Solicitation for a Concessions Business Opportunity for Guided Horseback Rides, Wagon and/or Carriage Rides, Vending, Firewood and Ice, Camper Convenience Items, Souvenirs, and Souvenir Photography, Smokemont Riding Stables within Great Smoky Mountains NP
National Park Service · SER SOUTHEAST REGION(50000)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation CC-GRSM007-27 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
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What the notice says
Amendment 1 The NPS amends this solicitation and provides responses to questions received. Amendment 1 will be available at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/concessions/prospectuses.htm. The NPS amends this solicitation as follows: The Proposal Instructions to the Preferred Offeror Determinations section, Section 9 is updated as follows: Removed �Under the provisions of 36 C.F.R. Part 51, Subparts E and F, the Service has determined that this is a qualified concession contract and a preferred offeror exists for this contract� Replaced with �Under the provisions of 36 C.F.R. Part 51, Subparts E and… (show all)
F, the Service has determined that this is not a qualified concession contract, and, therefore, no preferred offeror for this contract exists.� ____________________________ Inside Cover is amended as follows: The �Proposals Due� date was updated from August 26, 2026, to September 30, 2026. ____________________________ The National Park Service (NPS) will issue a prospectus for the solicitation of offers for a 10-year concession contract to provide for guided horseback rides, wagon and/or carriage rides, vending, firewood and ice, camper convenience items, souvenirs, and souvenir photography at Smokemont Riding Stables within Great Smoky Mountains National Park. All offers must be received by the NPS by the date listed on the inside front cover of the prospectus which is August 26, 2026 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 17, 2026, and Notification of Intent to Propose must be received by July 27, 2026, 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 August 26, 2026, 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.
Who won similar work
1747 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (National Park Service), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
Single-winner award sizes (1723): middle half $31K to $286K, median $86K; range $360 to $217.2M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOLUTION GUIDANCE CORPORATION | 42 | $616K | Sep 22, 2026 |
| HDR ENGINEERING INC | 36 | $8.0M + 1 shared | Sep 24, 2026 |
| PROJECT SOLUTIONS, INC. | 18 | $5.6M | Aug 25, 2026 |
| OTAK, INC. | 16 | $40.9M + 1 shared | Sep 23, 2026 |
| AMERICAN CLASSIC CONSTRUCTION INC. | 16 | $1.2M | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Strata Architecture Inc. | 14 | $2.4M | Jul 23, 2026 |
| DHM DESIGN CORPORATION | 13 | $9.1M + 1 shared | Sep 24, 2026 |
| The Schemmer Associates Inc. | 12 | $1.0M | Jul 31, 2026 |
| CLASSIC SITE SOLUTIONS INC | 10 | $31.8M | Sep 25, 2026 |
| STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES INC. | 10 | $4.5M + 1 shared | Sep 17, 2026 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Oct 19, 2026HSG Park Joint Venture 3, LLC$7.5MY--KNRI 257081 - Knife River Indian Village National Historic Site - Elbee Bend Bank StabilizationNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 16, 20262 GRADE, LLC$640KY--OLYM - FAIRHOLME CG ABAAS IMPROVEMENTSNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 6, 2026VANTAGE VEHICLE INTERNATIONAL, INC$69K23--CHAM Two 2-Door Lithium Trucks and AccessoriesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 5, 2026ARK CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT LLC$695KZ--GATE-REHAB ROOF-BLDG 40No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 28, 2026WATERFLEET, LLC$8.0MV--GRCA SOUTH RIM EMERGENCY WATER HAULINGNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 28, 2026JUSTUS CORPORATION$411KJ--GWMP - BACKUP GENERATOR REPLACEMENT AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCENo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 28, 2026M3 INTEGRATED SERVICES, INC.$8.1MY--GOGA CONSTRUCT STINSON LG TOWER & CAFENo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 26, 2026CLEARFIELD CONSTRUCTION LLC$354KY--BIBE CONSTRUCT ASTRO VIEWING PLATFORMNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 26, 2026PACE COLLABORATIVE, PLLC$47KC--Multiple Award IDIQ- Professional Fire Protection Engineering and Fire Protection Related Facility Management ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 26, 2026PACE COLLABORATIVE, PLLC$5.0M (shared ceiling)C--Multiple Award IDIQ- Professional Fire Protection Engineering and Fire Protection Related Facility Management ServicesShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Natl Park Service (NPS) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Park Service (NPS) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 15 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.