CC-CACO004-26 Concession Business Opportunity for Fast Casual Food & Beverage services within Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts.

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 explains the business opportunity and the terms and conditions under which the NPS will award the Concession Contract.

Cape Cod National Seashore is in Barnstable County in the southeastern most region of Massachusetts. The Park spans 40 miles along the outer portion of the Cape Cod peninsula and includes six major public beaches, 12 biking and hiking trails, expansive dunes, ponds, and coastal pine barrens. All the Park’s visitor services are hosted within Barnstable County where the entirety of the Park is located. Cape Cod National Seashore was integrated into the NPS on August 7, 1961, and covers 68 square miles.

The concessioner will provide food and beverage sales and authorized associated services at Herring Cove Snack Bar. The snack bar is located at Herring Cove Beach on the north end of Cape Cod, near Provincetown, Massachusetts.  Herring Cove Snack Bar is within the Herring Cove Bath House Facility directly on Herring Cove Beach.  Herring Cove is a key visitor destination within the Seashore and is home to a beautiful, lifeguarded, beach that wheelchair users can access. It is the perfect location for activities such as whale watching from the shore, surf casting, swimming, kayaking, and sunset watching. 

The concessioner will operate an approximately 850-square-foot snack bar at the Herring Cove Beach Center and is permitted use of an approximately 200-square-foot storage closet. The Beach Center also includes an outdoor seating space for up to 80, a public restroom, and lifeguard center which are overseen by the Park Service.

The prospectus is available on the NPS website at: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/concessions/prospectuses.htm. Hard copy prospectuses 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 (Kathleen_Trudeau@nps.gov), 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 NER_Concessions@nps.gov. 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 NER_Concessions@nps.gov.

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 26, 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 26, 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 NER_Concessions@nps.gov.

Update # 1 - August 25, 2025. This update extends the Intent to Propose due date to 4pm ET, this Friday, August 29, 2025.  

Update # 2 - September 17, 2025. This update extends the electronic submission due date to 4pm ET, Friday September 26, 2025.