Honolulu concessionaire bonds.
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Before the City and County of Honolulu signs a concession contract, the concessionaire has to hand over security for the performance of it — HRS § 102-11 requires it of every concession on public property, and it is the surety bond in most cases. The contract sets the penal sum, with a statutory floor of two months of rent and other charges; our premium on it is priced at 2% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum, and your exact figure appears at the application.

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Runs to the City and County of Honolulu as security for the full and faithful performance of the concession contract

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Sized at not less than two months of rental and other charges under HRS § 102-11(b)(2) — your contract states the figure

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From $100, soft pull only — enter the amount your contract requires and see your exact price at the application

From $1002% of the bond amount, $100 minimumSoft pullnever affects your scoreInstantissued the moment you pay

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How it works

Apply to filed in one sitting.

Nothing here waits in an underwriting queue. Enter the penal sum your concession contract states, pay, and hand the executed bond to the city before you sign. Here is the whole thing:

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Your entity details, a short description of the concession agreement, the penal sum your contract requires, the effective date, and a 1-, 2-, or 3-year term — plus a one-time consent that authorizes a soft credit pull.

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Your price is final at checkout — 2% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum. The application includes a credit consent, but it authorizes a soft credit pull only — a soft inquiry that never affects your score. No hard inquiry ever runs on this bond.

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File with the city

Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to give to the officer letting your contract — the Department of Enterprise Services concession administrator, or the Division of Purchasing for concessions solicited outside the DES portfolio. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.

About this bond

What it is and who needs it.

What the Honolulu concessionaire bond actually guarantees

Honolulu does not run its own visitor services. It grants a concession — which HRS § 102-1 defines as the privilege of selling goods, wares, merchandise or services to the public, operating a parking lot, or using public space for advertising or communications — to a private operator, on land and in buildings the city controls. The Department of Enterprise Services (DES) prepares, administers and enforces the citywide concession contracts, roughly three dozen of them, covering the Honolulu Zoo, the city golf courses, the Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve and various city parks. Concessions outside the DES portfolio are solicited through the Division of Purchasing in the Department of Budget and Fiscal Services. Whichever office lets the contract, the security runs to the City and County of Honolulu.

The bond is a full and faithful performance guarantee on the concession contract itself. HRS § 102-11(b) requires every form of security to be conditioned on performance "in accordance with the terms and intent" of the contract and, by its terms, to inure to the benefit of the State or of the county. It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City and County of Honolulu (the obligee), with the public that owns the property as the protected party. What the city recovers against is contract failure — unpaid rent or percentage-of-gross fees, unpaid utilities and other charges, walking away mid-term, damage left behind on city premises. It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays, you repay the surety.

There is no single statutory figure. The penal sum tracks your contract, and § 102-11(b)(2) sets the floor at not less than two months of the rental and other charges the contract requires — the statute names one exception, in-bond merchandise at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, where the bond is at least four months of the highest minimum annual rental guaranty. The form of the security turns on size too: where the contract requires less than four months of rental you may post a bond, legal tender, or a bank instrument such as a cashier’s, treasurer’s, teller’s or certified check or a certificate of deposit — but where it requires four months of rental or more, § 102-11(a)(2) accepts only "a good and sufficient bond." And the security has to exist before the contract does: § 102-11(a) requires it before any contract is entered into, and § 102-7 forfeits a successful bidder’s deposit to the city treasury if the bidder fails to enter the contract and furnish satisfactory security within ten days after the award, or any further time the officer allows.

