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Bid Title

2026 Fleischmann Pier Operators and Management

Issuing Agency

City of Peekskill

Location

New York

Published Date

Dec 11, 2025

Closing Date

Jan 22, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

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Project Description

Bid Title:	2026 Fleischmann Pier Operators and Management
Category:	2025 Bids/RFP's
Status:	Open

Description: The City of Peekskill (“City”) wants proposals from established commercial boating vendors including cruise ship and other boat operators and individual water sport outfitters and pier managers. One or more commercial boating operations and pier manager services will be for the recently reopened Fleischmann Pier located at Louisa Street - Charles Point Park, Peekskill, NY (the “Pier”). Publication Date/Time: 12/11/2025 12:00 AM Closing Date/Time: 1/22/2026 5:00 PM Related Documents: 120102025 RFP Fleishmann Pier

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

CITY OF PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK

COMMERCIAL BOAT OPERATORS and

PIER MANAGER SERVICES

FLEISCHMANN PIER & CHARLES POINT PARK

GATEWAY TO THE HUDSON HIGHLAND

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DUE: January 22, 2026, Close of City Hall Business 5:00 P.M.

Responses must be submitted by email to:

Cassandra Redd, City Clerk credd@cityofpeekskillny.gov and

Matthew Rudikoff, Economic Development Specialist mrudikoff@cityofpeekskillny.gov

copy: peekskillrfp@gmail.com

Please submit any questions about this RFP by December 19, 2026 to Matthew Rudikoff at

(914) 734-4215 or mrudikoff@cityofpeekskillny.gov. This RFP and answers to submitted questions

can be found on-line at https://www.cityofpeekskill.com/bids.aspx.

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1. Introduction

The City of Peekskill (“City”) wants proposals from established commercial boating vendors including

cruise ship and other boat operators and individual water sport outfitters and pier managers. One or

more commercial boating operations and pier manager services will be for the recently reopened

Fleischmann Pier located at Louisa Street - Charles Point Park, Peekskill, NY (the “Pier”).

2. The Location

The vibrant City of Peekskill and its historic Fleischmann Pier are located on a scenic reach of the

Hudson River within the Hudson River National Heritage Area and Hudson Highlands Statewide Area

of Scenic Significance. Peekskill is the central city of northern Westchester, with close proximity to a

wealth of noteworthy historic and ecologic points of interest, as identified below. Peekskill is located

40 miles north of New York City (Hudson River marker 43.5) on the eastern shore of the Hudson River

in northern Westchester County. Peekskill is accessible from US Route 9, NYS Routes 202 and 6, and

the Bear Mountain Parkway, and is a one-hour train ride from NYC by Metro-North Railroad. The train

station is within walking distance of the Pier.

Fleischmann Pier and Charles Point Park are located at the intersection of Louisa Street and John

Walsh Boulevard in Peekskill’s southern waterfront district (see Area Map attached). A Holiday Inn,

Peekskill Stadium, and several restaurants and entertainment venues at the Factoria at Charles Point

and HQ Racing are in the immediate vicinity. Route 9 at the Louisa Street intersection is 0.5 miles

away. Downtown Peekskill is approximately one mile by car or shuttle bus, and may be accessed by

Peekskill’s waterfront public Art Trail network.

Peekskill’s three-mile waterfront trail, parks and public art installations are publicly accessible and

heavily utilized. Downtown Peekskill is an arts and entertainment powerhouse with a dramatic

increase in Quality-of-Life indicators and tourist appeal. Marketing would target exploration of the

lower Hudson River valley and Peekskill’s historic past, varied assets and activities, an engaged

community, and 21st vision to be the premiere destination for tourism and business development in

Westchester County and the Lower Hudson Valley based on 2025 cruise ridership and level of local

and regional interest.

The City itself features a robust Arts District connected to the waterfront by Peekskill’s new State-

funded public art trail. Museum venues, historic sites and highly successful food and entertainment

offerings shown in the Discover Peekskill Video and website https://discoverpeekskill.com/. In 2024-

2025 the City of Peekskill ran a schedules shuttle bus bringing cruise passengers and other visitors

between Downtown Peekskill, the Peekskill MNRR station and waterfront commercial and public

recreational and art River from resources, and Fleischmann Pier Charles Point Park visitors.

Other nearby land-based Points of Interest include:

 Stonykill Art Center and Gallery

 Stone Barns Center

 Bear Mountain Park and Bridge

 Popolopen Footbridge and Revolutionary War Forts Montgomery and Fort Clinton

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 West Point Military Academy

 Stony Point Battlefield & Museum

 Storm King Art Center

 Magazzino Italian Art Museum

 Kino Saito Arts Center

 Iona Island National Heritage River Area

 Manitoga – Russell Wright Design Center

 Constitution Marsh and Audubon Center

 Sleepy Hollow Restoration

 Blue Mountain Reservation, and

 Private commercial uses and hotels along the waterfront and nearby destinations such as the

Factoria and HQ Racing.

3. City of Peekskill Goals

The City is seeking proposals from experienced commercial boating vendors and pier managers,

as described below, to operate one or more commercial boating operations and /or to provide Pier

Management services at the Pier. Demonstrating how your proposal can contribute to the

accomplishment of the goals is discussed below. The City’s goals include:

A.

