Sponsorship - 41st Annual Salt Festival

The Kentucky Department of Parks, an agency of the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, is soliciting monetary sponsorships for the 41st Annual Salt Festival scheduled for October 17-19, 2025, at Big Bone Lick State Historic Site in Union, Kentucky. Sponsorship donations will be used to procure specific festival items including four bulk bins of small pie-size pumpkins, paint supplies in bulk quantities with brushes, 15 round haybales, skid steer rental for stacking haybales, and fall decorations comprising pumpkins, specialty squash, corn stalk bundles, and assorted mums. Prospective sponsors must submit responses by 2:00 p.m. EDT on Thursday, October 2, 2025, to the Kentucky Department of Parks office in Frankfort. Technical responses are evaluated on a 100-point scale based on responsiveness to the solicitation (20 points), sponsor background and information (20 points), and the sponsorship response including monetary donations offered (60 points). Sponsors will receive recognition through company name and/or logo placement on festival advertisements, Kentucky Parks social media accounts, sponsorship boards, and signage placed near items purchased with their donations. No formal bidder's conference or site visit is required, and the Kentucky Department of Parks reserves the right to utilize the full amount of any monetary sponsorship for other expenses incurred during the festival.

Prospective sponsors must submit a notarized affidavit confirming compliance with Kentucky campaign finance laws and various statutory requirements including tax compliance, non-discrimination practices, and lobbying prohibitions. The solicitation does not specify minimum or maximum sponsorship amounts, set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises, incumbent vendors, or existing infrastructure requirements for integration. No specific award values or budget ranges are identified in the procurement documents, allowing flexibility in sponsorship contribution levels from interested organizations.