Department Seeking Concessionaires For Parks
The Department of Parks is seeking proposals from suitable concessionaires to provide beach/park concession services at eleven public parklands for the summer season of 2025 [1 April to 30 November].
A Government spokesperson said, “Locations of these concessions and square footage is detailed below:
- Mangrove Bay – Site 1: 10ft x 10ft
- Parson’s Road Park – Site 2: 15ft x 10ft
- Penhurst Park – Site 1: 10ft x 10ft
- Great Head Park [St. David’s Battery] – Site 1: 15ft x 10ft
- Ferry Point Park – Site 1: 15ft x 10ft
- Admiralty House – Site 2: 10ft x 10ft
- Elbow Beach – Site 1: 15ft x 10ft
- Government Waterfront – Site 1: 15ft x 10ft
- Daniel’s Head Beach Park – Site 1: 10ft x 10ft
- Ducks Puddle Annex Park – Site 1: 10ft x 10ft & Site 2: 10ft x 10ft
- Warwick Longbay Playground – Site 1: 15ft x 10ft
“Proposals may be submitted for one or more of the above-listed locations, with the understanding that only one location will be awarded per concessionaire.
“The Commercial Activity application form and concession location maps can be collected at the Department of Parks main office located at Global House, Ground Floor, 43 Church Street, Hamilton or from our website at https://www.gov.bm/department/parks.
“Proposals, along with the completed Commercial Activity application form, must be hand-delivered to the Reception Desk of the Department of Parks Main Office, Global House, 43 Church Street, Hamilton, Ground Floor, or submitted via e-mail to jlcarvalho@gov.bm by 3:00 pm by 17 February, 2025.
“Questions are to be forwarded to Mrs. Jessica Carvalho [Acting Park Planner] at jlcarvalho@gov.bm during the proposal period, with final questions forwarded no later than two [2] working days [13 February, 2025] prior to the proposal submission date.”
There’s no money to be made opening up a stand in any parks. Hence why they have to look for people every year. If it was money to be made the government would have put stands there already
Food trucks are the obvious solution. The owners can move from park to park based on the business generated and not be stuck in one place. A slow day? Drive to another location.
Just scanning down the list, even IF there was demand at any of these parks, a huge IF, what is anyone supposed to do with a site 10′X10′?
I mean I can think of a TON of things, its not 10″ its 10ft by 10ft…
Great idea! How about repurposing shipping containers and leaving them in the parks year-round? Rent them out to vendors. Who would possibly object to that idea?
“Who would possibly object to that idea?”
The same people who object to the same idea by the Birdcage in town
I was being sarcastic to see if anyone remembered that group of old women (the Shelly Bay ‘Dissenters’) who gave the former head of BTA a major beatdown over putting shipping containers for vendors in Shelly Bay. I’m surprised you did not make the connection.
Never heard of shipping containers being used at Shelly Bay but do remember the big talkers who objected to someone who didn’t look like them spending hundreds of thousands to build something nice and employ a bunch of people.
What did we get from them? NOTHING! Years later a concrete picknic table and concrete benches have been left on a concrete slab.
Wonderful improvement to the area. You can’t get a drink from the concrete. You can’t use a restroom there. You can’t rent an umbrella or beach chairs from the concrete.
Yay! Talk about getting things done!
A quick search: Bernews: ‘Potential Of Ruining, Rather Than Enhancing’ July 10, 2018
The BTA also plan 3 structures from containers to sit on the beach or on the newly acquired empty space to serve as a food and refreshment centers, rental or sale of beach sports equipment and beach sundries by these bus-loads of visitors and for storage for beach toys.
Mr. Jones stated that ‘The Bermuda Tourism Authority team has recommended concessionaires think about popsicles, ice cream and snowballs’. The truth is that that was actually a suggestion put forth by the community in disagreement with the tiki-bar and container concession idea at Shelly Bay. We suggested that they allow a summer student a moveable refreshment cart so that they can earn money towards school fees. We also suggested the lunch wagon as an addition or an alternative; but The BTA wants the gentrified version as found in some other countries.
Mr. Jones also states ‘The proposed execution is non-permanent and entirely removable. It’s cost effective and sustainable – utilising the existing power and parking infrastructure at the site.’ Mr Kevin Dallas, on another site contradicts this by continually focusing on the ‘containers on the beach’ idea; therefore, Mr. Dallas and Mr. Jones are not exactly on the same page.
Container(s) have been removed from site at Shelly Bay Beach.