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person. Please complete and submit the applicable Identification and Credit Information Form contained in the Proposal Forms attached to this RFP for the entity and/or individuals that are to be the lessee and its principals. There are separate forms for individuals, sole proprietor businesses, and other business entities. Criterion 1: Proposed Use and Operations Consistent with National Park Service Values This section should explain your proposed use or uses of the property and should establish your overall vision for your proposed agricultural operation. Furthermore, it should explain why such use or uses would be compatible with the preservation, protection and visitor enjoyment of the park area. A detailed operating plan describing your normal operations, special events, and expected hours of operation. If there is seasonality to your proposed use, please provide a seasonal calendar for how your operations would change throughout the year. Generations of people including Martin Van Buren and his extended family, indigenous people, European settlers, and enslaved people lived and worked on this land. Archeological artifacts associated with these people may surface during normal agricultural operations. Please describe training you will provide to ensure staff does not collect archeological artifacts. Criterion 2: Improvements, Maintenance, and Preservation of the Historic Quality of the Property This section should describe your plans for improvements to the Lease Premises and how they will enhance your proposed use. Your response must show how you plan to take full responsibility for all repairs and maintenance of the property. An Annual Maintenance Plan including an estimated maintenance budget and a calendar of maintenance tasks broken down into daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual, or other time periods as appropriate. This property is a key element of the historic cultural landscape of Martin Van Buren NHS and the agricultural soil has been identified as an important park resource. Please describe how your proposed agricultural use supports preservation and protection of the soil and historic landscape. Criterion 3: Financial Capability of the Offeror This section should demonstrate that you can make the financial investment required to fund what you propose. Offerors must identify how they will fund the Improvements, and other start-up costs they propose for the premises. Submit the source, and proof of the availability, of the funds necessary to carry out the obligations described in your proposal and under the terms of the proposed lease. You must submit a Business History Information Form (Form 10-352) and one of the Business Information Forms (Form 10-353 or Form 10-354), as appropriate for the al structure of your , provided in Attachment B for each manager or principal in your . You must provide a financial summary which details total assets, cash assets, and financial liabilities for your (or for each partner or principal if you will be forming a new entity for this opportunity); and you must provide bank statements, financing commitment letters, investment account statements, or similar documents that substantiate your financial claims. Demonstrate that you have a credible, proven track record of meeting your financial obligations, that your proposal is financially viable and that you understand the financial obligations of the lease. At a minimum, this includes a credit report, with credit score, from within the last 30 days from one of the major credit reporting agencies (Equifax, Experian, or TransUnion). Provide start-up expenses, stabilized revenues, and operational expense estimates and a proforma projecting revenue and expenses over the Lease Term using either Form 10-355A or 10-355B. These forms can be found in Attachment C, please include: An estimate of the start-up expenses and investments, revenues and operating expenses for all years covered by your proposed Lease term. You should identity all revenue sources and any fees to be charged as part of the Lease terms. Fully describe the basis of all assumptions in the pro forma, including those regarding each source of income, any inflation factors, other occupancy and management costs. Criterion 4: Demonstrated Experience Operating a Similar Property Demonstrate your qualifications to manage an agricultural business. To be considered qualified, responsive and responsible, an Offeror must submit the items listed below. If this information is not provided, the Offeror may be determined non-responsive and will not be evaluated further. Provide resumes of the Offeror�s owners and key managers. To the extent possible, please ensure these resumes document the Offeror�s demonstrated experience and success managing a certified organic farm (or an agricultural operation following organic principles). This should include experience with all phases of agricultural planning and management, managing soil health, business management experience, and marketing experience. Describe, in detail, your experience managing a similar agricultural business, including the total years of operation; the average number of employees and average annual revenue. Criterion 5: Environmental Enhancement This section should explain how you plan to use