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BID SUBMISSION DEADLINE

JUNE 1, 2020USA CYCLING SELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT:

JUNE 1, 2020All bid information available at www.usacycling.org/bids

Send all bids and correspondence to:Tara McCarthyDirector of National [email protected] Cycling210 USA Cycling Point, Suite 100Colorado Springs, CO 80919


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USA CYCLINGis the national governing body for competitive cycling in the United States, a member of the United States Olympic Committee, and is recognized by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as the sole sanctioning body for cycling in the United States.

USA Cycling owns the rights to the USA Cycling National Championships. The official name for the event will be the “USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships”. USA Cycling retains the rights to various media and sponsorship categories as listed be-low.

Who Can Bid? USA Cycling endeavors to create event relationships with organizations like Convention and Visitors Bureaus, Sports Commissions and/or venue operators, such as a resort or a velodrome association, to ensure the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) has all of the necessary support, involvement, and promotion in the local community. The LOC may partner with an experienced race/operations director or event operations company that can help develop the bid.

Bid Process. This document is a detailed overview of the requirements for hosting a USA Cycling National Championship. All bids must acknowledge and accept responsibility for the LOC requirements listed within this document. Completed bids must be received by their respective deadlines. USA Cy-cling will review and follow up with questions or discussion. The decision-making process may include site visits by USA Cycling staff members, with reasonable travel costs for that visit being the responsibility of the potential LOC. There is a non-refundable bid fee of $150 to be included with the sub-mitted proposal.

Event Success! This championship has attracted over 350 unique participants and numerous additional family, friends, and spectators. The championship races run on Friday, Satur-day, and Sunday and include an individual time trial, team time trial, criterium, and road races for all competitors in club and var-sity cycling programs. The bid for this event is a two-year contract for 2022 and 2023.


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KEY SELECTIONCRITERIA THE FOLLOWING ARE THE PRIMARY CRITERIA THAT WILL BE USED WHEN CONSIDERING A BID PACKAGE • Event management experience• Financial and community support• Venue quality/strength of race courses• Proximity of courses/venues to hotels, food, airport, and lodging• Maximum exposure to the local community• Media/public relations plan• Guarantee of LOC Responsibilities• Potential for local/regional media coverage • Local/regional/national sponsorship potential• Operating budget• Volunteer support• Location accessibility for participants• Ability to provide operations personnel as part of bid (or money to offset)

VENUE/FORMATREQUIREMENTS THE USA CYCLING COLLEGIATE ROAD NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS REQUIRE A VENUE THAT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING • A time trial course closed to traffic for one day. The course should be “out and back” on good road surface. There will be different turn around points allowing distance options between 8 km and 40 km. A stretch of road that is a minimum of 10 miles long is required (to create a course that is double that distance).

• Road race courses with loops that will allow a minimum number of laps to give distances between 40 and 160 kilometers with terrain to challenge the different rider age groups. This course must be com-pletely closed for one day or have a full-road rolling enclosure affected by law enforcement officers trained in its execution. In the latter case, the start/finish area must be completely closed. Optimal loop length is 25-40 kilometers.

• A criterium course closed to traffic for one day. The course should be between .6 miles and 1.5 miles and preferably in a city center or urban area to maximize spectator participation.

• All courses require a closed to traffic start/finish area which prefera-bly would be enacted the evening before racing starts for set up.

• A space on or near the start finish for a stage for officials.

• Plenty of participant and spectator parking adjacent to the course.

• A spectator-accessible area close to hotels, food and shopping.


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USA CYCLING RIGHTS All race entry fees and national sponsorships along with other USAC sponsorship sales will be retained by USAC to pay for the event. A detailed list of LOC responsibilities is in Appendix A.

USAC owns the exclusive rights to all radio, tele-vision, film, video, and other media form for the races and the exclusive right to sell USAC logoed merchandise and event-specific merchandise at the races.

SPONSOR SOLICITATIONUSA Cycling is responsible for procuring national and title/presenting sponsorships. The LOC will be asked to work with USAC to also pro-cure event-specific sponsorship sales which could include title/present-ing sponsors and to support the sales process in a way that maximizes revenue, while protecting the rights of USA Cycling’s existing sponsors. All sponsorship must be pre-approved by USAC. There are two VIK sponsorship models the LOC can choose to support the event.

