[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR51.5]

[Page 263-264]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 51--CONCESSION CONTRACTS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart C--Solicitation, Selection and Award Procedures
 
Sec. 51.5  What information will the prospectus include?

    The prospectus must include the following information:

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    (a) The minimum requirements of the concession contract. The minimum 
requirements of the concession contract, include, but are not limited to 
the following:
    (1) The minimum acceptable franchise fee or other forms of 
consideration to the Government;
    (2) The minimum visitor services that the concessioner is to be 
authorized to provide;
    (3) The minimum capital investment, if any, that the concessioner 
must make;
    (4) The minimum measures that the concessioner must take to ensure 
the protection, conservation, and preservation of the resources of the 
park area; and
    (5) Any other minimum requirements that the new contract may 
specify, including, as appropriate and without limitation, measurable 
performance standards;
    (b) The terms and conditions of a current concession contract, if 
any, relating to the visitor services to be provided, including all fees 
and other forms of compensation provided to the Director under such 
contract;
    (c) A description of facilities and services, if any, that the 
Director may provide to the concessioner under the terms of the 
concession contract, including, but not limited to, public access, 
utilities and buildings;
    (d) An estimate of the amount of any compensation due a current 
concessioner from a new concessioner under the terms of an existing or 
prior concession contract;
    (e) A statement identifying each principal selection factor for 
proposals, including subfactors, if any, and secondary factors, if any, 
and the weight and relative importance of the principal and any 
secondary factors in the selection decision;
    (f) Such other information related to the proposed concession 
contract as is provided to the Director pursuant to a concession 
contract or is otherwise available to the Director, as the Director 
determines is necessary to allow for the submission of competitive 
proposals. Among other such necessary information a prospectus will 
contain (when applicable) are the gross receipts of the current 
concession contract broken out by department for the three most recent 
years; franchise fees charged under the current concession contract for 
the three most recent years; merchandise inventories of the current 
concessioner for the three most recent years; and the depreciable fixed 
assets and net depreciable fixed assets of the current concessioner; and
    (g) Identification of a preferred offeror for a qualified concession 
contract, if any, and, if a preferred offeror exists, a description of a 
right of preference to the award of the concession contract.