and manage the Lease Premises in an environmentally enhancing manner. At a minimum describe the ways in which you will address: Ecological protection. Energy conservation. Water conservation. Criterion 6: Financial and Other Terms Offered This section should explain the financial and material benefit your proposed use will provide to the NPS. Due to NPS leasing regulations, no annual rent offer of an amount less than the Fair Market Value Rent (FMVR) shall be accepted. Please state the amount of Annual Rent you are willing to pay in Lease Year 1. Please describe any terms and conditions in the Sample Lease that you intend to negotiate with NPS, but do not include a marked-up version of the Sample Lease. EVALUATION AND SELECTION PROCESS The National Park Service will review all responses to this RFP through an evaluation panel assisted by technical consultants as appropriate. All proposals will first be screened for adherence to the requirements of this RFP. The NPS will not consider non-responsive proposals. A non-responsive proposal is a proposal that was not timely submitted or fails to meet the material terms and conditions of this RFP as determined by the NPS. During the evaluation process the NPS will only use information provided in the appropriate section of a proposal, please organize your proposal carefully. It is the intention of the NPS to select the best responsive proposal as determined under the selection criteria without further submittals or presentations. If this cannot be done, the NPS will select those lease proposals that appear most suitable under the selection criteria and will request additional information or presentations from those groups so that the best responsive proposal can be selected. NPS will negotiate the terms of the final Lease with the Offeror determined to have submitted the best responsive proposal under the selection criteria. Award of a Lease to that Offeror is dependent on successful negotiation of the final terms of the lease. If negotiations fail, NPS may negotiate with other Offerors for award of the offered Lease or terminate this solicitation without liability to any person. The NPS reserves the right to reject one or all proposals, terminate lease negotiations, or cancel this RFP Solicitation at any time prior to executing a final lease without penalty or liability. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND MODIFICATION OF PROPOSALS The NPS may request from any Offeror additional information or written clarification of a proposal after the submission date. However, proposals may not be amended after the submission date unless permitted by the NPS. The NPS may not permit amendment of a proposal unless all Offerors that submitted responsive proposals are given an opportunity to amend their respective proposals. LEASE TERMS AND CONDITIONS Term of Lease The Lease to be awarded under this RFP will have a maximum term of ten (10) years. The Lease may be extended once for a period not to exceed one (1) additional year if the deciding official determines that an extension is necessary because of circumstances beyond the control of the NPS. In accordance with applicable policy guidance, all leases with a term of five or more years must contain a CPI adjustment provision; and, and all leases with a term of fifteen or more years must contain a rent reconsideration provision. Conditions Selection of a proposal does not guarantee a lease for the Offeror. The responsive proposal judged best under the proposal selection criteria will be given an opportunity to negotiate a final lease agreeable to both the Offeror and NPS. Lease Provisions The Lease to be awarded under this RFP will contain the provisions required by 36 CFR Part 18 as well as other provisions determined by the NPS to be necessary to assure use of the leased property in a manner consistent with the purposes of the park area, and where applicable, to assure the preservation of historic property. Required provisions include, without limitation: A termination for cause or default provision and a termination for convenience provision; Appropriate provisions requiring the Lessee to maintain the leased property in good condition throughout the term of the Lease; Appropriate provisions stating that subletting of a portion of the leased property and assignment of a lease, if permissible under the terms of the lease, must be subject to the written approval of NPS; Appropriate provisions requiring the Lessee to pay for use of all services and utilities not provided by the Lessor and to pay all taxes and assessments imposed by federal, state, or local agencies applicable to the leased property or to Lessee activities; Appropriate provisions stating that the Lessee has no rights of renewal of the Lease or to the award of a new Lease upon Lease termination or expiration; Appropriate provisions stating that the Lessee may not construct new buildings or structures on leased property except in limited circumstances; Appropriate provisions requiring that any improvements to or demolition of leased property to be made by the Lessee may be undertaken only with written approval from the NPS; and Appropriate provisions that describe and limit the type of activities that may be conducted by the Lessee on the leased property. 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