There are specific budget relieving items that can be sold to local com-panies, i.e. vehicle sponsor which would offset USA Cycling’s budget line item for rental cars. If the LOC secures a value in kind sponsor, USAC will pay the LOC 50% of the cash amount that was saved. The other sponsorship model is if the LOC sells a VIK sponsor beyond USA Cycling’s necessary need for rentals cars, the LOC will keep any above and beyond cash from said sponsor.

An “event-specific sponsor” is defined as a sponsor that is only sup-porting this one national championship in this one location.

LOC agrees to cover or remove any pre-existing brand signage as re-quested by USA Cycling in order to provide a “clean” venue.

Below is a current list of USA Cycling national sponsors and closed cat-egories—this list could change at any time, and USA Cycling will work with the LOC to communicate any changes. These categories are con-sidered exclusive for the entire event including related ancillary events (fun rides, expo, fundraisers, etc.).

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USA CYCLINGEXCLUSIVE SPONSORS & PROTECTED CATEGORIES • TBD (vehicle category)

• Just Bare (chicken category)

• TBD (telecommunications/communications category)

• TBD (sunglasses category)

• TBD (beer category— LOC must provide pouring rights at event and secure appropriate local licenses for entirety of start/finish and expo areas)

• Nationwide (insurance category)

• Assos (national championship jersey)

• TBD (technical support category)

• Science in Sport (hydration drink, recovery drink, gel categories)

• KT Tape (therapeutic and kinesiology tape category)

• BikeFlights.com (Bike Shipping category)

• NormaTec (compression and recovery category)

• Athletic Greens (vitamins; greens supplement and drinks)


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USA CYCLING SPONSORS (LOC may not offer exclusivity against these categories)

• Texas Children’s Health Plan (Health Insurance Plan in state of Texas category)

• Safe-Tec (helmet category)

• United (Airline category)

• Stages (power meter category)

• TrainingPeaks (Coaching Education and Software)

• TBD (stationary trainers category)

• MPA Graphics (Event signage and fencing category)

• Halo Neuroscience (Headphones category)

• IHG (Hotel category)

Prohibited categoriesFirearms, tobacco, hard liquor adult or gambling websites


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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NEEDEDPLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN YOUR BID AS WELL:• Details about your host city or venue including population, av-erage temperatures and sunrise and sunset during the time of the event, media statistics, tourist attractions and any other pertinent information as a destination for the USA Cycling National Champion-ships.

• Key people from the city and production company involved in the organization of the event. Production staff, communications staff, etc. that you wish to use.

• Letters of support from permitting agencies, police departments, other government officials, venue operators, and potential sponsors.

• Any sponsors who have committed to the event or government grants that have been secured.

• Photos, maps, elevation profiles, venue layouts, and any history of use of proposed venue.

• Budget overview of local costs to meet LOC responsibilities.

• Tell us why you stand apart from other cities who want to host this event!


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COMPLETED BIDS PLEASE SEND ALL COMPLETED BIDS ALONG WITH A NON-REFUNDABLE BID FEE OF $150 (CHECK OR MONEY ORDER MADE OUT TO USA CYCLING) TO:Tara McCarthyDirector of National [email protected] Cycling210 USA Cycling Point, Suite 100Colorado Springs, CO 80919

Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions on submitting a bid!


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HOST LOCREQUIREMENTS APPENDIX AIn addition to obligations contained elsewhere in this agreement, LOC is required to pro-vide the following services and assume all related costs:

COSTS OF SITE VISIT – The LOC is responsible for the costs of one inspection and two site visits by up to two USA Cycling staff as well as housing for additional visits. Items to be covered in these site visits will include economy airline flights, rental car (or ground travel costs), lodging and food during the visit. USAC may make these trips before making a deci-sion on the bid or after awarding the bid at the discretion of USA Cycling.

RACE OPERATIONSPOLICE SERVICES – LOC will obtain all necessary local police services to provide safe road closures, which may include fixed-post positions, traffic control, crowd control, over-night security in expo/finish area, enforcing no-parking zones and maintaining general public safety.

