Item No.
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Meeting Date: April 22,2025

RFP Release of Expiring Leases
Jeff Wolf
Director, Aviation Commercial Management

Khalia Moore
Assistant Director, Airport Dining and Retail

Scott Van Horn
Manager, Business Development & Assistant ACDBE Liaison

Request
Request Commission authorization for the Executive Director to
(1) conduct the release of a Request for Proposal (RFP 25-1) and
(2) execute a Lease and Concession Agreement with selected
proposers for the twenty (20) locations that will naturally expire
between 2025 and 2028.

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Agenda
• ADR Competitive Process Improvements
• Highlights of the Concourse C Expansion (CCE) RFP
• Upcoming ADR RFP Opportunities (RFP 25-1)

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ADR Competitive Process Improvements
• Removal of Capital Investment Scoring.
• Removal of Bid Bond Requirement.
• Conducted First Time Bidder's Training.
• Creating Small Business Set-Aside within the RFP process.
• Established new Commission-approved Labor
Harmony/Labor Peace Requirements.

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ADR Competitive Process Improvements
First Time Bidders Training

• Prior to the release of the CCE RFP, ADR staff conducted a
series of "First Time Bidders: Demystifying the RFP at SEA"
Training Sessions.
- Interested companies could either attend:
• A four (4) week morning or afternoon session or
• An all-day Saturday session

- Over 200 companies attended the training.
- The training provided insight into the RFP process and provided
examples of how to answer the questions that are asked.
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Concourse C Expansion (CCE) RFP
Proposals Received

• CCE RFP had 11 total packages for 13 locations.
- 7 food and beverage (8 locations total)
- 4 retail (5 locations total)

• Thirty (30) companies submitted forty (40) proposals.
• Six (6) proposals did not meet the minimum qualifications and
were not scored.
• Two (2) proposals asked to be withdrawn for consideration.

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Concourse C Expansion (CCE) RFP
Proposals Received Cont'd

• For those Proposals that met the minimum qualifications:
- Sixteen (16) companies were classified as "Small Business".
- Eight (8) companies were classified as "Large Business".
- Twelve (12) companies were first time bidders at SEA.
- Fifteen (15) companies attended the First Time Bidders Training.

• These awardees will create approximately 400 new jobs
through the concessions program.
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Concourse Level Layout

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Mezzanine Level Layout

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Withdrawn Proposal
• Local/Regional Music Centric Specialty Retail (SR-2)
• The one proposal received for this package asked to be
withdrawn for consideration. This location is in the current
request before Commission today.

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SR4: Open Concept Specialty Retail
Lady Yum
Operated by: Lady Yum, LLC
Small Business, WMBE

Developed through Small Business
Incubator Program
Attended First Time Bidders Class
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FB3: Market with Specialty Food Retail
Connections Gourmet Market
Operated by: Bambuza South Waterfront, LLC
ACDBE Operator

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Upcoming ADR RFP Opportunities (RFP 25-1)
• Twenty (20) locations that were part of the Lease Group 1
awarded in 2016 will be released as a part of this RFP.
• The space availability is broken down as follows:
- Six (6) locations for Food and Beverage opportunities
- Seven (7) locations for Specialty Retail opportunities
- Seven (7) location for Convenience Retail opportunities

• All locations will naturally expire between 2025 through 2028.
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ADR RFP Available Locations (RFP 25-1)

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CLOSING & QUESTIONS

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APPENDICES

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CCE RFP 24-1 AWARDED PACKAGES

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FB1: Sit Down Restaurant
Nanny's: A Northwest BBQ Joint
Operated by: BF Foods LLC/Heigh Connects LLC
ACDBE Operator, JV with two existing ACDBE tenants

Attended First Time Bidders Class
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FB1: Coffee with optional bar
Neighborhood Cafe
Operated by: BF Foods LLC/Heigh Connects LLC
ACDBE Operator, JV with two existing ACDBE tenants

Attended First Time Bidders Class
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FB2: Coffee with Experience
Stumptown Coffee Roasters & Lucky Lounge
Operated by: Latrelles' Next Gen, LLC

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SR1: Convenience Retail
Bell St. Landing by Hudson
Operated by: HG Sea C-1 Retail Concessions, LLC
Joint Venture with 25% ACDBE and 2% Small WMBE Participation

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SR1: Open Concept Specialty Retail
Cobb's Popcorn
Operated by: HG Sea C-1 Retail Concessions, LLC
Joint Venture with 25% ACDBE and 2% Small WMBE Participation

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SR3SB: Open Concept Specialty Retail (Small Business Only)
Bite Society
Operated by: The City Catering Company, Inc. DBA Bite Society
New Airport Small Business, WMBE

Attended First Time Bidders Class
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FB4: National Sit-Down Restaurant
Chili's
Operated by: SSP America SEA, LLC
Joint Venture with 38% ACDBE Participation

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FB5: National Chicken
Buffalo Wild Wings
Operated by: Latrelle's Concourse Foods, LP

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FB6SB: National Sandwich(Small Business Only)
Port of Subs
Operated by: Global Concessions, LLC
Joint Venture with two existing small business operators with 51% ACDBE participation

Attended First Time Bidders Class
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FB7: Open Concept QSR
Great State Burger
Operated by: Great State Burger, LLC
New Airport Small Business

Attended First Time Bidders Class
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UPCOMING ADR RFP OPPORTUNITIES
(RFP 25-1)

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