NIGP 90535: Concessions, Airport: Gift Shops, Specialties

NIGP 90535 Concessions, Airport: Gift Shops, Specialties is an Item code encompassing food and beverage operations, retail merchandising, and specialty services at airport terminals and regional recreational facilities. State and local governments are actively procuring concession operators to staff airport food courts, quick-service and casual-dining restaurants, gourmet coffee concepts, healthy quick-service outlets, retail kiosks, mobile food units, and specialty merchandise displays. These procurements typically require operators to furnish labor, materials, and equipment on a self-sustaining basis, with compensation structured as minimum annual concession fees, percentage-of-gross-receipts sharing, or revenue-sharing models; operators must maintain health department permits, commercial general liability insurance (typically $1 million to $2 million per occurrence), workers' compensation coverage, and employee background checks. Issuing bodies include municipal aviation authorities (Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, City of Phoenix Aviation Department, City of McKinney), county governments (Beaufort County South Carolina, Collier County Florida, Henry County Georgia), and regional recreation departments. The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority is a repeat buyer, having released multiple RFPs across ten concession packages within the North Terminal Complex—Packages 9 through 15—spanning food courts, casual dining, gourmet coffee, healthy quick-service, burger and ethnic-cuisine concepts, and retail locations.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida and Georgia, with additional opportunities in South Carolina, Arizona, and Texas. Representative procurements include the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority's North Terminal Complex Concessions Packages 9–15, released August 11–12, 2026, with proposals due May 2, 2025 (RFP 25322–25328), targeting 10–12 year lease terms with minimum annual concession fees ranging from $240,000 to $3,270,000 and an Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise participation goal of 20–30 percent; Henry County Georgia's RFP #27-16 for food and beverage concession operations at the Aquatic Center and Water Park, posted September 4, 2026, with responses due October 6, 2026 (ITN format with non-mandatory pre-proposal conference September 15, 2026), structured as revenue-sharing on a bi-weekly basis with a one-year initial term and two one-year renewal options; Collier County Board of County Commissioners' Invitation to Negotiate for food services at North Collier Regional Park, posted October 8, 2026, with proposals due March 6, 2025, offering a three-year term with two one-year renewal options and a 10-point local-vendor preference; and the City of Phoenix Aviation Department's small-business set-aside for Terminal 3 Food & Beverage Micro Restaurant and Mobile Kiosk operations, posted August 4, 2026, with responses due July 31, 2026, providing City-furnished equipment to reduce capital barriers for qualified small operators.