Additional Description 1
<p><span style='font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif'><span style='font-size:9pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>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 Renovation, Operation, and Maintenance of a Food Service Concession between Delancey Street and Rivington Street at the Allen Street Malls, Manhattan. </span></span></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif'><span style='font-size:11pt'>There will be a recommended remote proposer meeting on Monday, April 13, 2026, at 12:00 P.M. If you are considering responding to this RFP, please make every effort to attend this recommended remote proposer meeting. The link for this meeting is as follows: </span></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif'><span style='font-size:11pt'>The link for this remote site meeting is as follows: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/23552931824638?p=duuPfCNLt0P6OQLiyx</span></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif'><span style='font-size:11pt'><span style='color:#252424'>Meeting ID: </span>235 529 318 246 38<br><span style='color:#252424'>Passcode: </span>et7PE6xx </span></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif'><span style='font-size:11pt'><span style='color:black'>Or call in (audio only) </span></span></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif'><span style='font-size:11pt'><span style='color:black'>1-646-893-7101</span></span></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif'><span style='font-size:11pt'><span style='color:black'>Phone Conference ID: </span>400252005#</span></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif'><span style='font-size:9pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Subject to availability and by appointment only, we may set up a meeting at the proposed concession site, which is located on Allen Street between Delancey Street and Rivington Street</span></span></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif'><span style='font-size:9pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>All proposals submitted in response to this RFP must be submitted no later than Friday, May 22, 2026,at 2:00 P.M.</span></span></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif'><span style='font-size:9pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hard copies of the RFP can be obtained at no cost, commencing Friday, April 3, 2026, through Friday May 22, 2026, by contacting Lindsay Schott, Senior Project Manager at (212)360-3405 or at Lindsay.Schott@parks.nyc.gov. </span></span></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif'><span style='font-size:9pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The RFP is also available for download, Friday April 3, 2026, through Friday, May 22, 2026, on Parks website. To download the RFP, visit http://www.nyc.gov/parks/businessopportunities and click on the Concessions Opportunities at Parks link. Once you have logged in, click on the download link that appears adjacent to the RFPs description.</span></span></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif'><span style='font-size:9pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>For more information or if you cannot attend the remote proposer meeting, prospective proposers may contact Lindsay Schott, Senior Project Manager, by phone at (212)360-3405, by e-mail at Lindsay.Schott@parks.nyc.gov, or send mail to her attention at The Arsenal, 830 Fifth Avenue, Rm. 407, New York New York 10065. </span></span></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif'><span style='font-size:10pt'><strong><span style='background-color:white'><span style='color:#242424'>Deaf, hard-of-hearing, deaf-blind, speech-disabled, or late-deafened people who use text telephones (TTYs) or voice carry-over (VCO) phones can dial 711 to reach a free relay service, where specially trained operators will relay a conversation between a TTY/VCO user and a standard telephone user. </span></span></strong></span></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif'><span style='font-size:10pt'><strong><span style='background-color:white'><span style='color:#242424'>Alternatively, a message can be left on the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD). The TDD number is 212-New York (212-639-9675).</span></span></strong></span></span></p>