Notice2022-00657
Notice of Intent To Award a Sole-Source Concession Contract for Fire Island National Seashore
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Published
January 19, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
Public notice is hereby given that the National Park Service proposes to award a sole-source concession contract for the conduct of certain visitor services within Fire Island National Seashore. The visitor services include marina operations, campground operations, food and beverage, and retail.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2895-2896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00657]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-CONC-32679; PPWOBSADC0, PPMVSCS1Y.Y00000]
Notice of Intent To Award a Sole-Source Concession Contract for
Fire Island National Seashore
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of proposed award of sole-source concession contract for
Fire Island National Seashore.
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SUMMARY: Public notice is hereby given that the National Park Service
proposes to award a sole-source concession contract for the conduct of
certain visitor services within Fire Island National Seashore. The
visitor services include marina operations, campground operations, food
and beverage, and retail.
DATES: The term of the sole-source concession contract will commence
(if awarded) no earlier than sixty (60) days from the publication of
this notice, but the National Park Service intends for the term to
begin January 1, 2022 (estimated) and end December 31, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt Rausch, Program Chief, Commercial
Services Program, National Park Service, 1849 C Street NW, Mail Stop
2410, Washington, DC 20240; Telephone: 202-513-7156.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 36 CFR 51.25, the Director of
the National Park Service (Service) may award a concession contract
non-competitively upon a determination that extraordinary circumstances
exist under which compelling and equitable considerations require the
award of the concession contract to a particular qualified person in
the public interest and that such an award is otherwise consistent with
the requirements of part 51. Contracts that are awarded non-
competitively under this authority are commonly referred to as ``sole-
source'' contracts. The Service has determined that the proposed award
of a sole-source contract to Love Watch Hill and Sailors Haven, Inc. is
necessary based on the following information.
The extraordinary circumstances in this instance occurred after the
Service issued a prospectus for a long-term contract and are a
combination of the unanticipated failure of the docks' electrical
system, the complete loss of the restaurant in the Watch Hill area, and
the COVID-19 pandemic. The Service exhausted the time allowed for
temporary contracts authorized under 36 CFR 51.24 while addressing
these complications and recognized that the loss of the restaurant,
combined with the COVID-19 pandemic, altered the financial assumptions
for any long-term contract compared with those used to develop the
prospectus to the extent that the Service no longer could award the
draft 10-year contract offered in the prospectus.
The Service has determined that Love Watch Hill and Sailors Haven,
Inc. is a ``qualified person'' as defined by 36 CFR 51.3, and has
determined that compelling and equitable considerations exist with Love
Watch Hill and Sailors Haven, Inc.'s continued provision of visitor
services under stresses that would have deterred or even driven away
many operators. Additionally, Love Watch Hill and Sailors Haven, Inc.
holds the insurance proceeds to be used for the construction of the new
restaurant.
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The Service has determined that the award of a sole-source
concession contract is in the public interest because otherwise there
would be no concessioner providing the visitor services or maintaining
the government-owned facilities for at least two years.
This is not a request for proposals. The publication of this notice
reflects the intent of the Service but does not bind the Service to
award the sole-source contract. Should the Service award the sole-
source contract, the NPS will ensure such award is otherwise consistent
with the requirements of part 51.
Justin Unger,
Associate Director, Business Services.
[FR Doc. 2022-00657 Filed 1-18-22; 8:45 am]
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