HRS § 102-11 · City and County of HonoluluHawaii Revised Statutes chapter 102 ("Concessions on Public Property") governs concessions let by the State and by the counties alike. Section 102-11 requires the party with whom a concession contract is proposed to be made to give security for performance before the contract is entered into: a good and sufficient bond, legal tender, or a bank instrument where the required security is less than four months of rental and other charges, and a good and sufficient bond alone where it is four months or more. All security must be conditioned on the full and faithful performance of the contract, be in an amount not less than two months of rental and other charges required under the contract (four months of the highest minimum annual rental guaranty for in bond merchandise at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport), and inure to the benefit of the State or of the county. Section 102-12 lets the officer letting the contract accept a surety company authorized to do business under Hawaii law whenever, in that officer’s opinion, the rights of all parties in interest will be fully protected. Section 102-6 requires a bid deposit with every bid and § 102-8 lets a surety bid bond stand in its place; § 102-7 forfeits that deposit if the awardee does not enter the contract and furnish satisfactory security within ten days. Section 102-2 ties the duration of a concession grant to the investment required and caps the initial term at twenty-five years, and lists the concessions exempt from public bidding. On the city side, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 2021 chapter 38, articles 3 and 8 ("Exceptions to Bidding Requirement" and "Concessions"), amended by Ordinance 23-26 (Bill 38 (2023), CD2) to be consistent with chapter 102, govern when the director may award a concession without public bids and how concessions inside the Neal S. Blaisdell Center and the Tom Moffatt Waikiki Shell are awarded — ROH § 38-8.1 now allows a term of up to 25 years there, with any term longer than five years authorized by council resolution. Sections 102-15 and 102-16 are the teeth: a contract awarded or executed in violation of §§ 102-1 to 102-12 is void, and an officer or person who violates them faces a fine or imprisonment. Confirm your required penal sum and security form on your concession contract, or with the officer letting it.

You need this bond if you are

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Awarded a City and County of Honolulu concession at the zoo, a city golf course, the Blaisdell Center, Hanauma Bay, or a city park

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Renewing or extending a concession contract whose existing security is expiring, or whose rent and other charges have moved the required amount

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Signing a contract that requires four months of rental or more — the one case where HRS § 102-11(a)(2) accepts nothing but a good and sufficient bond

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Replacing cash or a certified check you already have on deposit with the city, to get that working capital back

One application, issued instantly.

These are the actual issuing fields — your entity details, a short description of the concession agreement, the penal sum your contract requires, your term, and a one-time consent that authorizes a soft credit pull only. Your exact price is set at the application from a $100 minimum.

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FAQ

Common questions.

How much is the Honolulu concessionaire bond?Our premium is priced at 2% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum. The bond amount itself is not ours to set — it comes from your concession contract, which HRS § 102-11(b)(2) floors at two months of the rental and other charges the contract requires. Enter that figure and your exact price appears at the application.

What amount should I enter?The penal sum stated in your concession contract or in the city’s solicitation documents. If it is not spelled out yet, work from the statutory floor: two months of the rent plus the other charges the contract makes you pay, such as utilities or a percentage-of-gross fee. The officer letting the contract may require more than the floor, so confirm the number with the Department of Enterprise Services concession administrator, or with the Division of Purchasing if your concession was solicited there.

Do I pay the full bond amount?No. You pay the premium — 2% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum. The penal sum is the surety’s maximum liability if the city makes a valid claim on the bond. It is not a deposit, and nobody escrows your money. That is the whole reason concessionaires use a bond instead of leaving two months of rent sitting with the city as legal tender or a certified check.

Where and when do I file it?With the city officer letting your contract — for most visitor-services concessions that is the Department of Enterprise Services, and for concessions solicited outside the DES portfolio it is the Division of Purchasing in the Department of Budget and Fiscal Services. Timing is the part people miss: HRS § 102-11(a) requires the security before any contract is entered into, and § 102-7 forfeits a successful bidder’s deposit to the city treasury if the bidder does not enter the contract and furnish satisfactory security within ten days after the award, or any further time the officer allows.

Is there a credit check?The application includes a credit consent, but it authorizes a soft credit pull only — a soft inquiry that never affects your score. No hard inquiry ever runs on this bond, and your price does not move because of it: it stays 2% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum.

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Honolulu concessionaire bonds.From $100. Enter your amount.