News Release

Ozark National Scenic Riverways issues two concession prospectuses

Concession operations provide services for many visitors floating the Current and Jacks Fork rivers.

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News Release Date: April 1, 2022

Contact: Dena Matteson, [phone]

EMINENCE, Mo. – The National Park Service (NPS) has issued two concession prospectuses for providing canoe and tube rental with shuttle services, camp store and retail merchandise sales, and firewood sales with the park.

The concession operations are located at Two Rivers and Alley Spring within the Jacks Fork District. The new concession contracts will be for a term of ten (10) years. Each prospectus explains the business opportunity and the terms and conditions under which the NPS will award the concession contract. The NPS Director has determined that a preferred offeror exists for each draft contract, pursuant to the terms of 36 C.F.R. Part 51.  

The prospectus for Two Rivers Canoe Rental will be available at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/concessions/ozar018-23.htm.

Ozark National Scenic Riverways (Jacks Fork) - Concessions (U.S. National Park Service) www.nps.gov

The prospectus for the Alley Spring Canoe Rental will be available at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/concessions/ozar001-23.htm.

Ozark National Scenic Riverways (Alley Spring) - Concessions (U.S. National Park Service) www.nps.gov

To receive amendments to either prospectus, please provide Concessions Management Specialist Eric Nikkel, Interior Regions 3, 4, 5, with your contact information (name, email address, and phone number) at [e-mail].  The NPS will send any additional information specific to the prospectus in writing, via email, to those interested parties who have been placed on the contact list.  Information relative to the solicitation will also be posted to the above-mentioned website.

In order to be evaluated and considered for award of a concession contract, any proposal must be received by the National Park Service, Interior Regions 3, 4, 5, 601 Riverfront Drive, Omaha, Nebraska 68102, Attention: Concessions Management Specialist Eric Nikkel by 4:00 p.m. (Central Time) on July 22, 2022, as outlined in the Proposal Instructions of the Prospectus.

www.nps.gov/ozar

Ozark National Scenic Riverways preserves 134 miles of the free-flowing Current and Jacks Fork rivers, the surrounding resources, and the unique cultural heritage of the Ozark people. 

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