Solicitation for a Concessions Business Opportunity for Food & Beverage and Retail Services at Mabry Mill within Blue Ridge Parkway

Amendment 1 The NPS amends this solicitation and provides responses to questions received. In addition to the posting of the questions and answers, the NPS amends this solicitation to do the following:

In Exhibit H: Maintenance Plan, revised the deferred maintenance attachment 1 table with a new quantity of an asset; and In Exhibit I: Insurance, revised to reflect the new Concessioner Insurance Deductibles and Self-Insured Retentions policy; and In the Appendix Table of Contents, added reference to Appendix D: Parkway InterpretiveThemes; and Added Appendix D: Parkway Interpretive Themes exhibit.

Amendment 1 will be available at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/concessions/prospectuses.htm.

The National Park Service (NPS) will issue a prospectus for the solicitation of offers for a 10-year concession contract to provide for Food & Beverage and Retail Services at Mabry Mill within Blue Ridge Parkway All offers must be received by the NPS by the date listed on the inside front cover of the prospectus which is October 1, 2025 no later than 12:00 p.m. 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 are due July 24, 2025, and Notification of Intent to Propose must be received by September 3, 2025, via email by the National Park Service no later than 12:00 P.M. ET on the due dates listed on the cover page which is to William Gordon, Jr., Commercial Services Specialist, at william_gordon@nps.gov The website below includes a number of helpful links and information including tips for submitting a competitive proposal that addresses due diligence, proposal content, and the presentation of your proposal.

This presentation can be found at: www.nps.gov/subjects/concessions/prospectuses.htm Proposals to include the original signed transmittal letters must be received via the process explained in the Proposal Instructions no later than 12:00 pm ET on the due which is October 1, 2025, to National Park Service, Concessions Office, 100 Alabama Street, N.W., Bldg 1924, 6th Floor, Mailroom, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Please note that the original signed transmittal letters must be mailed. The remaining portion of the proposal will only be accepted electronically via the process explained in the Proposal Instructions.