Goals For Boat Operators and Pier Managers

 Contribute to use of Fleischmann Pier as a Quality-of-Life asset for City and area residents

and visitors and as an economic generator for the City including passenger generated

revenues and boat operations local employment and operating expenditures.

 Provide a diversity of engaging and enriching Hudson River waterfront experiences and

activity choices to ensure recurring visits by residents and visitors to Fleischmann Pier.

Experiences could include cruises and excursions for site seeing, historic, ecological,

educational, dinner, theme, dance or personal or organizational special cruise events; and

other water borne usages such as jet ski or pontoon boat outfitters and transient boat

dockage. Other activities could include, fishing, walking, canoeing, and kayaking, via an ADA

compliant kayak launch.

 Provide information and encouragement to residents and visitors to Fleischmann Pier to also

and use other land-based Peekskill assets, destinations, businesses, organizations or events

during their current and future visits.

 Support multiple boat operators with vessels of varying sizes and types which would operate

in a coordinated and cooperative fashion and combine to create the greatest and most

diverse Pier usage to residents and visitors.

 Generate revenue to the City from rent or user fees from commercial boat operators,

outfitters, and transient dockers to assist the City with the maintenance, improvements, and

operations of the Pier.

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 Make semi-annual boat operating reports to the Pier Manager on your respective boating

activities and on meeting license agreement requirements.

B. Goals For Pier Managers

 Ensure Fleischmann Pier functions in a well-managed, safe, and coordinated fashion to

maximize the recreational, educational, financial and other benefits to residents and visitors.

 Coordinate multiple pier activities, including commercial boating, transient boating and

public use, scheduling, maintaining usership records, financial management and record

keeping.

 Coordinate with City Departments regarding City services on a regular basis.

 Monitor, assess, report to City Departments on public usage and safety issues.

 Serve as a resource for Pier conditions review, make recommendations for corrective

measures and undertake Pier conditions planning, design and construction oversight, and

related implementation tasks when able.

 Provide a central point of contact for the public, City administration, City Departments, and

boat operators (public and private).

 Create an equal opportunity for community of user-operators without undue regard or

priority for one use/service/company over another.

 Make semi-annual boat operating reports to the City on your respective boating activities

and on meeting service agreement requirements.

4. The Opportunity – Pier and Park Facilities

The Pier and Charles Point Park are a unique City asset providing easy access to the Hudson River.

Following a multi-million-dollar project to reconstruct the Pier and undertake improvements to the

adjoining Charles Point Park, the Pier reopened in October 2024 and was able to accommodate cruise

and tour boat docking that provided Fall foliage excursions along the River. The Pier had a fully

operational season in 2025 which included cruise and tour boats that operated in Fall 2024, and a full

2025 cruising season. The Pier’s premiere location, unparalleled vistas and picturesque views of the

Bear Mountain Bridge truly it the Gateway to the Hudson Highlands. An Area Map showing the Pier’s

location is attached as Exhibit “A”.

The Pier is outfitted for recreational boating, cruises, transient docking, and other commercial and

public uses including but not limited to kayaking and fishing. The City is seeking a five (5) year License

Agreement(s) with a conditional five (5) year extension with the selected vendors for tour boat

operations and / or Contract for Pier Manager Services. Both forms of agreement will contain

performance assessment criteria which can be used for extension or earlier termination

considerations.

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The Pier has three (3) Pier level docking bump-outs located on the north and south sides and the west

end. The North side of the Pier also features two (2) 8’ x 50’ floating docks each equipped with a

gangway and twelve (12) mooring cleats and, a separate ADA compliant 12’ x 24’ kayak dock. The west

end bump out and docking positions on the southside have ‘drawable water’ constraints. The facilities

at the Pier are depicted in Appendix “B” Fleischmann Pier Docking Positions.

A. Boat Operators and Vendors

The City requests proposals from established tour boat operators who are experienced and capable

of utilizing Fleischmann Pier to operate commercial boat operations. The City is not accepting

proposals for stationary restaurant or other types of stationary vessels or event operators. The Pier is

suitable for various forms of boating including, but not limited to:

 Scheduled tour boat day trips

 Dinner, sunset, seasonal and themed cruises

 Scheduled tour boat cruise ships with overnight docking

 Tour boat home port

 Historic, educational or specialty boats or educational barges - home port

 Research and other vessels

 Kayak, paddleboard, jet skis, pontoon craft or other specialty boat rental outfitters.

B. Pier Manager Services

The City also seeks Fleischmann Pier Manager services in collaboration with the City and

coordinating boat operations, to address overall Pier operations, as needed:

 Operations Planning and Management

1) Create a Pier Operations Plan to: identify, vet, coordinate, schedule and otherwise

describe the approach to systemizing multiple commercial uses/outfitters,

vendors, cruise ships and potential transient overnight uses, public fishing, paddle

sport, pedestrian and bicycle/scooter best suited for overall Pier operations and

City mission and identify;

2) Manage paper and digital Pier usage records and accounts, oversee other vessel

compliance with Pier operations, and provide regular Pier Operations Reports to

the City;

3) Maintain master log of permanent and transient moorage assignments,

reservations and usage and supervise and manage fee collections in an orderly

manner to be approved by the City;

4) Assist with and provide input to City Pier operations and maintenance -

budgeting.

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Commodity Codes

• NAICS 237990Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
• NAICS 238990All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
• NAICS 541611Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services

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