CONCESSION -- RESTAURANT AND GIFT SHOP, COLDWATER RIDGE VISITOR CENTER Invitation to Submit Offers: The Gifford-Pinchot National Forest, Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument is accepting ofers for a restaurant and gift shop concession special use permit for the Coldwater Ridge Visitor Center and Cascade Peaks Viewpoint Concessions. Coldwater Ridge VC is located 92 miles northeast of Vancouver, Washington, 45 miles east of Castle Rock on SR 504. The Center is a 19,500 sq ft building owned by the US Government, and consists of a circulation area, exhibit gallery, and the 7,500 sq ft restaurant and gift shop. This site has been in operation for 5 years. The Cascade Peaks concession is located 35 miles south of Randle, Washington, at the junction of Forest Service Roads 99 and 2560. The concessionaire provides the building at this east side location. This site has been serving visitors to the Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument since 1983. These concessions will provide visitors with food, books, veverages, and educational material. A prospectus containing the particulars of the Special Use Permit and bid procedures may be obtained at the Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument Headwarters, 42218 NE Yale Bridge Road, Amboy, Washington, 98601. For more information contact Betty Sneddon, Special Use Administrator, (360) 247-3944. Sealed offers will be accepted at the Forest Supervisor's Office, 10600 NE 51st Circle, Vancouver, WA 98682, until 3:00 pm local time on September 8, 1988. Posted 07/13/98 (W-SN222364).

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