[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 158 (Monday, August 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43955-43956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21981]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan; Concession
Contract Negotiations
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SUMMARY: Public notice is hereby given that the National Park Service
proposes to award a concession contract authorizing continued scheduled
passenger ferry boat transportation services to the Manitou Islands,
within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore for a period of ten (10)
years from January 1, 1999, through December 31, 2008.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 16, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties should contact the Superintendent,
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, 9922 Front Street, Highway M-
72, Empire, Michigan 49630, or call 616-326-5134 to obtain a copy of
the prospectus describing the requirements of the proposed contract.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 expired
by limitation of time on April 30, 1996, and therefore pursuant to the
provisions of Section 5 of the Act of October 9, 1965 (79 Stat. 969; 16
U.S.C. et seq.), is entitled to be given preference in the renewal of
the contract and in the
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negotiation of a new proposed contract providing that the existing
concessioner submits a responsive 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 of the Interior will consider and evaluate all
proposals received as a result of this notice. Any proposal, including
that of the existing concessioner, must be received by the
Superintendent not later that 4:30 p.m. EST (Eastern Standard Time) on
November 17, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George R. Frederick, Chief,
Concessions Management, 1709 Jackson Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68102, or
call 402-221-3612.
Dated: August 6, 1998.
David N. Given,
Acting Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. 98-21981 Filed 8-14-98; 8:45 am]
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