NPS-NOIP20AC00377 - Notice of Intent To Award.pdf

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD

This announcement is not a request for applications.

This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service’s intention to award financial assistance for the following project activities. Refer to Section 2. Grants.gov Posting Determination.

ABSTRACT

Grants.gov Opportunity Number Project Title Recipient Anticipated Federal Funding Non-Federal Cost Share Total Anticipated Award Amount

Award Instrument

Anticipated Period of Performance

Legal Authority

CFDA # and Title

Single Source Justification Criteria

National Park Service Point of Contact

PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

STATEMENT OF PUBLIC PURPOSE

Section 1. Project Summary

Task Agreement Cooperative Agreement

Grant Agreement

STATEMENT OF WORK SUMMARY

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES

A. The recipient shall be responsible for the following items under this agreement:

B. The NPS Responsibilities:

A task agreement is proposed;

A cooperative agreement is proposed;

therefore substantial involvement by NPS is anticipated during the period of performance of this agreement. In support of this agreement NPS will:

A grant agreement is proposed, therefore no substantial involvement on the part of the NPS is anticipated for the successful completion of the statement of work. It is anticipated that involvement will be limited to actions related to monitoring project performance and technical assistance at the request of the recipient.

Section 3. Single Source Justification

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

SINGLE SOURCE POLICY REQUIREMENTS

National Park Service Policy FAP&P 1443-2015-06 requires a written justification which explains why competition is not practicable. The justification must address one of the following criteria.

In order for an assistance award to be made without competition, the award must satisfy one or more of the following criteria:

(1) Unsolicited Proposal – The proposed award is the result of an unsolicited assistance application which represents a unique or innovative idea, method, or approach which is not the subject of a current or planned contract or assistance award, but which is deemed advantageous to the program objectives. The unsolicited proposal must demonstrate an innovative capability or concept not currently available to the government, and prepared without Government involvement. ;

(2) Continuation – The activity to be funded is necessary to the satisfactory completion of, or is a continuation of, an activity presently being funded, for which competition would have a significant adverse effect on the continuity or completion of the activity;

(3) Legislative intent – The language in the applicable authorizing legislation or legislative history clearly indicates Congress’ intent to restrict the award to a particular recipient of purpose;

(4) Unique Qualifications – The applicant is uniquely qualified to perform the activity based upon a variety of demonstrable factors such as location, property ownership, voluntary support capacity, technical expertise, or other such unique qualifications. Successful past performance, familiarity with existing requirements, capabilities that can be obtained or matched by a competitor, or a positive reputation, are not considered to be unique qualifications.

(5) Emergencies – Program/award where there is insufficient time available (due to a compelling and unusual urgency, or substantial danger to health or safety) for adequate competitive procedures to be followed.

NPS did not solicit full and open competition for this award based the following criteria:

Task Agreement issued under previously competed or single source master cooperative agreement per Section 2 above. Single Source Justification not applicable.

Continuation

Unique Qualifications

Unsolicited Proposal

Legislative Intent

Explanation of the proposed recipient’s qualifications or the criteria of the proposed project which requires use of the single source criteria cited.

Section 2. Grants.gov Posting Determination

Emergency

The National Park Service intends to award a task agreement under a previously competed or single source justified award.

The National Park Service intends to award a single source justified cooperative agreement. Refer to Section 3 Single Source Justification.

The National Park Service intends to award a single source justified grant agreement. Refer to Section 3 Single Source Justification.

Section 4. Department of the Interior Secretary’s Priorities

This award will support the following DOI Secretary priority(ies):

Other Key Initiatives:

Employment of veterans.

Supporting DOI Infrastructure needs.

Creating jobs in the American economy.

Access to outdoor recreation opportunities.

Priority 1: Creating a conservation stewardship legacy second only to Teddy Roosevelt Utilize science to identify best practices to manage land and water resources and adapt to changes in the environment.

Examine land use planning process and land use designations that govern public use and access.

Revise and streamline the environmental and regulatory review process while maintaining environmental standards.

Review DOI water storage, transportation, and distribution systems to identify opportunities to resolve conflicts and expand capacity.

Foster relationships with conservation organizations advocating for balanced stewardship and use of public lands.

Identify and implement initiatives to expand access to DOI lands for hunting and fishing.

Shift the balance towards providing greater public access to public lands over restrictions to access.

Priority 2: Utilizing our natural resources Ensure American energy is available to meet our security and economic needs.

Ensure access to mineral resources, especially the critical and rare earth minerals.

Refocus timber programs to embrace the entire 'healthy forests' lifecycle.

