National Park Service Grant for Steller Sea Cow Project

This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service (NPS), intention to fund the following project activities.

ABSTRACT

Funding Announcement: J9911100025

Project Title: Steller Sea Cow

Recipient: University of Alaska Fairbanks

Principle
Investigator: Dr. Alexander Burdin

Total Anticipated
Award Amount: $ 78,000

Cost Share: N/A

New Award
Or Continuation: New

Anticipated
Length of
Agreement: 2 Years

Anticipated
Period of
Performance: June 30, 2010 – June 29, 2012

Award
Instrument: Cooperative Agreement/CESU

Statutory
Authority: 16 U.S.C. §1(g): The National Park Service may in fiscal year 1997 and thereafter enter into cooperative agreements that involve the transfer of National Park Service appropriated funds to State, local and tribal governments, other public entities, educational institutions, and private nonprofit organizations for the public purpose of carrying out National Park Service programs pursuant to section 6305 of title 31 to carry out public purposes of National Park Service programs.

CFDA# and 0.00 Not Elsewhere Classified
Title:

Single Source
Justification
• Criteria Sited: A brief history of this project. Is this part of an on-going program, agreement, etc? This project has previously been competed through the Shared Beringian Heritage Program of the NPS. A nationwide announcement is conducted yearly requesting proposals. Projects are subsequently selected through a 3-step competitive process. The selection process includes: internal NPS review; ranking by a FACA compliant panel of external stakeholders; and final selection by the NPS. Projects must be of mutual interest and benefit to the cooperator and the NPS, and must involve substantial involvement by both parties.

1) 505 DM 2 Single Source – Only one responsible source will satisfy agency requirements.

• Identify the source and explain why specifically competition is not practical. The cooperator proposed the project for consideration. This proposal was competed in the fall of 2009, see above for more details.

2) Nature and description of the deliverable required to meet the agency’s needs:

• Description of the deliverables and the required delivery schedule:
– 1st year expedition report: December 20, 2010
– 1st year draft documentary video: March 1, 2011
– 2nd year expedition report: December 20, 2011
– 2nd year draft documentary video: March 1, 2012
– Final scientific report: April 30, 2012
– Final documentary video provided (in English & Russian): June 30, 2012
– Popular articles (Russian and English): June 30, 2012

National
Park Service
Point of Contact: Erica_Cordeiro@nps.gov