P14AS00330.docx

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD

This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service’s intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition.

ABSTRACT

OVERVIEW

It has two components: 1) organize and deliver a workshop for NPS field staff and partner organizations addressing fundamental cultural landscape principles and preservation maintenance practices. 2) capture presentation materials to create content formatted for online on-line delivery and made available to a nation-wide audience.

RECIPIENT INVOLVEMENT

1. Provide instructors for the two-day workshop that addresses fundamental cultural landscape principles and preservation maintenance practices.

2. Provide a video production specialist to film 20 presentations during the two-day workshop.

3. Provide an intern to help with pre/post workshop planning and coordination, assist video production specialist during workshop, and organize the workshop audio/visual into associated preservation maintenance curriculum categories. The intern may also assist in the creation of 1-2 training videos with material collected during hands-on portions of the workshop.

4. Provide transcription service to convert audio into written text.

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVOLVEMENT

Substantial involvement on the part the National Park Service is anticipated for the successful completion of the objectives to be funded by this award. In particular, the National Park Service will be responsible for the following:

SINGLE-SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

SINGLE SOURCE POLICY REQUIREMENTS

Department of the Interior Policy (505 DM 2) requires a written justification which explains why competition is not practicable for each single-source award. The justification must address one or more of the following criteria as well as discussion of the program legislative history, unique capabilities of the proposed recipient, and cost-sharing contribution offered by the proposed recipient, as applicable.

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;

(2) Continuation – The activity to be funded is necessary to the satisfactory completion of, or is a continuation of an activity presently being funded, and 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, cost-sharing ability if applicable, technical expertise, or other such 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.

The National Park Service did not solicit full and open competition for this award based the following criteria:

(2) CONTINUATION

Single Source Justification Description:

Cooperative Agreement Number H2210100307 was entered into by and between the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, (NPS), and Northwestern State University for the purpose of carrying out, in part, the directives of Congress enumerated in Section 403(b) & (c) of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470). NCPTT’s enabling legislation placed the Center on the campus of Northwestern State University, and the Center has maintained an active cooperative agreement with NSU for nearly 20 years. NSU employees have a unique knowledge of the public/private partnership that could not be quickly attained with any other partner.

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