PUBLIC WORKS & ROAD SERVICES – LOC will coordinate local public works and road services. These services are necessary to support police efforts to ensure road clo-sures and the safety of the course. These services include:• Repair all holes and potholes on course prior to race weekend to provide a safe, smooth course• Detours and detour equipment including message boards• Barricades• Cones• Printing/posting of no parking signs• Removal/restoration and street repair• Vehicle towing• Street sweeping20

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COURSE/ROAD AVAILABLITY Provide a complete and groomed course includ-ing the following:• National championship-worthy road, time trial, and criterium courses designed to USA Cycling (USAC) specifications. Roads should be free of defects, deformities, potholes, debris, etc.• All organization and course safety evalua-tions for each race venue. Provide detailed outlines and procedures for operations for each race.• Alterations to these courses must be avail-able for each of the different specific category distances required per USAC.• Courses should be ready to race and only needing signage, course markings, hay bales, and small repairs. Note USAC is responsible for hiring any personnel, outside of what the LOC commits to in the bid, which will provide a course crew to design, build, maintain, and tear down course markings.• Roads closures will be required at a minimum of rolling road enclosures, to an ideal maximum of fully closed roadways.


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PERMIT SERVICES – LOC will obtain all neces-sary permits, which may include:• City, county, and state permits for stages, tents, electrical, health, alcohol, encroachment, sound and road closures• Parking - both on and off the street• Alcoholic beverages - consumption in public, if served at a start, from cups, bottles and cans, in a private VIP area• Road closures and use – all permits required for the closure and use of roads for setup and racing. (includes permits for construction of staging, tents, portable generators, and power equipment)• Construction Permits - Includes permits for con-struction of staging, tents, wiring and electrical, por-table generators, power equipment and a fork lift• Special and ancillary events - pre-event and race day(s)• Banners and signs - hanging and display of pre-event, race day advertising and sponsor banners• Concession sales -on-site merchandise and con-cession stands as requested by race organizers


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MEDICAL SERVICES – The LOC must provide USA Cy-cling approved medical services and have a medical plan one month prior to race date for the event. The medical plan must be covered in volunteer training and copies of the emergen-cy medical plan must be provided to the chief official, course marshals and other key personnel. There must also be a tent or shelter near the start/finish line for medical staff to work. The designated medical areas must be clearly indicated on course maps, venue maps, and outside of the building/tent/structure (i.e. red cross on white background, word that says “Medical/First Aid”). Placement of medical services will be agreed upon by the operations director and USA Cycling Race Director. The operations director and USA Cycling will make sure that the medical plan is communicated to all of their personnel.

RESIDENT/BUSINESS NOTIFICATIONS – LOC will notify all residents and businesses that will be impacted by the event.

WASTE MANAGEMENT & TOILETS – LOC will provide waste management, trash removal services and portable toilets for the event. Necessary supplies and services include: trash containers, roll off containers, dumpsters, recycling containers, porta-lets and the crews to empty full containers and service toilets and garbage containers. Also needed are crews to restore the venue to its original appearance, mean-ing removal of trash from streets, parking lots, parking ga-rages, curbs, etc. Street sweeping is recommended the day before the event and the evening after tear down.H

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EXPO AREA/FESTIVAL – LOC will provide with the following ser-vices related to the expo area/festival, the expo is a sellable asset for the LOC:• Allocation of a suitable area for the festival• Directional/welcoming signage• Handle all festival permits and associated fees• Electricity and waste management• Parking for vendors

VOLUNTEER PROGRAM – The LOC is responsible for acquiring, organizing, and managing local volunteers for the event. Volunteers will assist USA Cycling and the LOC pre-event, day of event, and possi-bly one day post event. The total number of volunteers is typically 100 to 200 (depending on final course needs). LOC will provide meals for the volunteers as necessary. The LOC is responsible for its own vol-unteer check-in infrastructure (room, tents, tables, chairs, generators). If LOC cannot supply a sufficient number of volunteers, it is the LOC responsibility to supplement volunteers with hired labor/staff to meet event needs.

