City of Columbus #RFQ033837

Columbus seeks sponsors for Kilbourne Run Sports Park naming rights, concessions, and promotions

The City of Columbus Recreation and Parks Department is seeking sponsor interest for naming rights, concessions, signage, and promotional packages at Kilbourne Run Sports Park. - Buyer: City of Columbus, Recreation and Parks Department (CRPD), Columbus, Ohio. - Opportunity type: Market research to shape a possible future sponsorship solicitation; this is not a bid or request for proposal. The City seeks sponsorship revenue to support facility operations and programming, rather than purchasing goods or services. - Named vendor: G&J Pepsi-Cola Bottler, Inc. is CRPD’s exclusive beverage supplier for park concessions. Concession vendors must purchase beverages directly from G&J. - Sponsorship packages and advertised fees: - One Premier park sponsorship: $300,000 per year for five years ($1,500,000 total), with Championship Field naming rights and stadium, scoreboard, roadside, and promotional branding. - Five artificial-turf field sponsorships, excluding the Championship Field: $40,000 per year for five years per field ($200,000 each), including goal banners and field-fence branding. - Three non-community natural-turf field sponsorships: $5,000 per year for five years each ($25,000 each); branding includes goal banners and field identification tags. - Twenty community-field banner spaces: $1,000 per year each, with a flexible one-year commitment; CRPD installs a sponsor-provided 30-by-48-inch mesh banner. - Picnic shelters: one Central shelter at $25,000 per year for five years ($125,000 total), and one each at the West and East shelters at $15,000 per year for five years ($75,000 each). - One Walking Path sponsorship: $10,000 per year for five years ($50,000 total), with up to three trail signs. - One Food Truck Corral sponsorship and two playground sponsorships (East and West): $1,000 per year for five years each ($5,000 each). - Concession options: - Commission-based concession service: payment to CRPD is negotiated based on annual sales; the vendor operates food and beverage service as park use requires under a five-year term. - Standard fixed-fee concession sponsorship: $30,000 per year for five years ($150,000 total), including naming rights to the concession building area and adjacent dining area. - Premier fixed-fee concession sponsorship: $50,000 per year for five years ($250,000 total), adding Central Picnic Shelter naming rights and potential additional sponsorship benefits. - Concession providers supply and operate approved food service at their own expense. Food-truck permitting and contracting are separate. - Other notable requirements and benefits: Sponsorships may include approved CRPD branding, promotional activities, event participation, social-media recognition, and physical or digital signage. Political, tobacco, smoking, vaping, and adult or sexually explicit advertising is not accepted; regulated products or activities must comply with applicable requirements. - Estimated advertised fixed-fee value: Individual options range from $1,000 for a one-year community-field banner to $1,500,000 for the five-year Premier sponsorship. The combined listed fixed-fee options total up to approximately $3,335,000 if all are awarded; the commission-based concession amount is not specified. - Response information sought: Company profile and contact information, years in business, customer base, existing sponsorships, and sponsorship level(s) of interest.

Description

The City of Columbus Recreation and Parks Department seeks information from potential sponsors for Kilbourne Run Sports Park, including sponsorship and naming-rights interest. Sponsorship revenue is intended to support facility operations and programming, and opportunities may include signage, naming rights, promotions, and other benefits at the park. Respondents are asked to provide company information, contact details, years in service, customer base, current sponsorships, and sponsorship levels of interest. This is a Request for Information, not a bid or request for proposal; the information may help the City draft a future RFP.

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