Campus-Wide Beverage Vending and Pouring Rights

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is seeking a beverage partner for exclusive campus-wide pouring rights, beverage vending, beverage supply, and athletics marketing and sponsorship services.

University of North Carolina at Charlotte


General
Open (open)
66-27012SB
Oct 22, 2026 12:00 PM
Aug 20, 2026 01:09 PM
10 years
Request for Proposal (RFP)
State
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Original Solicitation Links
Contact
sjbrecht@charlotte.edu
Submission Instructions
Online
Description

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is seeking a single beverage partner, with potential category-specific awards, to provide comprehensive non-alcoholic beverage pouring rights, fountain and post-mix service, vending, retail and convenience-store supply, concessions, and beverage equipment installation, stocking, servicing, and maintenance across University-controlled campuses, facilities, and Charlotte 49ers Athletics venues. The scope includes beverage products such as carbonated soft drinks, energy drinks, ready-to-drink coffee, water, sports drinks, protein drinks, tea, juice, and fountain beverages. The selected vendor must provide equipment and capital investment, cashless and campus-card payment integration, telemetry, reporting, sustainability initiatives, emergency water support, student and community engagement, athletics sponsorship and activation, donated-product support, and a detailed transition and implementation plan. Proposals must include separate technical and financial files, with the financial proposal addressing upfront consideration, sponsorship and marketing funding, commissions and rebates, incentives, equipment investment, in-kind value, and pricing. The contract term is ten years, beginning July 5, 2027, and vendors must complete the required proposal materials and attachments.

Classification Codes
NAICS445132Vending Machine Operators
PSC8960Beverages, Nonalcoholic
Smart Codes
beverage vendingbeverage supplysponsorship marketing
Specifications
Supply & Service
No
Timeline
Aug 20, 2026-RFP Issue Date
Sep 24, 2026-Mandatory Pre-Proposal Conference and Site Visit (required)
Vendors must attend for the full duration; no more than three attendees per company. Late arrivals will not be allowed to participate, and failure to attend will make a proposal non-responsive.
Sep 29, 2026-Written Questions Due
Oct 1, 2026-Responses to Questions
Oct 22, 2026-Proposal Due
Dec 15, 2026-Contract Award
Jul 5, 2027-Contract Effective Date
Requirements
Required
Scored
  • Minimum 3 references
  • Client point of contact required for each reference
No
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