Presolicitation Notice – to provide lodging, camping, tourboat, food and beverage, retail, and other services within the Flamingo Area of Everglades National Park.

Presolicitation Notice - to provide lodging, camping, tourboat, food and beverage, retail, and other services within the Flamingo Area of Everglades National Park.

Notice Type: Presolicitation Notice

Posted Date: 26-AUG-14

Office Address: Department of the Interior; National Park Service; NPS - All Offices; 12795 West Alameda ParkwayPost Office Box 25287 Denver CO 80225-0287

Subject: to provide lodging, camping, tourboat, food and beverage, retail, and other services within the Flamingo Area of Everglades National Park.

Classification Code: M - Operation of Government-owned facilities

Solicitation Number: CC-EVER001-15

Contact: William Stevens, Chief of Commercial Services, Phone (404) 507-5636, Email [email protected] - William Gordon, Jr., Concessions Management Specialist, Phone (305) 242-7762, Email [email protected]

Setaside: N/AN/A

Place of Performance (address): Everglades National Park/Flamingo4001 Highway 9336 Homestead, FL 33034 Homestead, FL

Place of Performance (zipcode): 33034

Place of Performance Country: US

Description: Department of the Interior

National Park Service

NPS - All Offices

A Concession Business Opportunity for Lodging, Camping, Tour Boat, Food and Beverage, Retail, and Other Services within the Flamingo Area of Everglades National Park The National Park Service (NPS) will issue a prospectus for solicitation of offers for a 20 year Concession Contract to provide lodging, camping, tour boat, food and beverage, retail, and other services within the Flamingo Area of Everglades National Park.

Concession Overview

Under the Draft Contract, the Concessioner will provide tour boat services in the Flamingo Area of Everglades National Park, along with food and beverage, retail, and equipment rental. The Flamingo Area includes access to Florida Bay and Whitewater Bay. The Concessioner will be responsible constructing lodging accommodation and installing eco-tents on the site of the historic lodging and walk-in campground respectively. Also, the Concessioner will manage Flamingo and Long Pine Key campground. Additional services provided include fuel sales for marine vessels and automobiles, boat transfer service and other marina services.

All offers must be received by the NPS at the address listed at the end of the Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) no later than 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 25, 2014, in order to insure a response to your expression of interest. The RFEI describes the business opportunity and includes the terms and conditions under which the NPS may award the concession contract.

The prospectus will be available on the NPS website at http://www.concessions.nps.gov/Prospectus.cfm.

If you are planning to submit an expression of interest and have obtained your RFEI from the website, we recommend that you advise William Gordon, Jr., Concessions Management Specialist, Superintendent's Office, Everglades and Dry Tortugas National Parks,,40001 Highway 9336, Homestead, FL 33034 at (305) 242-7762 or email at [email protected] of your interest so your contact information can be placed on a mailing list to receive future responses to questions or amendments to the prospectus. Inquiries can be directed to Mr. Gordon using the information above. No telephone requests for the RFEI will be honored.

Link/URL: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOI/NPS/APC-IS/CC-EVER001-15/listing.html