SLED Opportunity · CALIFORNIA · CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
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The City of San Rafael seeks qualified organizations to support local mobile vendors, manage a food park, and provide compliance assistance under a pilot Local Vendor Priority Program for spring-fall 2026.
The City of San Rafael’s Community and Economic Development (CED) Department is issuing this informal Request for Proposals (RFP) to identify qualified organizations to engage San Rafael-based mobile vendors, provide assistance with navigating compliance requirements, and manage a food park destination on private or public property from spring to fall 2026. The Local Vendor Priority Program aims to achieve a “win-win-win” scenario by improving local entrepreneurs’ ability to succeed, reducing accessibility conflicts by directing foot traffic away from sidewalks, and ensuring compliance with food safety requirements through bilingual technical assistance. The Local Vendor Priority Program advances the City of San Rafael’s Fiscal Years 2025-2028 Strategic Plan Goal: E.6.1 Revise the Street Food Vending Ordinance and develop an implementation, enforcement, and communications plan. Ultimately, the City will implement the Local Vendor Priority Program on a one-year pilot basis after which it will evaluate whether to continue or modify the program going forward.
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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