INSURANCE FOR AUXILLARY EVENTS – USA Cycling will provide all racing-related insurance for staff, sponsors, municipalities, spectators and participants. LOC will provide insurance for all non-rac-ing activities and provide USA Cycling with a certificate of insurance naming USA Cycling as “additional insured.” These activities include but are not limited to an expo area, parking/shuttles, vending, concerts, hospitality areas, kid’s activities and associated events. Insurance lev-els must be a minimum of $1 million per occurrence and must be on an “occurrence” and not a “claims-made” basis.

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WEBSITE LANDING PAGE – The LOC is responsible for creating a landing page for local information for participants and spectators. This page should include lodging information, information about the area, and other activities that travelers can make plans to participate in. This page will be linked to from the USA Cycling event page. Page must NOT include race specific information like race schedule, registration infor-mation, course maps, rules etc., but may link back to the USA Cycling page for that information.

COMMUNICATIONS – The LOC is responsible for provid-ing support to the USAC marketing and communications team for the promotion of the event with local and national media. Support to include:• Provide a designated media relations/communications lead to work alongside USAC• Prepare and execute a media and promotions plan, once agreed and approved with USA Cycling

• The plan should include a proposal for free media place-ment, publicity and PR with local media outlets (to include: TV, internet, social media, print, radio)• The plan should include a proposal for paid media oppor-tunities with local media outlets (to include: TV, internet, social media, print, radio).

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HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONSSTAFF ROOMS – LOC will provide up to 100 total room nights to be used from three days before the event to one day after.

STAFF/HQ HOTEL REQUIREMENTS – LOC will secure a hotel for the event that meets the following requirements:• USAC Hotel Sponsor, if any, must be given first right to provide the necessary rooms• No more than one hotel property is preferable• Hotel must be a minimum of a 3-star hotel property• Hotel must be within close proximity to the finish line• Hotel property must be pre-approved by USA Cycling• Hotel must include free internet in guest rooms• Hotel must provide free parking for event staff


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AUXILIARY SPACESThe LOC is responsible for providing the following auxiliary spaces 48 hours leading up to the event start to one day after the event finish:

REGISTRATION & MEETING ROOM – Area open one day before the start of the event (set up two days before the event) for participants to pick up race numbers and register for the event.

Requires approximately 2,000 square feet. Below are the ele-ments that the Registration Room must have:• 10 chairs• Six 6-foot skirted tables• 10 110V outlets and power strips• Wireless internet capability to accommodate 50 users• Sufficient trash and recyclable cans• One high speed copier which can collate and staple. Copi-er will be delivered and installed and should print a minimum of 30-50 pages per minute. Copier should come with a ser-vice agreement that includes on-site maintenance, if neces-sary (can share this copier with media work room if areas are adjacent to each other)

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ANTI-DOPING FACILITY – LOC must provide an anti-dop-ing facility that meets United States Anti-Doping Agency (USA-DA) specifications and must include:• A separate medical control facility including a men’s and women’s restroom (cannot be a public facility) comprising the following:• Comfortable waiting area with chairs for athletes• Separate room or partition for paperwork formalities• Separate bathroom facility with shower and sink• Clean, private and secure, with no access by public or press• Access to a telephone• On the venue grounds• Temperature controlled• Four six-foot table, 16 chairs, and full sized trash cans• Coolers with ice or a refrigerator• 6-10 sealed drinks (juice, water, and electrolyte drinks) per athlete tested• Sealed snack food

VIP AREA – Both USA Cycling and the LOC have the right to create a VIP area at the event if they so choose. If LOC creates a space, USA Cycling will have the right to 20 tickets for no charge. If USA Cycling needs more space than the 20 tickets, they have the rights to purchase hospitality space within that space at LOC’s hard cost.

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PARKING REQUIREMENTSSTAFF HOTEL PARKING – Requires a sizable portion of the headquarter hotel parking lot at no charge to staff.

EVENT PARKING – Requires a sizable lot (approx-imately 100 parking spaces) in close proximity to the start/finish line, to accommodate team vehicles. Some teams may travel with a motor coach, trailer and support vehicle. Parking area should support bikes on top of vehicles; parking garages with decks will not be sufficient event parking.

MEDIA PARKING – Parking for five local and vis-iting media within close proximity of the press work room/press conference. Additional parking for tele-vision trucks to accommodate live shots at the finish line.

