
A Concession Business Opportunity to Provide Passenger Ferry Service to the South Core Banks and Shackleford Banks and Land Transportation on the South Core Banks
This solicitation replaces the previous solicitation with Notice ID CALO001. The National Park Service (NPS) issued a prospectus for the solicitation of offers for a 10-year concession contracts to provide Passenger Ferry Service to the South Core Banks and Shackleford Banks and Land Transportation on the South Core Banks
Please note that all offers must be received by the NPS by October 15, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time in order to be evaluated and considered for an award of a concession contract. The prospectus describes the business opportunity and includes the terms and conditions under which the NPS will award the concession contract.
A Site Visit was scheduled for February 13, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. Questions were due February 21, 2025, and Notification of Intent to Propose must be received by August 6, 2025, via email no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time to Bill Stevens, Chief of Commercial Services for Interior Region 2, at bill_g_stevens@nps.gov.
Proposals to include the original signed transmittal letters must be received via the process explained in the Proposal Instructions no later than 3:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time on October 15, 2025. Please note that the original signed transmittal letter must be mailed to National Park Service, Commercial Services Office, 100 Alabama Street, S.W., Bldg 1924, 6th Floor, Mailroom, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. The remaining portion of the proposal will only be accepted electronically via the process explained in the Proposal Instructions.
Prospectus Inside Cover (PDF 49 KB) UPDATED 9/11/2025
Prospectus Business Opportunity (PDF 605 KB)
Proposal Package (PDF 458 KB) UPDATED 9/11/2025
Proposal Instructions (PDF 110 KB) UPDATED 9/11/2025
Site Visit (PDF 60 KB) ADDED 2/19/2025
Exhibit A Operating Plan (PDF 331 KB)
Exhibit B Nondiscrimination (PDF 57 KB) UPDATE 9/11/2025
Exhibit C Assigned Land (PDF 31 KB)
Exhibit D Assigned Government Personal Property (PDF 23 KB)
Exhibit E Maintenance Plan (PDF 278 KB)
Exhibit F Insurance (PDF 110 KB)
Exhibit G Transition (PDF 83 KB)
Exhibit H IP Licensed Marks (PDF 53 KB)
Appendix B Proposal Package Template [Excel] (XLSX 65 KB) UPDATED 2/19/2025
Amendment No. 2 and NPS Responses to Questions on Solicitation (PDF 2.8 MB)
Last updated: September 11, 2025