Description
The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking responses from individuals, educational institutions, governmental and quasi-governmental agencies or entities, and non-profit or for-profit organizations for the use of the Cook Hall facility and associated lands located at 252 McDowell Street, Harpers Ferry, WV 25425. The facility is a historic structure with 9,970 square feet, 30 rooms, a kitchen, storage space, laundry room, two meeting rooms, and office space. The NPS is looking for proposals that will not degrade or unduly impair the park's resources and values, be compatible with the programs of the NPS, and be consistent with the purposes established by law for the park area in which it is located.
• Potential uses include hostel/hotel, office space, services, activities, and associated retail, educational activities, environmental activities, training center, and other uses not in conflict with the park's programs and purposes.
• The facility requires upgrading and modernization of major systems.
• The NPS will determine the length/term of any future legal instrument for adaptive reuse based on a return on investment for the proposed modifications or uses.
• Respondents are required to provide information on alterations, component renewal/replacement, cyclic maintenance, routine facility maintenance, and preventative maintenance.
• The NPS reserves the right to withdraw or discontinue the RFEI, use the ideas or materials submitted in response to the RFEI, and change any components, concepts, or approaches of the RFEI.