Gateway National Recreation Area announces Mobile Food and Beverage Services Opportunities at Sandy Hook, NJ. The park will issue up to fourteen (14) in-park Commercial Use Authorizations (CUAs) to be located in the park's beach centers (B, C, D, E, G, I and the Ferry Dock). Sandy Hook is located at the north end of the New Jersey shore, connected by Route 36 in Monmouth County. The approximately 7 miles of ocean and bay waters make Sandy Hook a favorite Jersey Shore getaway. The park will issue CUAs for summer 2015 and 2016 seasons which will authorize mobile food and beverage vendors to operate from, at minimum, the Friday before Memorial Day through Labor Day of each year. Vendors interested in this opportunity must submit the required Commercial Use Authorization Application Form (OMB Control No: 1024-0268) and a CUA Supplemental Application Form for each mobile operation. Vendors should identify their preferred location and one alternate location from which they would be willing to operate. There is no guarantee that selected Vendors will be assigned their preferred location. The Park will select applicants and assign locations based on an Applicant's ability to meet specific criteria and the Park's desire to provide visitors with a wide variety of offerings. All CUAs will be subject to the General Conditions listed in the Commercial Use Authorization Application Form (OMB Control No: 1024-0268) Applications must include the Applicant's name, address, phone number, and email address on the face of the envelope. Applications with the $150 application fee should be mailed or sent to: Application - Sandy Hook Commercial Use Authorization Superintendent, Gateway National Recreation Area 210 New York Avenue Staten Island, New York 10305 Applications may also be submitted via electronic mail to:
[email protected]. Electronic submissions will not be considered to have been received until the Applicant mails or sends the $150 application fee and receives an electronic response from the Park notifying the Applicant that their application and application fee have been received. Telephonic proposals, faxes and other means of transmittal will not be considered. Applications and supporting documents will not be returned. Applicants are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future application. Questions about this opportunity are due by March 2, 2015. Questions may be submitted via electronic mail to
[email protected] or asked by phone to Kimberly Pepper-Parker at (732) 872-5910. APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2015. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AFTER CLOSE OF BUSINESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2015 WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. THE NPS WILL NOTIFY SELECTED APPLICANTS ON OR BEFORE APRIL 15, 2015. The NPS reserves the right to reject one or all proposals or to refuse to issue a CUA at any time without penalty or liability.