A Concession Business Opportunity to Provide Fast Casual Food and Beverage Service within Cape Cod National Seashore
The National Park Service (NPS) provides notice of the release of a Prospectus to solicit proposals for the award of one (1) Concession Contract (No. CC-CACO004-26) to provide Fast Casual Food & Beverage within Cape Cod National Seashore (“Park”). The effective date of the next Concession Contract is expected to be January 1, 2026.
The Prospectus (see below for file links) explains the business opportunity and the terms and conditions under which the NPS will award the Concession Contract. Hardcopies of the Prospectus are not available.
Offeror’s Site Visit
The NPS will lead a site visit on Thursday, June 26, 2025. Attendance is not required in order to submit a proposal. Each party intending to attend the scheduled site visit must send an email message to Katie Trudeau (e-mail us), Concessions Specialist, no later than 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Tuesday, June 24, 2025, to reserve a spot for the site visit. Attendance is limited to five (5) attendees per organization. The email must provide the following information:
- Name
- Name of the organization you are representing
- Primary contact for the organization
- Names of the other site visit attendees for your organization (maximum of 2 attendees per organization)
The NPS will provide further information and additional directions by return email message to the organization's identified primary contact.
Questions Due
Questions in response to this prospectus are due in writing by 4:00pm Eastern Time on July 7, 2025 by email to e-mail us. Answers to questions received will be published under this Contract Opportunity on https://sam.gov/.
Notice of Intent to Propose
Notice of an intent to submit a proposal is due in writing by 4:00pm Eastern Time on August 20, 2025, by email to e-mail us.
Submission of an Electronic Proposal
To be evaluated and considered for award of a Concession Contract, the Electronic Proposal must be received by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 17, 2025. After the Notice of Intent to Propose deadline and prior to the electronic proposal submission deadline, you will receive a welcome email message from the NPS’s Microsoft Teams platform at the email address you provided when you notified the Service of your intent to submit a proposal. You must accept the invitation before you can access the Teams site to upload your proposal. The NPS will not accept proposals submitted in hardcopy or via another electronic platform, including email. See Prospectus Part II Proposal Instructions for details on submitting an Electronic Proposal.
Hardcopies of the Offeror’s Transmittal Letter with wet signature.
Optional - If you chose to submit a hardcopy of the Offeror Transmittal Letter, it must be received by the National Park Service by 4:00pm Eastern Time on September 24, 2025. Hardcopies must be sent by a major mail carrier (US Postal Service, FedEx, UPS, etc.) to the following address:
Manager, Business Services Division
National Park Service, Interior Region 1, North Atlantic-Appalachian
1234 Market Street, 20th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Contact List
To be put on a contact list to receive amendments or any additional information specific to the Prospectus, interested parties must send their contact information (name, email address, and phone number) to e-mail us.
Prospectus Inside Cover (PDF 45.6 KB)
Prospectus TOC (PDF 138 KB)
Prospectus Business Opportunity (PDF 1.07 MB)
Proposal Instructions (PDF 164 KB)
Proposal Package (PDF 540 KB)
Exhibit A Operating Plan (PDF 297 KB)
Exhibit B Nondiscrimination (PDF 67.4 KB)
Exhibit C Assigned Land (PDF 287 KB)
Exhibit D Assigned Government Personal Property (PDF 30.3 KB)
Exhibit E Maintenance Plan (PDF 395 KB)
Exhibit F Insurance (PDF 113 KB)
Exhibit G Transition (PDF 72.8 KB)
Exhibit H IP Licensed Marks (PDF 88.2 KB)
Appendix A Former Contract (PDF 3.08 MB)
Appendix B Proposal Package [Word] (DOCX 135 KB)
Appendix C Proposal Package Template [Excel] (XLSX 673 KB)
Last updated: June 2, 2025