INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF AN OUTDOOR HOLIDAY GIFT MARKET AT UNION SQUARE PARK, MANHATTAN

In accordance with Section 1-13 of the Rules of the Franchise and Concession Review Committee (“FCRC”), the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (“Parks”) is issuing, as of the date of this notice, a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the For the Installation, Operation, and Management of an Outdoor Holiday Gift Market at Union Square Park.

There will be a recommended remote proposer meeting on Tuesday, October 14 , 2025 at 12:00 P.M. If you are considering responding to this RFP, please make every effort to attend this recommended remote proposer meeting.

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Meeting number: 264 724 764 228 3

Password: 7Lz7sz3D

You may also join the remote proposer meeting by phone using the following information:

+1-646-893-7101

Access code: 502 286 137# Subject to availability and by appointment only, we may set up a meeting at the proposed concession site (Block # 845 & Lot # 2), which is located at East 14th Street between Union Square West and Union Square East, in front of the George Washington monument in the south plaza of the park.

Hard copies of the RFP can be obtained at no cost, through Friday, November 14, 2025 by contacting Angel Williams, Senior Project Manager at (212)360-3495 or at Angel.Williams@parks.nyc.gov.

The RFP is also available for download, through Friday, November 14, 2025, 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 RFP’s description.

For more information or if you cannot attend the remote proposer meeting, prospective proposers may contact Angel Williams, Senior Project Manager at (212)360-3495 or at Angel.Williams@parks.nyc.gov.

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.

Alternatively, a message can be left on the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD). The TDD number is 212-504-4115.