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11/07/2024 | Press release | Archived content

Buffalo National River Announces Canoe & Kayak Rental with Transportation Services Concession Business Opportunity Application Process Open

Date:
November 7, 2024
Contact: Kelly Kager, 402-958-7154

Harrison, Ark. - The National Park Service (NPS) has issued a prospectus soliciting proposals to provide canoe rentals and transportation (shuttle) services to visitors at Buffalo National River. The NPS intends to award twelve (12) concession contracts. The new contracts will be for a term of ten (10) years.

Interested parties can find the prospectus at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/concessions/prospectuses.htm. Any questions regarding this solicitation must be submitted in writing to Kelly Kager, Commercial Services Management Specialist, via email ([email protected]) no later than 4:00 p.m. Central Time on December 9, 2024. Responses will be posted to SAM.gov | Home. If you are planning to submit a proposal for a contract, you must submit notification of intent to propose to Commercial Services Specialist Kelly Kager via email ([email protected]) by January 14, 2025.

In order to be evaluated and considered for award of the concession contract, any proposal must be received by the National Park Service, Interior Regions 3, 4, 5, 601 Riverfront Drive, Omaha, Nebraska 68102, Attention: Concessions Management Specialist Kelly Kager by 4:00 p.m. (Central Time) on February 11, 2025, as outlined in the Proposal Instructions of the Prospectus.

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