[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 47770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22961]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service


Canyonlands National Park, UT; Concession Contract Negotiations

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 eighteen concession contracts authorizing continued 
operation of commercially guided, interpretive whitewater river tours 
and transportation services, for the public at Canyonlands National 
Park for a period of five (5) years from January 1, 1998 through 
December 31, 2002.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Offers will be accepted for ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY 
(120) days under the terms described in the Prospectus. The one hundred 
and twenty (120) day application period will begin with the release of 
the Prospectus, which will occur on or before October 10, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties should contact the Superintendent, 
Canyonlands National Park, 2282 South West Resource Blvd., Moab, Utah 
84532, to obtain a copy of the Prospectus describing the requirements 
of the proposed contacts.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This contract 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 concessioners have performed their obligations to the 
satisfaction of the Secretary under existing permits which expire by 
limitation of time on December 31, 1997. Therefore pursuant to the 
provisions of Section 5 of the Act of October 9, 1965 (79 Stat. 969; 16 
U.S.C. Sec. 20), the concessioner is entitled to be given preference in 
the renewal of the contract and in the award 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 offers received as a 
result of this notice. Any offer, including that of the existing 
concessioner, must be received by the Superintendent, Canyonlands 
National Park, 2282 South West Resource Blvd., Moab, Utah 84532, not 
later than one hundred and twenty (120) days following release of the 
prospectus to be considered and evaluated.

    Dated: August 6, 1996.
James T. Reynolds,
Superintendent, Colorado Plateau System Support Office.
[FR Doc. 96-22961 Filed 9-9-96; 8:45 am]
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