Stationary and mobile food vending in parks

Apply with your proposal

Prepare the required documents

1. 400-word explanation of how you'll bring unique and complementary food offerings to the site
   • We seek creative, quality, and culturally-diverse menu offerings.
2. Menu for customers, including the name, description, and selling price with taxes
   • Show which foods or products are:
     • Made from scratch
     • Local
     • Whole, unprocessed, or fresh
     • Organic
     • Fair trade or sustainably harvested
   • Show your primary local producers, including farms, manufacturers, bakeries, and so on, where possible.
   • We review menus based on their overall appeal, quality, uniqueness, diversity, and how well they balance the food offered by other park restaurants and concessions.
3. Proposed flat fee structure
   • Trucks, pull carts, or stands: minimum $2,500 plus GST
   • Push carts and bikes: minimum $1,500 plus GST
4. Top 3 choices for park and beach site locations, including other sites not listed above
   • We don't allow generators at beach sites.
   • If you prefer another site, we will check if it's possible.
5. Proposed operating days and hours
   • We need all sites to operate at least 5 days per week, 4 to 6 hours per day, weather permitting.
6. Copy of your current health permit and any health inspection reports from the last year (if you already operate)
7. Copy of your current Food Safe Certificate Level 1
   • We prefer applications with Food Safe Certificate Level 2.
8. Copy of your hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) plan for your primary menu items
9. Details of your commissary facility and a confirmed or tentative lease agreement
   • Vancouver Coastal Health must have approved the commissary as a food preparation facility.
10. Copy of your existing vending unit schematic, drawn to scale and showing equipment details.
    • Include interior drawings to scale, exterior dimensions of length and width, and a separate water system diagram.
    • Show how your unit is powered (there is no power available on-site).
11. Current photo of your vending unit
12. Waste management plan of how you'll collect, remove, and dispose of all garbage, recyclables, and compostable materials from the site
    • Show how you'll use recyclable or compostable containers and utensils, and how you'll cut packaging.
13. Other sustainability or waste-management initiatives that benefit your proposal
14. Your company's ownership, and who will operate the site and their qualifications
15. Other business details (where you currently operate, history, and relevant qualifications)
16. Plan to start operations by May 6

Mail the required documents

Joan Probert
Supervisor of Business Services
Vancouver Park Board Administration Office
2099 Beach Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6G 1Z4