Denver council committee to consider $248.3 million in proposed airport contracts
The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is scheduled to review contracts for North Terminal expansion planning, baggage-system maintenance and train-system revitalization; the records do not show final approval or disclose procurement and funding details.
Denver City Council’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is scheduled to consider three proposed airport contracts totaling $248,321,522.92 on Aug. 5. The contracts cover North Terminal expansion planning, baggage-system operations and maintenance, and revitalization of the airport’s underground train system. The agenda and linked records do not show final approval or execution.
The largest proposal is a $135 million, 10-year contract with Mile High Delivery Partners Joint Venture for project-management support for the North Terminal Expansion Program, the Legistar record says. It is not a construction award. Denver International Airport said in a 2025 milestones report that initial planning envisioned as many as 50 additional gates and that hiring a project-management consultant was the next step. The report does not establish when construction would start, when gates would open or how the expansion would be phased.
The committee also is scheduled to consider an $83,321,522.92 contract with BEUMER Lifecycle Management LLC for specialized operations and maintenance of the Individual Carrier System, the airport’s baggage-handling system. The proposal calls for a five-year base term and a five-year option, but the public record does not give calendar start or end dates.
A third proposal would award $30 million to Lea & Elliott Inc. for technical and programmatic support for the Automated Guideway Transit System Revitalization Program. That contract would run five years with two one-year extension options, for a maximum term of seven years.
The train-system support contract is separate from the capital work described in Denver’s 2023-35 capital improvement plan. The plan discusses replacing 41 train cars, extending platforms for five- or possibly six-car trains, assessing power-distribution needs and exploring redundancy, but it does not set contract-specific milestones or say when passengers would see those changes.
The public records reviewed do not identify a solicitation number, procurement method, number of bidders or proposers, evaluation results, funding source, appropriation or alternatives considered. They also do not specify planned baggage-system shutdowns, train-service disruptions or passenger-mitigation measures. The contracts appear together on the committee agenda, but the records do not establish formal coordination, sequencing or shared governance.
The Aug. 5 meeting is a scheduled step in the review process. Until council action and the underlying contract documents are available, the amounts and terms should be treated as proposed rather than completed airport work.