[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR51.17]

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              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. 51.17  What are the selection factors?

    (a) The five principal selection factors are:
    (1) The responsiveness of the proposal to the objectives, as 
described in the prospectus, of protecting, conserving, and preserving 
resources of the park area;
    (2) The responsiveness of the proposal to the objectives, as 
described in the prospectus, of providing necessary and appropriate 
visitor services at reasonable rates;
    (3) The experience and related background of the offeror, including 
the past performance and expertise of the offeror in providing the same 
or similar visitor services as those to be provided under the concession 
contract;
    (4) The financial capability of the offeror to carry out its 
proposal; and
    (5) The amount of the proposed minimum franchise fee, if any, and/or 
other forms of financial consideration to the Director. However, 
consideration of revenue to the United States will be subordinate to the 
objectives of protecting, conserving, and preserving resources of the 
park area and of providing necessary and appropriate visitor services to 
the public at reasonable rates.
    (b) The secondary selection factors are:
    (1) The quality of the offeror's proposal to conduct its operations 
in a manner that furthers the protection, conservation and preservation 
of park area and other resources through environmental management 
programs and activities, including, without limitation, energy 
conservation, waste reduction, and recycling. A prospectus may exclude 
this secondary factor if the prospectus solicits proposals for a 
concession contract that is anticipated to have annual gross receipts of 
less than $100,000 and the activities that will be conducted under the 
contract are determined by the Director as likely to have only limited 
impacts on the resources of the park area; and
    (2) Any other selection factors the Director may adopt in 
furtherance of the purposes of this part, including where appropriate 
and otherwise permitted by law, the extent to which a proposal calls for 
the employment of Indians (including Native Alaskans) and/or involvement 
of businesses owned by Indians, Indian tribes, Native Alaskans, or 
minority or women-owned

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businesses in operations under the proposed concession contract.
    (c) A prospectus may include subfactors under each of the principal 
and secondary factors to describe specific elements of the selection 
factor.