A Concession Business Opportunity to Provide Firewood Sales within Rocky Mountain National Park

The National Park Service (NPS) provides notice of the release of a Prospectus to solicit proposals for the award of up to two (2) Concession Contracts (No. CC-ROMO004-23 AND CC-ROMO007-23) to provide firewood sales within Rocky Mountain National Park. The effective date of the next Concession Contract is expected to be January 1, 2023. The Prospectus explains the business opportunity and the terms and conditions under which the NPS will award the Concession Contract. The Prospectus will be available at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/concessions/index.htm. Preferred Offeror The Director, pursuant to the terms of 36 C.F.R. Part 51, has determined CC-ROMO004-23 is a qualified contract and therefore, the Existing Concessioner is a preferred offeror for the new contract. If an Existing Concessioner submits a responsive proposal and that proposal is not selected as the best proposal, the preferred offeror designation allows it to match the terms of the best offer. The Director, pursuant to the terms of 36 C.F.R. Part 51, has determined CC-ROMO007-23 is a not a qualified contract and therefore, no preferred offeror for this contract exists. Questions Due If you do not understand something in this Prospectus, you must submit your questions or comments to Jennifer Parker, Commercial Services Program Lead, via email at [email protected] no later than 4:00 p.m. Mountain Time on October 4, 2022 . The questions must be in a format that allows the NPS to copy them to Microsoft Word. Submission of a Proposal In order to be evaluated and considered for award of a Concession Contract, the Proposal, including that of the Existing Concessioner, must be received by the Commercial Services Program Lead, Interior Regions 6, 7, & 8, National Park Service by 4:00 p.m. Mountain Time on November 16, 2022 . See Prospectus Part II Proposal Instructions for details on how and to whom to submit a proposal. Notifications about this Prospectus To receive notifications about this Prospectus, please provide via email to Jennifer Parker, Commercial Services Program Lead, at [email protected] your name, company name, email address, and phone number. The contact list already includes the Existing Concessioner. The NPS will post all additional information specific to the Prospectus on Sam.gov and notify interested parties via email. The Service will not conduct a site visit. To the extent campgrounds are open and available for public access, Offerors are encouraged to visit campgrounds and become familiar with the area details for operating the Draft Contract services. A site visit is encouraged, but not required, to submit a proposal.