[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR51.4]

[Page 287-288]
 
              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.  51.4  How will the Director invite the general public to apply for 
the award of a concession contract?


    (a) The Director must award all concession contracts, except as 
otherwise expressly provided in this part, through a public solicitation 
process. The public solicitation process begins with the issuance of a 
prospectus. The

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prospectus will invite the general public to submit proposals for the 
contract. The prospectus will describe the terms and conditions of the 
concession contract to be awarded and the procedures to be followed in 
the selection of the best proposal.
    (b) Except as provided under Sec.  51.47 (which calls for a final 
administrative decision on preferred offeror appeals prior to the 
selection of the best proposal) the terms, conditions and determinations 
of the prospectus and the terms and conditions of the proposed 
concession contract as described in the prospectus, including, without 
limitation, its minimum franchise fee, are not final until the 
concession contract is awarded. The Director will not issue a prospectus 
for a concession contract earlier than eighteen months prior to the 
expiration of a related existing concession contract.