Eldorado National Forest

Projects & Plans

Prospectus for Campground and Related Granger-Thye Concession

Forest Wide Campground Concessionaire Solicitation

The Eldorado National Forest is pleased to announce the availability of a Prospectus for a 5+5 year special use permit, for the operation and maintenance of Government-owned campground and day use recreation sites located on the Amador, Georgetown, Pacific and Placerville Ranger Districts. Up to two permits will be issued; one permit for the Amador Ranger Districts and one permit for the Georgetown, Pacific and Placerville Ranger Districts. If the same concessionaire is selected for both permit areas, a single permit will be issued.

Addendum #1 was released on August 22, 2008. This addendum identifies modifications to the Prospectus.

The Prospectus and Addendum #1 (available below) describes the business opportunity and provides instructions for submitting applications. The date for submittal of applications has been postponed. Applications must be received by close of business (4:30 PM) on September 17, 2008 and should be submitted to the Eldorado National Forest Supervisor’s Office, 100 Forni Road, Placerville, CA 95667, Attention: Lester Lubetkin. A selection will be made in Fall 2008 so that permits may be issued and operators in place on January 1, 2009.

Please review the Prospectus and Addendum #1 carefully. Applicants are strongly encouraged to visit the recreation sites at least once before submitting an application. Each applicant is expected to make an independent assessment of the business opportunity offered in this prospectus.

Applicants must submit six (6) copies of their application package and supporting documents in hardcopy format. The same number of copies of the Business Plan must be submitted as a separate document. Unless requested in writing to return proposals, all unsuccessful applicant’s proposals and supporting documents will be destroyed after the appropriate appeal period. Portions of the selected applicant’s package will become part of the special-use permit. Please ensure that all requested information is submitted. Missing or incomplete information will result in a lower rating for the corresponding evaluation criteria.

For further information, contact:
Lester Lubetkin, Recreation Officer, Phone (530) 621-5213, Fax (530) 621-5297, Email llubetkin@fs.fed.us

Prospectus Documents:

Note: Adobe Reader 5.0 or above is required to read the PDF documents. Available as a free download from www.adobe.com.