Proposal Template 092319.docx

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

Financial Assistance (Cooperative Agreements)

PROJECT PROPOSAL

(Suggested Format)

Instructions: A Project Proposal must be submitted with the Standard Form (SF) 424 Application for Federal Assistance, for all BLM Assistance Agreements. Complete each section below. Use additional sheets as needed.

Person Submitting Proposal:

Date:

Organization Name:

FOA No.:

FOA Title:

Recipient Project Title:

Estimated Period of Performance:

Proposed Project Location:

BLM Contact Name:

Contact Field or District Office:

STATEMENT OF NEED:

Describe how your objectives of the project support your mission.

Describe how your objectives of your project meets one or more of the DOI priorities described in this announcement.

Describe your project objectives, goals, and how your mission relates to this announcement.

Describe why this support is being requested.

TECHNICAL APPROACH:

Describe the details of the project, the procedures to be used, how data will be collected, analyzed, and interpreted, etc.

Describe expected goals and outcomes and how project effectiveness will be measured and evaluated. (Include a detailed project work plan narrative and a table such as below to summarize the project schedule.)

Detail the development and management plan for your project.

Describe how the proposed objectives will be achieved in accordance with the project plan.

Describe the techniques, processes, methodologies to be used for specific projects in support of the project plan.

Describe stabilization or protection plans for at-risk resources.

Describe plans to promote public engagement, learning opportunities and education and outreach programs, events and products.

Describe how the training will occur, using BLM resources, as applicable.

Describe any resource data sharing plans resources data managers.

Detail how any planned studies will assist with determining the impacts to resources caused by activities such as prescribed fire, vegetation treatments, ecological restoration, or any land disturbing activity.

Describe what tasks will be performed by partners organizations, sub awards, contractors, consultants, if applicable.

Information to support environmental compliance review requirements, Project monitoring and evaluation plan, including how you will measure project performance and assessment tools to be used. Should include monitoring of sub-recipients, contractors, consultants, volunteers, etc.

Proposals must have measurable outcomes. The success of the projects funded under this announcement shall be validated and tracked by BLM Program Officers. Some examples of measurable outcomes include:

· Number of sites identified, monitored, stabilized or protected;

· Number of sites inventoried,

· Number of specimens collected and analyzed;

· Number of educational and research programs or materials created and/or presented; and

· Number interpretive opportunities created.

PROJECT MONITORING AND EVALUTION PLAN:

(Describe how you will measure project performance and assessment tools to be used)

TIMETABLE OR MILESTONES:

[Suggested table below]:

Insert specific, measureable outcomes (milestone, task, and/or activity, i.e., # of acres surveyed or treated in x county, draft or final report of x, or # of public outreach events (identify types of events) as applicable)

DIRECT BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC:

(Describe how this project will affect the public.)

QUALIFICATIONS/PAST PERFORMANCE:

List key project personnel and responsibilities, along with their contact information.

Describe the time to be dedicated to the project, how their experience and qualifications are appropriate to the success of the project.

List contractors, sub awards, consultants, if known, and their qualifications A list of federally funded assistance agreements (not contracts) that your organization performed within the last three years (no more than 5, and preferably BLM agreements), and describe how you documented and/or reported on whether you were making progress toward achieving the expected results (e.g., outputs and outcomes) under those agreements. Describe similar successful projects completed in the past and any unique qualifications your organization may possess.

LEVERAGING OF RESOURCES (Cost is not normally evaluated. However, is reviewed during the merit review and will be used as a tiebreaker).

Demonstrate how you leverage funds or resources with other federal and/or non-federal sources of funds or resources to carry out the proposed project.

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