National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office, 1709 Jackson Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68102

M -- OPERATION OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED FACILITIES TO RENEW A CONCESSIONS CONTRACT SOL 6064-OYC DUE 111798 POC Ivan D. Miller, Sleeping Bear Dunes NL; 9922 Front St., HWY M-72; Empire, MI 49630 SUMMARY: Public notice is hereby given that the Ntional Park Service proposes to award a concession contract authorizing continued scheduled passenger ferry boat transportation services to and from North and South Manitou Islands within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. EFFECTIVE DATE: November 17, 1998 ADDRESSES: Interested parties should contact Superintendent Ivan Miller at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, 9922 Front Street, Highway M-72; Empire, MI 49630 or call at 616-326-5134 to obtain a copy of the Prospectus. This describes the requirements of the proposed contract to be awarded for a period of ten years (from approximately January 1, 1999 through December 31, 2008). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This contract has been determined to be categorically excluded from the procedural provisions to the National Environmental Policy Act and no environmental document will be prepared. The existing Concessioner has performed its obligations to the satisfaction to the Secretary of the Interior under an existing contract which expired 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: 16 U/S.C. et seq), is entitled to be given preference in the renewal of the contract and in the negotiation of a new proposed 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 theparty that has submitted the best responsive offer. The Secretary of the Interior will consider and evaluate all proposals received as a result of this notice. Any proposal, including that of the existing concessioner, must be received by the Superintendent of Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore, 9922 Front Street,Highway M-72, Empire, MI 49630, no later than 4:30 p.m. EST on November 17,1998. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George R. Frederick, Chief, Concessions Management, National Park Service, 1709 Jackson, Omaha, NE 68102 or call 402-221-3612. Posted 08/06/98 (W-SN233511). (0218)

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