News Release

Concessions opportunity for interpretive transportation services available at National Mall and Memorial Parks

Date: October 15, 2024
Contact: [e-mail]

WASHINGTON — The National Park Service (NPS) is offering a 10-year concessions opportunity for interpretive transportation services within National Mall and Memorial Parks. The contract may be awarded up to three operators.  

The NPS seeks business proposals detailing how offerors would provide year-round interpretive transportation services, with a hop-on and hop-off tour route that stops at a minimum of 11 defined locations. The required stops include L’Enfant Plaza, Smithsonian/National Mall Metro station (Independence Ave SW), Washington Monument, Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr./Franklin Delano Roosevelt memorials, Lincoln Memorial/Korean War Veterans Memorial/Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Constitution Gardens, World War II Memorial, National Museum of Natural History, World War I Memorial (Pennsylvania Ave NW), and National Air and Space Museum/Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial. Additional services may include other interpretive transportation tour routes that include a stop within the park boundaries. Big Bus Washington DC currently provides interpretive transportation services at National Mall and Memorial Parks. 

Site visit 
The National Park Service will not host a site visit for individuals or entities interested in submitting a proposal in response to this business opportunity, as the Draft Contract does not assign concession facilities to the Concessioner. However, individuals or entities interested in submitting a proposal are encouraged to visit the 11 defined stop locations as outlined above and detailed in the prospectus documents. 

Prospectus and amendments 
To develop your proposal, download the prospectus from the NPS concessions website. To receive updates and amendments on the prospectus, please provide contact information to National Capital Region Concessions Program Manager, Jason Freeze, [e-mail]. Updates will also be posted to the NPS concessions website, listed above. 

Notification of intent to propose 
Individuals or interested entities planning to submit a proposal in response to this solicitation must notify National Capital Region Concessions Program Manager Jason Freeze via email at [e-mail] no later than 4 p.m. ET on Dec. 27, 2024. NPS will not accept proposals from offerors that do not provide notice on or before this deadline. Your email notification must include the name of the offeror as it will be provided in the Offeror’s Transmittal Letter. 

Submitting your proposal  
Proposals must be received by the NPS no later than 4 p.m. ET on Jan. 10, 2025. More information on submitting proposals can be found within the Business Opportunity.  

Please submit proposals to: 

National Park Service - National Capital Region 
Office of Commercial Services 
Attn: Jason Freeze 
1100 Ohio Drive SW 
Washington, DC 20242 

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