STAFF EVENT PARKING – Requires parking for approximately 10 vehicles adjacent to the finish line location.


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USA CYCLING RESPONSIBILITIES APPENDIX BUSA Cycling is responsible for providing the following support and assuming all related costs:

USA CYCLING STAFF – USA Cycling will bring in staff to oversee the event including a race director, stage manager/s, and registration manager. Fees and travel costs will be covered by USAC.

OFFICIALS – USA Cycling will assign and pay all of the assigned officials fees and expenses per the USA Cycling schedule of fees for national champion-ship events. USA Cycling is also responsible for officials’ travel to and from the event. If the LOC would like to include auxiliary events, LOC will be responsible for officials’ overtime if incurred.

OPERATIONS TEAM – USA Cycling will secure and compensate an oper-ations team. The operations team will work directly with USA Cycling and may include one or more persons filling the following roles:• Operations Director• Course Manager(s)• Venue Manager• Course Build and Maintenance Crew

ANNOUNCERS – USA Cycling will select and hire a minimum of one an-nouncer. USA Cycling is also responsible for the announcers travel to and from the event.

TIMING/SCORING – USA Cycling will hire and pay a timing/results company.

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COORDINATION & FINAL APPROVALS IN ALL RACE-RELATED ITEMS - Courses, venue layout, com-petition and awards ceremony schedule, tech/expo layout, start/finish area, timing companies, housing, organization-al structure, websites, marketing, signage placement on course.

REGISTRATION – USA Cycling will provide registration for the event via its online registration system. USA Cycling will also provide a staff person to manage registration on site.

1% FOR SPORT – USA Cycling has set aside 1% of our registration revenue to donate to a local non-profit that helps promote cycling as a healthy lifestyle, as transporta-tion, as an education program or employment program.

EVENT WEBSITE – USA Cycling will create, develop, and provide the race information content for the national championship event website (this will include, but not be limited to: race schedule, competition guidebook, eligibility requirements, race results, photo gallery, current and past race results, registration information, course maps, con-tacts, lodging, and a link to the host city information).

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PROMOTING THE RACES – USA Cycling will promote the event to the athletes and national media through the USA Cycling website and direct emails to members. Such promotions shall be in addition to and not exclusive of LOC’s promotional responsibili-ties.

DEVELOPMENT & CREATION OF TECHNICAL GUIDE The competition guidebook will be created, designed, and devel-oped by USA Cycling staff with additional information provided by the LOC and any 3rd party vendors necessary. USA Cycling staff will be responsible for providing:• Rider eligibility and licensing requirements - The eligibility requirements for participation will be outlined. Licensing and cat-egorization requirements must also be included in this section.• Registration information - Open/close dates, on-site regis-tration/packet-up times, registration requirements, online and mail-in registration information, entry fees and any late fees. This information will be set by USA Cycling and communicated to the LOC.• Schedules - The schedule section is to include competitions, awards, and registration/packet pick-up times.• Awards & prizes - The awards and prizes will be outlined in the technical guide.


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BADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT – USA Cycling will provide the follow-ing equipment for the event:• Stage for the officials and announcers to work from. This stage will be placed at the start/finish line• A truss to go over the start/finish line to hold sponsor signage and indicate the start/finish line.• Sound system including six speakers (USA Cycling may decide to add to this system to create farther reach)• Enough barrier fencing to secure the course. Amount depends on course.• All signage for the truss and start/finish fencing including National Championship signage and USAC sponsor signage.• Generator for backup power.• Awards backdrop - size 12 feet high by 15 feet wide reflecting USAC sponsors.• Credentials - Staff, media, tech/feed zone, hospitality credentials shall be created and produced by USA Cycling if needed.• Radios - USA Cycling will provide multiple channel radios for offi-cials, USA Cycling staff, and event crew. USAC will be responsible for creating a radio plan to communicate with different parts of the course including officials and staff. • Awards - USA Cycling will provide all awards (jerseys, medals and/or cash prizes) to all National Championship races and addition-al categories of races, as appropriate. LOC may provide a unique local award to winners as approved by USAC.

VOLUNTEER CLOTHING – USA Cycling will provide official clothing for volunteers.

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