Manage competition for grazing resources.

Priority 3: Restoring trust with local communities Be a better neighbor with those closest to our resources by improving dialogue and relationships with persons and entities bordering our lands.

Expand the lines of communication with Governors, state natural resource offices, Fish and Wildlife offices, water authorities, county commissioners, Tribes, and local communities.

Priority 4: Ensuring sovereignty means something Support tribal self-determination, self-governance, and sovereignty.

Solidify mutual interests between the U.S. and the freely associated states and territories.

Priority 5: Generating additional revenues to support DOI & National interests Ensure that the public receives the full market value for the natural resources produced on Federal lands.

Ensure that fees or costs levied for DOI services are reasonable and targeted to achieve cost recovery.

Consider the impact of DOI decisions on economic development and job creation.

Priority 6: Protecting our people and the border Actively support efforts to secure our southern border.

Ensure DOI law enforcement staffing addresses public safety risks anticipated on DOI land.

Promote a "public service" demeanor within our law enforcement community.

Priority 7: Striking a regulatory balance

Reduce the administrative and regulatory burden imposed on U.S.

industry and the public.

Ensure that Endangered Species Act decisions are based on strong science and thorough analysis.

Priority 8: Modernizing our infrastructure Support the White House Public/Private Partnership Initiative to modernize U.S. infrastructure.

Remove impediments to infrastructure development and facilitate private sector efforts to construct infrastructure projects serving American needs.

Prioritize DOI infrastructure needs to highlight:

1. Construction of infrastructure;

2. Cyclical maintenance;

3. Deferred maintenance.

Senior executives are expected to provide leadership in achieving goals of the President and the Secretary.

The Management Team is expected to:

1. Ensure cost-effective operations and quality service to the public;

2. Facilitate organizational cooperation and conflict resolution;

3. Ensure the workplace environment is conducive to employee productivity and safety;

4. Hold individuals accountable for actions that violate DOI policies and requirements.

Priority 10: Achieving our goals and leading our team forward

The proposed project does not support any of the DOI Secretary priorities, but the project is being funded for the following reasons:

Priority 9: Reorganizing for the next 100 years

Improve alignment and integration of the DOI organizational structure. Redistribute organizational resources (people and funding) to enhance mission achievement and improved public service.

Improve organizational alignment with Executive Branch counterparts with major land management assets or influence.

Park managers must be able to use scholarly and scientific information to ensure that decisions that are made will not adversely affect the park’s resources. In meeting these objectives the park needs reliable information on the past and present characteristics of the human communities traditionally associated with a park and its resources. Such information supports the park in the stewardship of ethnographic resources, contributes to more mutually satisfying community relationships with park neighbors, and forms the basis for appreciation and interpretation of the living cultural resources of the park, as well as contributing to better understanding of the human component of park ecosystems past and present.

In consultation with NPS Park and regional office personnel, the project ethnographer will assess the utility of available ethnographic data for Park management and will identify significant gaps in the data for projected Park needs. Throughout the project, the researcher will consult frequently with Park personnel and the Midwest Region Regional Ethnographer in order to maintain a focus of the research most useful to needs anticipated by the Park yet realize as fully as possible the potential of previously unpublished ethnographic data.

The project will identify and describe the Park’s traditionally associated peoples, as defined in Chapter 5 of NPS Management Policies and NPS Director’s Order – 28, Cultural Resource Management Guideline, Ch. 10, Management of Ethnographic Resources.

The data pertaining to traditionally associated groups will be summarized and synthesized in accordance with standard categories and analytical procedures in contemporary ethnographic practice for cultural interpretation.

As stakeholders, any group’s use of a Park may be tied to landscapes, sacred spaces, sites and structures, objects, plants and animals, or other natural and cultural resources found generally in KEWE and specifically those associated with Camp Mueller.

Specifically, the objectives of the study are to provide:

• a brief ethnohistorical overview of the park as pertinent to this EOA (Camp Mueller/CUVA).

• descriptions of occupation and use of cultural and natural resources, and the cultural significance of natural resources and physical environmental features by traditionally associated groups of people;

• descriptions of contemporary use and perceptions about each type of resource, including general location, frequency of use, nature of use, and ascribed significance (e.g. religious, subsistence), if any;

• a current bibliography of ethnographic information on Camp Mueller/CUVA and traditionally associated peoples;

• a record of consultations with members of traditionally associated groups;

• a list of any sites, places, or landscapes to be considered for nomination to the National Registers as Traditional Cultural Properties;

• a list of potential interpretive topics;

• suggestions for further studies on CAMP MUELLER/CUVA associated groups which may be designed and conducted to develop more complete information on which to base future decisions by the Superintendent with regard to ethnographic issues and concerns that have the potential to affect management of the park.

