Attachment_F_-_Cost_Proposal.xlsx

This is a cost proposal attachment for a food and beverage service operations contract with Dane County, Wisconsin for the Alliant Energy Center, identified as RFP #2026-RFP-056-PR. The document contains two mandatory and optional proposal tabs that bidders must complete to outline their financial projections and service offerings over a five-year contract term. The RFP assumes increasing event volumes across the contract period: Year 1 encompasses 275 events across 1,175 event days, escalating to Year 5 with 320 events across 1,367 event days. Bidders are required to project total revenue by category including retail food and beverage, retail alcohol, catering food and beverage, catering alcohol, service charges, and state-rate offerings, with historical revenue data provided in the main RFP document to inform realistic projections.

The cost proposal requires bidders to establish a commission structure that can be formatted as either a flat rate or tiered structure based on revenue ranges, with commissions calculated against each revenue category. Tab 1 mandates completion of a Profit and Loss statement showing revenue projections and commission returns across all five contract years with corresponding percentages of sales. Tab 2 provides an optional management fee model alternative, allowing bidders to propose a base management fee with projected profit or subsidy calculations and optional incentive fee structures tied to key performance indicators. All capital investments must be amortized on a straight-line basis over the five-year contract period. The spreadsheet includes sections for pre-opening expenses, other investments, funds, and grants, enabling bidders to present comprehensive financial proposals that demonstrate both revenue generation capacity and cost management for operating food and beverage services at the venue.