National Park Service, New England System Support Office, Concession Management Division, 15 State Street, Boston, MA 02109

G -- NOTICE OF INTENTION TO EXTEND EXISTING CONCESSION PERMIT Sol CC-ACAD008-94. Contact, Lynne Koser, (617) 223-5209. Notice is hereby given that the National Park Service intends to extend concession permit CC-ACAD008-94 with the Kentucky Carriage and Livery for approximately two (2) years through December 31, 1998. This concessioner operates a horse stables and carriage rides at Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine. The National Park Service does not intend to renew this permit for an extended period until sufficient planning can be conducted to determine the future direction for concession services at this site. The necessary planning may affect the future of this operation, and may take as long as two years to complete. Until planning is completed, it is not in the best interest of the National Park Service to enter into a long term concession permit for this operation. This extension may be for a lesser period should planning issues be resolved and a renewal process conducted which results in the award of a new long term concession permit. The existing concessioner has performed its obligations to the satisfaction of the Secretary and, pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 of the Act of October 9, 1965 (79 Stat. 969; 16 U.S.C. 20) is entitled to preference in the extension of its permit. This means that the extension 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 extension will be awarded to the existing concessioner. If the existing concessioner does not agree to the terms of the extension, the right of preference shall be considered to have been waived, and the extension will then be awarded to the party submitting the best responsive offer. Because of the limited term of the proposed extension, the National Park Service is not encouraging the submission of offers by anyone but the imcumbent in response to this proposal, but plans to do so at the time the permit is renewed for a longer term. However, as required by law, the National Park Service will consider and evaluate all offers received in response to this notice. Further information in response to this notice must be requested no later than 15 days following publication of this notice. (158)

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