[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 1401-1402] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-549] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Concession Permit
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 contract authorizing continued operation of mountain guide service, which also includes day and overnight hiking trips, avalanche seminars, snow and ice climbing schools, sale of mountain climbing and hiking merchandise, and rental of all basic climbing and hiking equipment, for the public at Mount Rainier National Park for a period of five years from January 1, 1996 through December 31, 2001. EFFECTIVE DATE: March 19, 1996.
Addresses
Interested parties should contact the Superintendent, Mount Rainier National Park, Tahoma Woods, Star Route, Ashford, WA 98304, to obtain a copy of the prospectus describing the requirements of the proposed contract.
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 concessioner, Rainier Mountaineering, Inc., has performed its obligations to the satisfaction of the Secretary under an existing contract which expires 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 U.S.C. 20), is entitled to be given preference in the renewal of the contract and in the negotiation 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 proposals received as a result of this notice. Any offer, including that of the existing concessioner, must be received by the Deputy Field Director, National Park Service, Attention: Concession Program Management, Suite 630, 909 1st Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98104, not later that the sixtieth (60th) day following publication of this notice to be considered and evaluated.
Dated: October 31, 1995. William C. Walters, Deputy Field Director. [FR Doc. 96-549 Filed 1-18-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-70-M