for beverages and a third company providing a proposal strictly for snack vending.
The Village’s current vendor, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, who provided beverage service, product and sponsorship to the Village since 1999, did not submit a proposal. The representative indicated he thought his home office was handling the response and was not aware that they did not submit a proposal.
Beverage Supply and Sponsorship
PepsiCo and Coca-Cola both responded with excellent product selection and competitive pricing, they also provided a proposal to offer marketing and sponsorship as part of their promotional incentives. As required, a price was also provided by both for the Village’s contracted concessionaire’s post-mix for fountain drinks.
Attached (Exhibit A) you will find a listing of the financial information in the RFP.
The two proposals for beverages and sponsorship were thoroughly reviewed. Staff recommends approval of the proposal submitted by PepsiCo as it had desirable products, competitive product pricing, the best proposal for com...
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