97-10430. Notice of Intent to Issue a Prospectus for Operation of a Boat Transportation From Ventura Harbor to Channel Islands National Park

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19808-19809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10430]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent to Issue a Prospectus for Operation of a Boat 
Transportation From Ventura Harbor to Channel Islands National Park

Summary

    The National Park Service will be releasing a concession prospectus 
authorizing continued operation of a boat transportation service from 
Ventura Harbor to Channel Islands National Park. The primary service 
will be to the islands of Anacapa and Santa Cruz within the park. 
Extended boat service to the other three islands will also be 
authorized. The service will provide day visitors and campers with the 
opportunity for one and multi-day trips to the islands. The concession 
contract will be for a period of ten (10) years.

Supplementary Information

    The existing concessioner, Island Packers Company, Inc., has 
performed its obligations to the satisfaction of the Secretary under an 
existing contract and therefore pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 
of the Act of October 9, 1965 (79 Stat. 969 U.S.C. {time} 20), is 
entitled to be given preference in the renewal and execution 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 proposals received as 
a result of this notice.
    The cost for purchasing a prospectus is $30.00. Parties interested 
in obtaining a copy should send a check payable to ``National Park 
Service'' to the following address: National Park Service, Office of 
Concession Program Management, Pacific Great Basin Support Office, 600 
Harrison St., Suite 600, San Francisco, California 94107-1372. The 
front of the envelope should be marked ``Attention: Office of 
Concession Program Management--Mail Room Do Not Open''. Please include 
a mailing address indicating where to send the Prospectus. Inquiries 
may be directed to Ms. Teresa Jackson, Office of Concession Program 
Management at 427-1369.


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    Dated: March 31, 1997.
Stanley T. Albright,
Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
[FR Doc. 97-10430 Filed 4-22-97; 8:45 am]
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