A Concession Business Opportunity to provide the Sale of Visitor Convenience Items within Various National Park Units within Interior Regions 6, 7 & 8

The National Park Service (NPS) issues a Prospectus soliciting proposals for the award of up to three (3) Concession Contracts to provide the Sale of Visitor Convenience Items within various National Park units within Interior Regions 6, 7 & 8. The services included in this Prospectus must be provided in conjunction with a Cooperating Association Agreement for sales activities within each Park Unit. The effective date of each concession contract in this solicitation is January 1, 2023. The Prospectus explains the business opportunity and the terms and conditions under which the NPS will award the Concession Contracts. The Prospectus will be available at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/concessions/prospectuses.htm

Preferred Offeror

The Director, pursuant to the terms of 36 CFR Part 51 has determined the three (3) Contracts under this solicitation are qualified Contracts and, therefore, the existing Concessioners are Preferred Offerors for the respective new Contracts. If an existing Concessioner submits a responsive proposal and that proposal is not selected as the best proposal for that specific Contract, the Preferred Offeror designation allows it to match the terms of the best offer and be awarded the contract it submitted the proposal for.

Submission of a Proposal

In order to be evaluated and considered for award of a Concession Contract, the Proposal, including that of the Existing Concessioner, must be received by the Commercial Services Program Lead, Interior Regions 6, 7 & 8 , National Park Service by 4:00 p.m. Mountain Time on November 3, 2022. See Prospectus Part II Proposal Instructions for details on how and to whom to submit a proposal.

Notification about this Prospectus

To receive notifications about this Prospectus, please provide via email to Jennifer Parker, Commercial Services Program Lead, at Jennifer_Parker@nps.gov, your name, company name, email address, and phone number. The contact list already includes the Existing Concessioner Information relative to the solicitation. The NPS will post all additional information specific to the Prospectus on Sam.gov and notify interested parties via email.

The Service will not conduct a site visit. Offerors are encouraged to visit the area to become familiar with physical conditions and limitations involved and become acquainted with the details requisite to operating the Draft Contract services.