P17AS00612.pdf

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior

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 a task agreement under a previously competed or single source justified master cooperative agreement.

ABSTRACT

Funding Announcement Number P17AS00612 Project Title Environment and Salts on Masonry Recipient Northwestern State University of Louisiana Anticipated Federal Funding $99,222.15 Non-federal Cost Share None Anticipated Period of Performance 09/1/2017 – 03/31/2019 Award Instrument Cooperative Agreement Statutory Authority 54 U.S.C. §101702(a) and 54 U.S.C.

§305305(b) CFDA # and Title 15.923 - National Center for Preservation

Technology and Training Single Source Justification Criteria Unique Qualifications Point of Contact Steve Livingston – steve_livingston@nps.gov

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES

NCPTT is working closely with the NPS Climate Change Response Program (CCRP) to develop guidance, training, technical expertise, and educational products that support actions to preserve cultural resources of the National Park Service.

STATEMENT OF WORK

NCPTT and the CCRP wish to undertake research with NSU to better understand the role of the environment on deterioration of masonry through salt damage. This task agreement focuses on the following objectives:

• Further the understanding of climate change effects on salt-induced deterioration in masonry structures;

• Develop mitigation strategies for climate change effects on salt deterioration in masonry structures.

RECIPIENT AGREES TO:

1. NSU will provide staff support to NCPTT in order to carry out research into environmental effects on salt-induced damage to masonry, including causes and mitigation strategies.

2. Reimbursement on an actual cost basis will be provided for travel undertaken by NSU staff supporting NCPTT in accordance with the attached budget.

3. NSU will provide research assistant internships for summer, fall or spring semester from their wages-of-labor hiring system.

4. Assign staff to identify the most appropriate research methods to achieve objectives, conduct a thorough literature review, and design and execute experiments necessary to further knowledge of environmental factors affecting salt-induced damage to masonry.

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AGREES TO:

1. NPS will provide staff support to NSU in order to manage the project supervise research fellows and interns to conduct experiments relevant to the objectives, and insure soundness and quality of data.

2. NPS will reimburse NSU on an actual-cost basis for staff support to NCPTT in order to carry out undertakings of joint interest in furtherance of the goals of the cooperative agreement and in compliance with Title IV of the National Historic Preservation Act, as specified in Article IIA1 and in accordance with the attached budget.

3. Reimbursement on an actual cost basis will be provided for travel undertaken by NSU staff supporting NCPTT, as specified in Article IIA2 in accordance with the attached budget.

4. NPS will provide full funding (100%) for research assistant student internships to undertake projects at NCPTT during the summer, fall, and/or spring sessions in accordance with the attached budget. The interns will be undergraduate or graduate students interested in developing preservation-related skills, as provided by NSU in Article IIA3. NCPTT will choose candidates for the internship positions from applicants following state and federal guidelines.