MBTA Announces Retail Concession Opportunities

The MBTA will release an Invitation to Bid (ITB) to lease 10 separate retail concession locations, including spaces at the following subway stations:

Porter Square
Sullivan Square
Oak Grove

Other opportunities exist at the following Commuter Rail stations:

Route 128 in Westwood
Norwood Central
Needham Junction
Swampscott
West Concord
Lynn

The MBTA seeks to provide a variety of retail and concession opportunities to its patrons while also generating non-fare revenue for the MBTA. This ITB will provide the rare opportunity to lease retail concession space at some of the MBTA’s most active Commuter Rail stations.

Interested bidders should download the Invitation to Bid to view these opportunities.

Download bid documents

Below is an overview of each opportunity and important dates pertaining to the ITB:


Station	Municipality	Overview	On-Site Pre-Bid Meeting	Questions Due	Bids Due
Station	Sullivan Square	Municipality	Boston	Overview	Existing concession/retail space located within the Station, consisting of 153 square feet	On-Site Pre-Bid Meeting	October 29, 2018, at 9 AM	Questions Due	November 16, 2018, at 5 PM	Bids Due	December 19, 2018, at 11 AM
Station	Oak Grove	Municipality	Malden	Overview	Existing concession/retail space located within the Station, consisting of 165 square feet	On-Site Pre-Bid Meeting	October 29, 2018, at 12 PM	Questions Due	November 16, 2018, at 5 PM	Bids Due	December 19, 2018, at 11 AM
Station	Porter Square	Municipality	Cambridge	Overview	Existing concession/retail space located within the Station, consisting of 320 square feet	On-Site Pre-Bid Meeting	October 30, 2018, at 9 AM	Questions Due	November 16, 2018, at 5 PM	Bids Due	December 19, 2018, at 11 AM
Station	West Concord	Municipality	West Concord	Overview	Existing stand-alone depot building, consisting of 1,500 square feet	On-Site Pre-Bid Meeting	October 30, 2018, at 12 PM	Questions Due	November 16, 2018, at 5 PM	Bids Due	December 19, 2018, at 11 AM
Station	Lynn Garage	Municipality	Lynn	Overview	Existing 2,700 square foot storefront located off of the garage busway	On-Site Pre-Bid Meeting	October 31, 2018, at 9 AM	Questions Due	November 16, 2018, at 5 PM	Bids Due	December 19, 2018, at 11 AM
Station	Lynn Garage	Municipality	Lynn	Overview	Existing 9,000 square foot storefront with frontage on Market Street	On-Site Pre-Bid Meeting	October 31, 2018, at 9 AM	Questions Due	November 16, 2018, at 5 PM	Bids Due	December 19, 2018, at 11 AM
Station	Swampscott	Municipality	Swampscott	Overview	Existing stand-alone depot building consisting of 1,334 square feet	On-Site Pre-Bid Meeting	October 31, 2018, at 12 PM	Questions Due	November 16, 2018, at 5 PM	Bids Due	December 19, 2018, at 11 AM
Station	Route 128	Municipality	Westwood	Overview	Existing concession/retail space located within the Station, consisting of 400 square feet	On-Site Pre-Bid Meeting	November 1, 2018, at 9 AM	Questions Due	November 16, 2018, at 5 PM	Bids Due	December 19, 2018, at 11 AM
Station	Norwood Central	Municipality	Norwood	Overview	Existing stand-alone depot building consisting of 1,755 square feet	On-Site Pre-Bid Meeting	November 1, 2018, at 12 PM	Questions Due	November 16, 2018, at 5 PM	Bids Due	December 19, 2018, at 11 AM
Station	Needham Junction	Municipality	Needham	Overview	Existing stand-alone depot building consisting of 2,200 square feet	On-Site Pre-Bid Meeting	November 1, 2018, at 3 PM	Questions Due	November 16, 2018, at 5 PM	Bids Due	December 19, 2018, at 11 AM