[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR18.8]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 18--LEASES AND EXCHANGES OF HISTORIC PROPERTY--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 18.8  Requests for proposals.

    (a) When the award of a lease will be based on criteria in addition 
to price, solicitation of offers will be made through requests for 
proposals and the Director may negotiate with the party or parties 
which, in the Director's judgment, makes the offer(s) which is 
susceptible to being the most advantageous to the National Park Service.
    (b) Where significant investment would be required of a potential 
lessee, the Director shall issue a request for proposals describing the 
required preservation, preservation maintenance, restoration, 
reconstruction, adaptive use, or other specified work.
    (c) Requests for proposals will be made available upon request to 
all interested parties and will allow a minimum of sixty days for 
proposals to be submitted unless a shorter period is necessary and made 
part of the public notice.
    (d) All proposals received will be evaluated by the Director, and 
the proposal(s) considered to meet the criteria best shall be selected 
as the basis for negotiation to a final lease.
    (e) The principal factors to be used in evaluating the proposal(s) 
shall be stated in the request for proposals and shall include as 
appropriate (1) price, (2) financial capability, (3) experience of the 
proposer, (4) conformance of the proposal(s) to the request for 
proposals, (5) impact of the proposal(s) on the historical significance 
and integrity of the site or structure(s) or, (6) any other factors that 
may be specified. When the request for proposal solicits lease proposals 
for use of sites or structures, the selection criteria may include 
assessment of the degree to which any use proposed is supportive of the 
purposes of the park.

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    (f) The Director may solicit from any offeror additional 
information, or written or verbal clarification of a proposal. The 
Director may choose to reject all proposals received at any time and 
resolicit or cancel the solicitation altogether in his discretion when 
in the best interest of the Government. Any material information made 
available to any offeror by the Director must be made available to all 
offerors, and will be available to the public upon request.
    (g) The Director may, in his discretion, terminate negotiations at 
any time prior to execution of the lease without liability to any party 
when it is in the best interest of the Government.