Solicitation
Solicitation for a Concessions Business Opportunity to Operate Interpretive Tram Tours and Other Services at Shark Valley within Everglades National Park
Department of the Interior · National Park Service
AI summaryThe National Park Service wants a business to run a 10-year concession contract at Shark Valley in Everglades National Park: interpretive tram tours, bicycle rentals, retail, vending, bicycle and hiker pickup, and a paddlecraft shuttle. The full terms are in the prospectus on the NPS website. The response due date is December 2, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern. More in the summary
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The National Park Service wants a business to run a 10-year concession contract at Shark Valley in Everglades National Park: interpretive tram tours, bicycle rentals, retail, vending, bicycle and hiker pickup, and a paddlecraft shuttle. The full terms are in the prospectus on the NPS website. The response due date is December 2, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern.
How to submit: Follow the Proposal Instructions in the prospectus; the Transmittal Letter is mailed and the rest is sent electronically. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 16, 2026.
- Worth checking: Questions and Notification of Intent to Propose have their own deadline. The text doesn't give the date, which is on the prospectus's Inside Front Cover, so a business could miss it.
- Minor: Mailed letter plus electronic offer. Part of the offer goes by mail and part electronically, so both parts must arrive by the response due date.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Operate interpretive tram tours at Shark Valley
- Run bicycle rentals, retail and vending
- Provide bicycle and hiker pickup
- Provide paddlecraft shuttle service
- Contract type
- Concession contract (the business operates under NPS terms; the text gives no price type)
- Period of performance
- 10-year concession contract
- Place of performance
- Miami, FL, USA (Shark Valley within Everglades National Park)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- December 2, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Follow the Proposal Instructions in the prospectus; the Transmittal Letter is mailed and the rest is sent electronically
What to include when you submit
- Send the Offeror's Transmittal Letter by mail and the rest of the offer electronically
- Send questions and the Notification of Intent to Propose by the date and time on the prospectus's Inside Front Cover, to the contact named there
- Check the prospectus on the NPS Commercial Services website, which may lag behind SAM.gov updates
Not in the notice text
- The prospectus on the NPS website (https://www.nps.gov/subjects/concessions/prospectuses.htm) holds the terms, requirements, evaluation and financial details; it was not read.
- The date for questions and the Notification of Intent to Propose is on the prospectus's Inside Front Cover, not in the text.
- Whether the Notification of Intent to Propose is required to bid is not stated.
- The mailing address and the electronic submission method are in the prospectus.
- Any required franchise fee, insurance or experience is not in the text.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Follow the Proposal Instructions in the prospectus; the Transmittal Letter is mailed and the rest is sent electronically. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 16, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- Ser Southeast Region(50000), Atlanta, GA
- Product/service code
- M1FB · Operation of Recreational Buildings
- Business type
- Facilities, janitorial & grounds (FedReady's grouping, from product/service code M1FB)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 16, 2026 · Amendment 0002 (this version)Due Dec 2, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 3, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Oct 30, 2026 (changed)
- Jul 15, 2026 · SolicitationDue Sep 16, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
The National Park Service has extended the submission deadline to 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 2, 2026. The Inside Cover of the prospectus has been updated to reflect this change and is posted on the Commercial Services website located here: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/concessions/prospectuses.htm. Please note there may be a delay between this Sam.gov posting and updates on the Commercial Services website. _________________________________________________________________________ The National Park Service has extended the submission deadline to 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 30, 2026. The Inside Cover of the prospectus has been updated to reflect this change and is posted on the Commercial Services website located here: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/concessions/prospectuses.htm. Please note there may be a delay between this Sam.gov posting and updates on the Commercial Services website. __________________________________________________________________________ The National Park Service (NPS) has issued a prospectus for the solicitation of offers for a 10-year concession contract to operate interpretive tram tours, bicycle rentals, retail, vending, bicycle and hiker pickup, and paddlecraft shuttle service at Shark Valley within Everglades National Park. All offers must be received by the NPS by the date and time listed on the Inside Front Cover of the prospectus (September 16, 2026, at 12:00 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. Questions and Notification of Intent to Propose must be received by the NPS by the date and time listed on the Inside Front Cover of the prospectus. Directions on who to email this information is provided on the Inside Front Cover of the prospectus. The prospectus may be found at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/concessions/prospectuses.htm. Please be aware there may be a delay in posting the prospectus to this website after publication of this notice. The website also includes information pertaining to the National Park Service Commercial Services program and helpful tips for submitting a competitive offer. Offers must be submitted via the process explained in the Proposal Instructions of the prospectus. Note that only the Offeror’s Transmittal Letter must be mailed. The remaining portion of the offer must be submitted electronically.
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