UPDATE Request for Bids for Food Trucks at Baker Beach within Golden Gate National Recreation Area

The National Park Service (NPS) has released on July 13, 2026, a Request for Bids (RFB) to award up to two (2) one-year leases to operate mobile food & beverage vending (food trucks) at Baker Beach within Golden Gate National Recreation Area. With year-round visitor traffic for sightseeing and recreation, this pilot provides operators with the chance to reach new customers and offer a new type of visitor services at Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The projected start date of the lease is approximately four to six weeks following bid submission, if selected.

Each lease will provide an assigned parking space in the Baker Beach parking lot. Precise locations and parking space sizes are detailed in the RFB and Draft Lease.

The NPS will not be accepting questions or offering a site visit as part of this solicitation. Interested parties are welcome to visit the site during the solicitation window.

Please note that the NPS is concurrently soliciting bids for similar operations at Rodeo Beach, located in the Marin Headlands. Interested parties should respond to the RFB for the food truck location they are most interested in. If an interested individual or entity is interested in both locations, they must submit a response to each RFB separately.

Submission of an Electronic Proposal

The NPS is ONLY accepting electronic bids in response to this solicitation. Bids will be accepted on a rolling basis until all locations have been leased, or the Service discontinues this solicitation. Bids are due weekly, on Fridays by 12:00 p.m. (Pacific Time), via email to PWR_Commercial_Services@nps.gov, to be evaluated for award of the new lease.