For the National Park Service, an Ethnographic Overview and Assessment (EO&A) is a comprehensive study of types, uses, and users of ethnographic resources, in this case groups of people who may have historic and/or contemporary cultural connections to KEWE and the Keweenaw Peninsula. An EO&A reviews existing information and identifies new data needs. This type of study is conducted when park resources are known or thought to be traditionally associated with a contemporary group or groups . The overview reviews and summarizes existing ethnographic data for people and resources associated with the park; the assessment evaluates them and identifies data gaps. Information is derived primarily from existing archival and published materials and is supplemented with ethnographic interviewing of knowledgeable community consultants. The EO&A will include development of a historic context traditionally associated peoples connections to KEWE. The EO&A will also include a synthesis of descriptions and an evaluation of existing ethnographic sources and data and description of use for each type of resource identified by the study and develop a list of ethnographic resources for inclusion in National Register of Historic Places data, and an annotated, current bibliography and record of consultation, as well as recommendations for further study. This project will address the Park’s ethnographic resources by developing Baseline information, capturing and transferring knowledge, improving geographic information systems, and improving interpretation of cultural history and contemporary cultural significance of KEWE. This project addresses a significant information gap regarding the relationship of traditionally associated peoples to the park.

Study Objectives:

An EO&A is a baseline cultural anthropological study which documents traditional associations between distinct cultural communities and landscapes, places, and resources. The objective of this project is to produce a report identifying communities traditionally associated with KEWE and summarizing and synthesizing existing ethnographic information on the present and recent cultural systems of those communities. The project’s scope of work reflects a NPS objective to understand the cultural history and ethnographic resources of NPS units.

Park managers must be able to use scholarly and scientific information to ensure that decisions that are made will not adversely affect the park’s resources. In meeting these objectives the park needs reliable information on the past and present characteristics of the human communities traditionally associated with a park and its resources. Such information supports the park in the stewardship of ethnographic resources, contributes to more mutually satisfying community relationships with park neighbors, and forms the basis for appreciation and interpretation of the living cultural resources of the park, as well as contributing to better understanding of the human component of park ecosystems past and present.

In consultation with NPS Park and regional office personnel, the project ethnographer will assess the utility of available ethnographic data for Park management and will identify significant gaps in the data for projected Park needs. Throughout the project, the researcher will consult frequently with Park personnel and the Midwest Region Regional Ethnographer in order to maintain a focus of the research most useful to needs anticipated by the Park yet realize as fully as possible the potential of previously unpublished ethnographic data.

The project will identify and describe the Park’s traditionally associated peoples, as defined in Chapter 5 of NPS Management Policies and NPS Director’s Order – 28, Cultural Resource Management Guideline, Ch. 10, Management of Ethnographic Resources. The principal investigator will develop a broad historical demographic overview of these communities. In that overview, attention will be given to changes in local demographic, socioeconomic, and cultural characteristics that have occurred over the past century. The resulting report will identify culturally significant sites as defined by the communities within the KEWE landscape and describe their significance and the peoples associated with these sites. Information is to be derived primarily from existing archival and published materials and will be supplemented with ethnographic interviewing of knowledgeable members of traditionally associated groups.

The data pertaining to traditionally associated groups will be summarized and synthesized in accordance with standard categories and analytical procedures in contemporary ethnographic practice for cultural interpretation.

As stakeholders, any group’s use of a Park may be tied to landscapes, sacred spaces, sites and structures, objects, plants and animals, or other natural and cultural resources found generally in KEWE.

Provide technical staff for technical assistance as needed.

Review all project documentation before final documents are prepared.

Provide access to all relevant park materials and contact information for existing community network contacts.

• descriptions of occupation and use of cultural and natural resources, and the cultural significance of natural resources and physical environmental features by traditionally associated groups of people;

• descriptions of contemporary use and perceptions about each type of resource, including general location, frequency of use, nature of use, and ascribed significance (e.g. religious, subsistence), if any;

• a current bibliography of ethnographic information on KEWE and traditionally associated peoples;

• a record of consultations with members of traditionally associated groups;

• a list of any sites, places, or landscapes to be considered for nomination to the National Registers as Traditional Cultural Properties;

• a list of potential interpretive topics;

• suggestions for further studies on KEWE associated groups which may be designed and conducted to develop more complete information on which to base future decisions by the Superintendent with regard to ethnographic issues and concerns that have the potential to affect management of the park.