National Park Service, Rocky Mountain Region, 12795 W. Alameda Parkway, P.O. Box 25287, Denver, CO 80225-0287, Attn: RMR-PSE

M -- CONCESSION CONTRACT SOL WICA001 POC Contact Terry Penttila, Concessions Contract Specialist, 303/969-2662 Public notice is hereby given that the National Park Service proposes to award a concession contract authorizing continued food, beverage, and merchandising facilities and services for the public at Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota for a period of approximately five (5) years from the date the contract is executed by the government through December 31, 1999. Offers must be submitted within sixty (60) days after date of publication in the Commerce Business Daily. Interested parties should contact the Regional Director, Rocky Mountain Region, 12795 W. Alameda Parkway, P.O. Box 25287, Denver, Colorado 80225-0287, to obtain a copy of the Prospectus describing the requirements of the proposed contract. This contract renewal has been determined to be categorically excluded from the procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act and no environmental document will be prepared. The existing Concessioner has performed its obligations to the satisfaction of the Secretary under an existing contract which expired by limitation of time on December 31, 1991 and has been allowed to continue operating under the terms and conditions of the expired contract through Interim Letters of Authorization, and therefore pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 of the Act of October 9, 1965 (79 Stat. 969; l6 U.S.C. 20), is entitled to be given preference in the renewal of the contract and in the award of a new contract, providing that the existing Concessioner submits a responsive offer (a timely offer which meets the terms and conditions of the Prospectus). This means that the contract will be awarded to the party submitting the best offer, provided that if the best offer was not submitted by the existing Concessioner, then the existing Concessioner will be afforded the opportunity to match the best offer. If the existing Concessioner agrees to match the best offer, then the contract will be awarded to the existing Concessioner. If the existing Concessioner does not submit a responsive offer, the right of preference in renewal shall be considered to have been waived, and the contract will then be awarded to the party that has submitted the best responsive offer. The Secretary will consider and evaluate all offers received as a result of this notice. Any offer, including that of the of the existing Concessioner, must be received by the Regional Director not later than the sixtieth (60th) day following publication of this notice to be considered and evaluated. (0038)

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