Shenandoah National Park (Lodging, Food and Beverage, Retail, Campgrounds, Horseback Riding, and Other Services)

Concession Business Opportunity for Lodging, Food and Beverage, Retail, Campgrounds, Horseback Riding, and Other Services in Shenandoah National Park, Luray, VA

The National Park Service (NPS) is providing notice of the release of a prospectus to solicit proposals for the award of one (1) for a 15-year concessions contract (No. CC-SHEN001-26) to provide lodging, food and beverage, retail, campgrounds, horseback riding, and other services at Shenandoah National Park. All services offered by the Concessioner will operate on a seasonal basis. The Concessioner will offer a total of 285 lodging units at Skyland Resort, Big Meadows Lodge, and Lewis Mountain. The Concessioner will operate food outlets at Big Meadows Lodge, Skyland Resort, Big Meadows Wayside, Elkwallow Wayside, and Loft Mountain Wayside. The Concessioner will offer retail sales at the lodging and wayside locations as well. The Concessioner will operate four campgrounds: Mathews Arm, Big Meadows, Lewis Mountain, and Loft Mountain. At three of these campgrounds (Big Meadows, Lewis Mountain, and Loft Mountain), the Concessioner will also operate camp stores, laundry, and showers. The Concessioner will offer automotive services (fuel) at Big Meadows Wayside. Finally, the Concessioner will offer horseback riding at the Skyland Stables, which has 16 stalls and 11 acres of paddock. The effective date of the next Concession Contract is expected to be January 1, 2026.

Shenandoah National Park was established December 26, 1935, and totals 197,411 acres located about 75 miles from Washington DC. One of the Park’s most famous features, Skyline Drive, constructed in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps, offers drivers 105 miles of scenic overlooks, trailheads, picnic areas, and campgrounds between Front Royal in the north and Rockfish Gap in the south. Another way to traverse the length of Shenandoah is by hiking the hundred or so miles of the Appalachian Trail that run across the Park. In addition to Front Royal and Rockfish Gap, the Park is accessible from Luray and Sperryville by way of the Thornton Gap Entrance Station, as well as from Elkton and Stanardsville via Swift Run Gap Entrance Station. For additional information, visit the https://www.nps.gov/shen.

Offeror’s Site Visit

The NPS will lead a two-day site visit on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, and Wednesday, August 14, 2024. Attendance is not required in order to submit a proposal. Each party intending to attend the scheduled site visit must send an email message to NER_concessions@nps.gov no later than 4:00 p.m. ET on Friday, August 9, 2024, to reserve a spot for the site visit. Attendance is limited to five (5) attendees per organization. The email must provide the following information:

· Name

· Name of the organization you are representing

· Primary contact for the organization

· Names of the other site visit attendees for your organization (maximum of 5 attendees per organization)

The NPS will provide further information and additional directions by return email message to the organization's identified primary contact. 

Questions

Questions in response to this prospectus are due in writing by 4:00pm ET on Monday, August 19th, 2024, by email to NER_concessions@nps.gov Answers to questions received will be published under this Contract Opportunity on https://www.nps.gov/subjects/concessions/prospectuses.htm.

Notice of Intent to Propose

Notice of an intent to submit a proposal is due in writing by 4:00pm ET on Friday, October 18th, 2024, by email to NER_concessions@nps.gov.

Submission of an Electronic Proposal

To be evaluated and considered for award of a Concession Contract, the Electronic Proposal must be received by 4:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, November 7th, 2024. After the Notice of Intent to Propose deadline and prior to the electronic proposal submission deadline, you will receive a welcome email message from the NPS’s Microsoft Teams platform at the email address you provided when you notified the Service of your intent to submit a proposal. You must accept the invitation before you can access the Teams site to upload your proposal. The NPS will not accept proposals submitted in hardcopy or via another electronic platform, including email. See Prospectus Part II Proposal Instructions for details on submitting an Electronic Proposal.

Hardcopies of the Offeror’s Transmittal Letter with wet signature

All hardcopies of the Offeror Transmittal Letter must be received by the National Park Service by 4:00pm ET on Friday, November, 15th, 2024. Hardcopies must be sent by a major mail carrier (US Postal Service, FedEx, UPS, etc.) to the following address:
Manager, Business Services Division
National Park Service, Interior Region 1, North Atlantic-Appalachian
1234 Market Street, 20th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Contact List

To be put on a contact list to receive amendments or any additional information specific to the Prospectus, interested parties must provide their contact information (name, email address, and phone number) to NER_Concessions@nps.gov. Information relative to the solicitation will also be posted to the above-mentioned website. Existing Concessioners are automatically included in the contact list.

Last updated: October 1, 2024

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