The Ontario International Airport Authority (OIAA) is seeking a promotional merchandise partner to provide high-quality promotional items, branded products, and related services. The selected firm will be responsible for providing creative product recommendations, sourcing, customization, printing, fulfillment, and delivery of promotional items that support OIAA’s marketing, community engagement, external events, executive gifting, co-branded partnerships, and other Airport initiatives. Some key services include product strategy and ideation, product sourcing and customization, brand compliance and quality assurance, intellectual property and brand protection, production and fulfillment, and account management. The proposer should demonstrate experience providing promotional merchandise and related services for organizations with similar operational, branding, marketing, fulfillment, and customer service requirements.
• Experience providing promotional merchandise, branded products, print services, or related services for organizations of similar size, scope, or complexity.
• Ability to provide creative product recommendations, including standard promotional items, premium items, executive gifts, event merchandise, co-branded items, and customized products.
• Access to reliable manufacturers, suppliers, subcontractors, or third-party partners to support a wide range of product requests, customization methods, and fulfillment needs.
• Experience managing logo use, artwork approvals, digital proofs, physical samples, brand standards, and quality control.
• Ability to manage and support production schedules, standard turnaround times, rush requests, shipping, delivery, drop shipping, split shipments, and multi-location fulfillment.