AUTHORIZATION FOR CONCESSION CONTRACT FOR RETAIL SALES. Public notice is hereby given that the National Park Service proposes to award a concession contract authorizing retail sales for the public in Yorktown, Virginia within Colonial National Historical Park for a period of five (5) years from the date of contract execution. Interested parties should contact National Park Service, Colonial National Historical Park, P.O. Box 210, Yorktown, VA 23690, phone (757) 898-3400, to obtain a copy of the prospectus describing requirements of the proposed contract. This contract 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 will expire on December 31, 1998, and therefore pursant to the provisions of Section 5 of the Act of October 9, 1965 (79 Stat.969; U.S.C. 20), is entitled to be given preference in the renewal of the contract and in the negotiation of a new contract, providing that the existing concessioner submits a responsive offer ( a timely offer which meets the terms and conditions of the Propectus). 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 proposals recieved as a result of this notice. Any proposal, including that of the existing concessioner, must be recieved by the Superintendent, Colonial National Historical Park, not later that the seventy-fifth (75th) day following publication of this notice to be considered and evaluated. Posted 07/27/98 (W-SN228779).

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