36 CFR § 51.77 - Will a concession contract provide a concessioner an exclusive right to provide visitor services?

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title: "36 CFR § 51.77 - Will a concession contract provide a concessioner an exclusive right to provide visitor services?"
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "51.77"
section_name: "Will a concession contract provide a concessioner an exclusive right to provide visitor services?"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
part_number: "51"
part_name: "CONCESSION CONTRACTS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "54 U.S.C. 101901-101926 and title IV of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-391)."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 20668, Apr. 17, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
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# 51.77 Will a concession contract provide a concessioner an exclusive right to provide visitor services?

Concession contracts will not provide in any manner an exclusive right to provide all or certain types of visitor services in a park area. The Director may limit the number of concession contracts to be awarded for the conduct of visitor services in a particular park area in furtherance of the purposes described in this part.