[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 109 (Monday, June 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 31228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15129]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Concession Contract Negotiations; Bighorn Canyon National
Recreation Area
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Public notice.
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SUMMARY: Public notice is hereby given that the National Park Service
proposes to award a concession permit authorizing continued operation
of the Ok-A-Beh Marina to provide services including boat fuel sales,
boat slip rentals, boat rentals, limited food service, and limited
merchandise sales for the public within Bighorn Canyon National
Recreation Area for a period of five (5) years from January 1, 1999,
through December 31, 2003.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Offers will be accepted for sixty (60) days under the
terms described in the Prospectus. The sixty (60) day application
period will begin with the release of the Prospectus, which will occur
on or before July 8, 1998. The actual release date of the Prospectus
shall be the date of publication in the ``Commerce Business Daily''.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties should contact the Superintendent,
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, P.O. Box 485, Fort Smith,
Montana 59035, or call Theo Hugs at (406) 666-2412, to obtain a copy of
the Prospectus describing the requirements of the proposed concession
permit.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This permit 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, LuCon Corporation, has performed their
obligations to the satisfaction of the Secretary under the existing
permit which expires by limitation of time on December 31, 1998.
Therefore pursuant to the provisions of the Concessions Policy Act (79
Stat. 969; 16 U.S.C. 20d), the concessioner is entitled to be given
preference in the renewal of the permit and in the award of a new
permit, 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 permit 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 permit
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 permit 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 existing
concessioner, must be received by the Superintendent, Bighorn Canyon
National Recreation Area, P.O. Box 485, Fort Smith, Montana 59035, not
later than sixty (60) days following release of the Prospectus to be
considered and evaluated.
Dated: May 20, 1998.
John Crowley,
Acting Director, Intermountain Region.
[FR Doc. 98-15129 Filed 6-5-98; 8:45 am]
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