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Item No. 12 147
Date: April 23, 2012
Item/Subject: ORDER,, Awarding Contract for Lease of Restaurant Facilities and Operations
at Bangor Municipal Golf Course
Responsible Department: Parks and Recreation
Commentary:
The City recently sought proposals to operate the restaurant and beer cart at Bangor Municipal
Golf Course. The City received proposals from the following three operators; Hero's Sports Grill,
Smith -Towle and Fairway's Grille, the current operator. Each proposer met the minimum
qualifications outlined in the request for proposals and was determined to be capable of
operating the restaurant. The total fees payable to the City for the initial three year term were:
Fairway's Grille $10,000; Hero's Sports Grill $15,750 and Smith -Towle, Inc $16,500. After careful
review, staff recommends that Smith -Towle, Inc. be awarded a 3 year contract based on their
overall positive response to the RFP and the amount of their fee to the City.
At the April 10, 2012 Government Operations Committee meeting, the Committee reviewed and
unanimously approved the recommendation to award the restaurant lease to Smith -Towle, Inc.
Department Head
Manager's Comments: M. (.5
City Manager V
Associated Information:
Order, Background Memorandum
Budget Approval:
A�
Finance Director
Legal Approval:
City Solicitor
Introduced for
X Passage
First Reading
Referral
Assigned to Councilor Hawes
CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE.) ORDER, Awarding Contract for Lease of Restaurant Facility and
Operations at Bangor Municipal Golf Course
By the aty Coundl of the City of Banger:
12 3.4'7
April 23, 2012
ORDERED, that Deborah A. Cyr, Finance Director, is hereby authorized to execute a
contract for the lease of the Municipal Golf Course Restaurant (Food and Beverage Concession)
with Smith -Towle, Inc., in accordance with their proposal to the city of Bangor dated March 20,
2012.
IN CITY COUNCIL
April 23, 2012
Motion Made and Seconded
for Passage
Passed
,e
&-2
CITY GURK
(TITLE,)
Assigned to Councilor
12 147
TO: Government Operations Committee
FROM: Tracy Willette, Director
Parks and Recreation
SUBJ: Goff Course Restaurant RFP
DATE: April 4, 2012
Recently staff solicited requests for proposals for the restaurant operation at the
municipal golf course. The contract with the current vendor has expired and this is a
typical Process we would follow. We received three proposals from what staff considers
very qualified vendors; Fairways Grille who has been our recent vendor, Hero's Sports
Grill, and Smith -Towle Incorporated, Each proposal offered a varied menu, met the
minimum requirements of the RFP, and detailed a desire to be a part of the golf course
operation.
The one criteria that differed in the proposals was what each vendor proposed as
their fee to the City over the term of what would be a three year contract. Fairways Grill
offered a total Of $10,000.00, Hero's offered $15,750.00 and Smith -Towle offered
$16,500.00.
After careful consideration, staff is recommending accepting Smith -Towle, Inc. as
the next restaurant concessionaire at Bangor Municipal Goff Course. Again, we were
very fortunate to have three very qualified operations bid on the opportunity to lease our
restaurant operation, The Smith -Towle Inc proposal describes a genuine interest not
only in their proposed food and beverage operation, but the golf course and community
as a whole. In addition, they have described a desire to create other opportunities such
as creating play and dine packages, special member functions, Sunday Brunches, and
Ladies nights. These would all be new events for the facility and would potentially
increase business for the golf course as well.
I will be available at your meeting for further discussion and I will also be joined by
the Golf Course staff.