National Park Service Grant: Mammoth Corrals Locale Cultural Resource Survey

This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service (NPS)’s intention to fund a Task Agreement against an existing Master Agreement.

ABSTRACT
Funding Announcement NPS-NOIP16AC01530
Project Title National Park Service- Mammoth Corrals Locale Cultural Resource Survey
Recipient University of Wyoming
Total Anticipated Award Amount 50000
Cost Share None Required
Anticipated Length of Agreement Through 8/01/2017
Anticipated Period of Performance Through 8/01/2017
Award Instrument Cooperative Agreement (task award)
Statutory Authority 54 U.S.C. §100703, Cooperative Study Units
CFDA # and Title 15.945, Cooperative Research & Training Programs
Point of Contact Tina Holland, Agreements Officer

OVERVIEW, RECIPIENT AND NPS SUBSTANTIAL INVOLVEMENT

The University of Wyoming will collaborate with the National Park Service (NPS) to conduct a cultural resources inventory, evaluation, and condition assessments for a study area of 97 acres in extent in the vicinity of the Mammoth Corrals off the Grand Loop Road, Yellowstone National Park.

Substantial involvement on the part the National Park Service (NPS) is anticipated for the successful completion of the objectives to be funded by this award. NPS staff will assist with the recipient in developing the project design, setting objectives, defining inventory areas and field logistics, safety training, executing field and laboratory studies, and reporting.

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

The cooperator is a member of an established Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) network, and was awarded a Cooperative Agreement P14AC00749 allowing University of Wyoming to participate in specific tasks, and can provide the necessary activities involved in this particular task while providing an effective outcome for the National Park Service and the research and/or education project. Three members of the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) network were considered for this award and the University of Wyoming was selected based on the long hours and expertise in writing proposals, and conducting archeological inventory and working together for twenty years on this particular project.