Announcement of Site Visit for a Concession Business Opportunity to Provide Lodging, Food And Beverage, Retail, RV Park, Fuel, and Other Services within Big Bend National Park

The National Park Service (“NPS”) anticipates releasing a prospectus for a concession business opportunity to provide lodging, food and beverage, retail, RV park, fuel, and other services within Big Bend National Park (“Park”) in the first quarter of calendar year 2023. The prospectus will describe the business opportunity and the terms and conditions of Concession Contract No. CC-BIBE002-24 (“Draft Contract”). General information about this business opportunity and the Draft Contract are provided below.

The NPS announces in this notice plans to host a site visit for interested entities on March 23, 2023, after the release of the prospectus. The site visit provides interested entities an overview of the concession operation and a tour of many of the Concession Facilities (land and real property improvements assigned to the concessioner under the Draft Contract). Attendance at the site visit is encouraged, but not required, to submit a proposal.

Site Visit Registration

To attend the site visit, registration is required. To register, contact Rick Gupman, Chief Ranger, Big Bend National Park via email at John_R_Gupman@nps.gov no later than March 8, 2023. You must provide your name, contact information, the name of the entity interested in submitting a proposal that you represent, the primary contact for the entity, and the number of people in your party. Due to space constraints, the NPS limits the number of site visit attendees to a total of four (4) people per interested entity. All individuals attending the site visit must disclose to the Service the entity with which they are affiliated.

Site visit participants are responsible for obtaining their lodging, meals, and transportation to the respective facilities and paying the Park entrance fee, as applicable. Participants are encouraged to obtain lodging as soon as possible, as lodging in the area is limited.

The NPS will not answer questions about this prospectus or business opportunity during registration or the site visit. Interested entities must submit questions in writing after the release of the solicitation to the contact person and by the deadline that will be provided in the prospectus.

Concession Opportunity CC-BIBE002-24

The NPS expects the Draft Contract to have an effective date of July 1, 2024. For more information about this business opportunity, please see the attachment: Announcement of CC-BIBE002-24 Offerors Site Visit.