OpportunityTitle: Analyze Kiks&apos;adi Survival March and Create Interpretive Materials
Description: 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&#226;&#191;&#191;s intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition. ABSTRACT Funding Announcement Number P16AS00609 Project Title Kiks.adi Survival March Research and Interpretive Material Development Recipient Portland State University Principle Investigator / Program Manager For Portland State University: Tim Rinner, MS Grants and Agreements Officer, Sponsored Projects Administration Office of Research &amp; Strategic Partnerships Portland State University 503-725-3418 trinner@pdx.edu Agreements Technical Representative: Brinnen Carter Chief of Resources Sitka National Historical Park 103 Monastery Street Sitka, AK 99835 Email: brinnen carter@nps.gov Phone: (907) 747-0140 NPS Agreements Officer: Erica Cordiero 240 W. 5th Avenue, Room 114 Anchorage, AK 99501 Email: Erica_Cordiero@nps.gov Phone: (907) 644-3315 Fax: (907) 644-3802 Total Anticipated Award Amount $65,420 Cost Share None New Award or Continuation? To be filled out by Contracting Anticipated Period of Performance September 30, 2016 to September 30, 2019 Award Instrument Cooperative Agreement Statutory Authority 54 USC &#194;&#167;100703 CESU CFDA # and Title 15.945, Cooperative Research and Training Programs &#226;&#191;&#191; Resources of the National Park System (CESU) Single Source Justification Criteria Cited CESU Task Agreement under Master Cooperative Agreement P16AC00003 NPS ATR Point of Contact To be filled out by Contracting OVERVIEW The mandates, purposes, and objectives of Sitka NHP have been well-defined in the park&#226;&#191;&#191;s legislation, NPS laws and regulations, and the park&#226;&#191;&#191;s General Management Plan (GMP). The GMP specifically states that park managers shall &#226;&#191;&#191;Interpret the [Kiks.adi] Survival March route&#226;&#191;&#157; (p.21). This project helps accomplish this task. STATEMENT OF JOINT OBJECTIVES/PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN Sitka National Historical Park (SITK) would like to improve the quality and accessibility of information related to the Kiks.adi Survival March. To accomplish this objective, SITK will collaborate with professionals from Portland State University to develop a number of work products. The project involves the following activities: &#226;&#191;&#162; Consulting with the Sitka Tribe of Alaska, Tlingit Clans, and Tlingit House leaders &#226;&#191;&#162; Developing and organizing an archive of Survival March primary source materials &#226;&#191;&#162; Jointly develop a Survival March booklet that will help interpret the event to the public. &#226;&#191;&#162; SITK will plan special interpretive programming to supplement the project, including new program scripts to interpret the Survival March. &#226;&#191;&#162; Portland State and SITK will work together to coordinate interviews, make site visits, trace routes, and document the project. RECIPIENT INVOLVEMENT Portland State will collaborate with NPS in this project by conducting numerous tasks, including the following: (a) providing a project manager to oversee the project, (b) being primary point of contact for collecting, organizing, and analyzing Kiks.adi Survival March research materials, (c) producing a booklet that provides an accessible and accurate interpretation of the meaning and consequences of the Survival March, and (e) assembling an archive of Survival March research materials that is both organized and accessible to future researchers. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVOLVEMENT Substantial involvement on the part of 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: providing various venues for interviews, presentations, and project work both at the park and at other locations in Sitka, reviewing work products and cooperatively improving their completeness and/or accuracy, assisting with the publication design and text development, and planning public lectures to accompany the project. 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 &#226;&#191;&#191; 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 &#226;&#191;&#191; 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 &#226;&#191;&#191; The language in the applicable authorizing legislation or legislative history clearly indicates Congress&#226;&#191;&#191; intent to restrict the award to a particular recipient of purpose; (4) Unique Qualifications &#226;&#191;&#191; 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 &#226;&#191;&#191; 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.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Work
GrantorContactText: Erica Cordeiro 907-644-3315&lt;br/&gt;Erica_Cordeiro@nps.gov&lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: This is a notice of intent to award this task agreement to Portland State University under CESU unit Pacific Northwest, P16AC00003.