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Amendment No. 1 to Solicitation of a Concession Business Opportunity to Operate Guided Water Tours, Food & Beverage, and Retail Services within Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Department of the Interior · National Park Service · IMR INTERMOUNTAIN REGION(1200)
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Solicitation documents

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What would disqualify you

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Compliance matrix

Every stated and implied requirement, its source section, whether it is mandatory, and where your response will address it.

Proposal outline

A submission skeleton where every required element is a heading with its source requirement quoted beneath it. You write the substance; nothing gets forgotten.

Questions to submit

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Past performance write-ups

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Solicitation details

Solicitation number
LAKE004-27-1
Notice type
Solicitation
NAICS
713990
Product service code
M1PA
Set-aside
No Set aside used
Posted
2026-09-29
Response deadline
Jan 21, 2027, 8:00 PM UTC
Place of performance
Boulder City, NV
Contracting contact
pwr_commercial_services@nps.gov

Market intelligence

Account requiredWho wins this work, and what it pays

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Statement of work, as posted

On September 2, 2026, the Service released the Prospectus for CC-LAKE004-27 for the operation of guided water tours, food and beverage, and retail services within Lake Mead National Recreation Area, with an original submission deadline of December 22, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. (Pacific Time). The Service is extending the submission deadline. The revised notice of intent to propose and submission deadlines are as follows: Notice of Intent to Propose: Thursday, January 7, 2027, at 12:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) Proposal Submission: Thursday, January 21, 2027, at 12:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) Additionally, the following documents have been updated to reflect these revised dates, along with corrections of certain information, as detailed below. 1. Business Opportunity Inside Cover: Revised Notice of Intent to Propose and Proposals Due dates Notification of Intent to Propose (Page 2): Revised Notice of Intent to Propose date 2. Draft Contract Section 1 (Term of Contract): Corrected language to reference CC-LAKE004-27, with projected effective and expiration dates of December 1, 2027 and November 30, 2037, respectively. Section 10(c)(3) (Component Renewal Reserve): Corrected language to reflect the 1.25% Component Renewal Reserve described in the Business Opportunity. Section 11(b)(1) (Franchise Fees – Payments Due): Corrected language reflecting payment of a flat percentage fee structure each month.

Contact

Point of contact
Mark Juretschke
Role
not stated on this notice — SAM publishes a role for only about 5% of them, so this may be a contract specialist rather than the contracting officer
Email
pwr_commercial_services@nps.gov
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