Kauai County Seeks Vendors for Spouting Horn Park Concession Stand

The Kaua'i County Department of Parks and Recreation issued Invitation for Bid No. 4082 seeking qualified vendors to operate the retail concession stand at Spouting Horn Park in Poʻipū, with electronic sealed offers due by 3:00 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time on April 9, 2026 through the county's Public Purchase System.

The solicitation, processed through the Division of Purchasing within the county's Department of Finance, covers a contract term of 60 months. Third-party bid aggregators estimate the concession could generate between $500,000 and $2 million annually, placing the total contract value in a range of $3 million to $12 million over five years, though those figures reflect speculative estimates based on typical tourist-area concession sales and are not official county guarantees.

Spouting Horn Park, situated along Lawai Road in Kōloa, draws a steady stream of visitors to its iconic lava-tube blowhole on Kaua'i's south shore. Concessionaire operations at the park are governed by the county's Rules and Regulations Governing the Operation of Concessionaires at Spouting Horn Park, enacted under Chapter 91 of the Hawai'i Revised Statutes and Chapter 23, Article 3 of the Kaua'i County Code, 1987, as amended. Bidding procedures must comply with Chapter 102 of the Hawai'i Revised Statutes.

Prospective bidders should note that prequalification through the Public Purchase System must be completed no later than 3:00 p.m. HST on March 24, 2026, just two weeks away. A non-mandatory pre-bid conference was previously scheduled for January 6, 2026 at the park's concession stands on Lawai Road.

The solicitation record shows some variation across procurement listing platforms, with at least one aggregator displaying an earlier January 21, 2026 offer due date. Vendors should treat the April 9 deadline and prequalification requirements listed in the official bid notice as controlling and confirm current details directly with the county before submitting.

The named bid contact is Cienna Barretto of the Division of Purchasing, reachable at cbarretto@kauai.gov or (808) 241-1961. Interested vendors can access official solicitation documents and submit through the county's Public Purchase System portal using solicitation number 4082.