SOLICITATION NOTICE
M -- A Concession Business Opportunity to Operate Boat Rental, Limited Food and Beverage Service, and Firewood Sales at Julian Price Memorial Park within the Blue Ridge Parkway
- Notice Date
- 7/27/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- Contracting Office
- SER - National Park Service Concessions100 Alabama Street, SW Atlanta GA 30303
- ZIP Code
- 30303
- Solicitation Number
- BLRI010-13
- Response Due
- 10/16/2012
- Archive Date
- 7/27/2013
- Point of Contact
- Mark Morgan Concessions Specialist 4045075638 mark_morgan@nps.gov;
- E-Mail Address
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Point of Contact above, or if none listed, contact the IDEAS EC HELP DESK for assistance
(EC_helpdesk@NBC.GOV)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- A Concession Business Opportunity to Operate Boat Rental, Limited Food and Beverage Service, and Firewood Sales at Julian Price Memorial Park within the Blue Ridge Parkway The National Park Service (NPS) will issue a prospectus for solicitation of offers for a 10 year concession contract to provide boat rental (canoes, kayaks, and rowboats), limited food and beverage service, and firewood sales at Julian Price Memorial Park within the Blue Ridge Parkway. Located at Milepost 297 of the Blue Ridge Parkway, near the resort town of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, Julian Price Memorial Park (Price Park) is one of the most popular attractions on the Parkway. Price Park contains 4,344 acres with 47-acre Price Lake at its center. Price Park and the neighboring Moses Cone Memorial Park comprise the largest developed recreation area on the Parkway. Adjacent to the lake and the boat rental operation, Julian Price Park Campground, with 197 sites, is the Parkway's largest and most popular campground. Julian Price Park picnic area is one of the Parkway's largest and busiest picnic areas. Both visitors to the region and residents of the surrounding area enjoy a variety of hiking, camping, fishing and boating at Price Park. Price Lake has the only boat rental service authorized along the Parkway. All offers must be received by the NPS at the address listed on the inside front cover of the prospectus no later than 4:00 p.m. on, Tuesday, October 16, 2012, in order to be evaluated and considered for an award of a concession contract. The prospectus describes the business opportunity and includes the terms and conditions under which the NPS will award the concession contract. The prospectus will be available on the NPS website at http://concessions.nps.gov/prospectuses.htm, or you can receive a hard copy for $50.00. To request a hard copy of the prospectus, send a check for $50.00 payable to the National Park Service to Mark Morgan at the address listed below. Please include a physical address (no post office box) and telephone number. You may also pick up a printed copy at the Superintendent's Office at Park Headquarters for $45.00 (checks only). A site visit has been scheduled for Monday, August 27, 2012. Contact Laura Nelson at 828-348-3407 or Laura_S_Nelson@nps.gov by August 23, 2012 for details and to reserve a spot. Questions in response to this prospectus are due in writing or via email by Monday, September 10, 2012 to the Mark Morgan at the address listed on the inside front cover of the prospectus and below. If you are planning to submit a proposal and have obtained your prospectus from the website, we recommend that you advise Mark Morgan, Concessions Management Specialist, Southeast Region, NPS, AFC, 1924 Building, 100 Alabama Street, S.W., Atlanta, GA 30303 at (404) 507-5638 or e-mail at mark_morgan@nps.gov of your interest so your contact information can be placed on a mailing list to receive future responses to questions or amendments to the prospectus. Those receiving a hard copy or on the mailing list will be provided with any additional information specific to the prospectus via email. The same information will be posted to the above mentioned website. No telephone requests for the prospectus will be honored.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOI/NPS/APC-IS/BLRI010-13/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Julian Price Memorial ParkBlue Ridge Parkway
- Zip Code: 28605
- Zip Code: 28605
- Record
- SN02818748-W 20120729/120728000754-0c682a1af693d68844af78ac024d9cd1 (fbodaily.com)
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