Concession Opportunities Offered
at the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
VANCOUVER, WA ––Concessionaires are being
sought by the Gifford Pinchot National Forest to provide a broad range
of visitor services at sites located throughout the Mount
St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.
Opportunities are being offered in four areas: Sites along State Route
504 including Johnston Ridge Observatory, Coldwater Ridge Visitor Center;
sites along Forest Roads 99, 26, and 25 such as the Cascade Peaks Concession
site, Windy Ridge Interpretive site, Bear Meadow area; sites along Forest
Roads 83 and 81 including Ape Cave, Marble Mountain Sno-Park; and the
Pine Creek Work Center compound.
Services offered include restaurant operation, retail gift sales, educational
book sales, mobile food and sundries vending, recreational equipment rentals,
outfitter guide services, theater operation, development and operation
of concessionaire-owned and operated rustic lodging facilities, and conversion
of the Pine Creek Work Center facility to public recreational uses such
as an organizational camp or RV campground.
A complete description of potential opportunities is found in A Prospectus
for the Delivery of Visitor Services, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic
Monument, which is available for download at http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/purchasing/solicitations/proposals.shtml
or by contacting Steve Nelson at the Forest Headquarters in Vancouver
at (360) 891-5175 or by e-mail at smnelson@fs.fed.us.
The term of the permit will be five years, with longer terms possible
depending on the nature of the proposed service and level of investment.
A pre-application informational meeting for prospective applicants is
scheduled for 10 a.m. on Thursday November 3, 2005 at the Gifford
Pinchot National Forest Headquarters, 10600 NW 51st Circle, Vancouver,
WA.
The purpose of the meeting is to answer questions about the prospectus
and the facilities and opportunities included in the Volcanic Monument
recreation complexes.
The deadline for receipt of applications is 4 p.m. on Friday January 27,
2006.
* * *
|