The National Park Service (NPS) is offering this cooperative agreement to the Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation. This grant is for upgrading and improving the “Discovering Lewis and Clark” website, which is owned and managed by the Foundation. The purpose is to continue providing accurate, high-quality educational information to the public regarding the Lewis and Clark expedition and associated American Indian Tribes. Key activities involve reviewing and evaluating the website’s functionality and content, identifying and implementing necessary improvements, drafting new educational content, and developing a promotional strategy to engage educators and the public along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. This award continues a vital partnership with a leading educational organization.
Opportunity ID: 294604
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | NOIP16AC00542 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Discovering Lewis and Clark Website – LECL |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | NOTICE OF INTENT TO FUND – 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 competition. |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.954 — National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 3 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 23, 2017 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 23, 2017 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 23, 2017 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $80,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $15,000 |
| Award Floor: | $15,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | 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 competition. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES : The objective of this Agreement is to upgrade and improve the website known as Discovering Lewis and Clark. The site is owned and managed by the Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation. Technical and content upgrades are needed to continue to provide accurate and high quality educational information to the public as it relates to the Lewis and Clark expedition and the associated American Indian Tribes. The National Park Service (NPS) Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail will be involved in the content development and review of the technical and content upgrades. This Cooperative Agreement was for $15,000.00 and a modification to add additional funding in the amount of $15,000.00 is required to fund the current project activities.STATEMENT OF WORK: The Recipient and NPS, jointly, agree to: review and evaluate the website (www.lewis-clark.org) Discovering Lewis and Clark for functionality and user friendly capability for the general public; develop a process to review, evaluate the website’s current education content and identify improvements and critical content updates; implement improvements to the website identified in the evaluation process; draft new content for additional or updated content for the website; develop and implement a strategy for website promotion to interest the general public and educators along the Lewis and Clark National Heritage Trail.SINGLE-SOURCE JUSTIFICATION: Department of the Interior Policy (505 DM 2) and National Park Service Policy FAP&P 1443-2015-06 requires a written justification which explains why competition is not practicable for each single-source award. This announcement is to provide public notice of the NPS intention to fund the following project activities without competition. NPS did not solicit full and open competition for this award based on the project being a continuation of activities with The Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation who is one of the leading Lewis and Clark educational organizations. The applicant is uniquely qualified to perform the activity based upon being the propriety caretaker of the site and the organization can work to upgrade and improve the key Lewis and Clark educational site, the voluntary support and technical expertise. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Katherine Borschel
Grants Management Specialist Phone 402-661-1958 Email:katherine_borschel@nps.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Update description. | Jun 13, 2017 | |
| Updated number of awards from 15000 to 1. | Jun 13, 2017 | |
| Jun 13, 2017 |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 3
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | NOIP16AC00542 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Discovering Lewis and Clark Website – LECL |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | NOTICE OF INTENT TO FUND – 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 competition. |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.954 — National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 3 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 23, 2017 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 23, 2017 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 23, 2017 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $80,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $15,000 |
| Award Floor: | $15,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | 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 competition. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES : The objective of this Agreement is to upgrade and improve the website known as Discovering Lewis and Clark. The site is owned and managed by the Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation. Technical and content upgrades are needed to continue to provide accurate and high quality educational information to the public as it relates to the Lewis and Clark expedition and the associated American Indian Tribes. The National Park Service (NPS) Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail will be involved in the content development and review of the technical and content upgrades. This Cooperative Agreement was for $15,000.00 and a modification to add additional funding in the amount of $15,000.00 is required to fund the current project activities.STATEMENT OF WORK: The Recipient and NPS, jointly, agree to: review and evaluate the website (www.lewis-clark.org) Discovering Lewis and Clark for functionality and user friendly capability for the general public; develop a process to review, evaluate the website’s current education content and identify improvements and critical content updates; implement improvements to the website identified in the evaluation process; draft new content for additional or updated content for the website; develop and implement a strategy for website promotion to interest the general public and educators along the Lewis and Clark National Heritage Trail.SINGLE-SOURCE JUSTIFICATION: Department of the Interior Policy (505 DM 2) and National Park Service Policy FAP&P 1443-2015-06 requires a written justification which explains why competition is not practicable for each single-source award. This announcement is to provide public notice of the NPS intention to fund the following project activities without competition. NPS did not solicit full and open competition for this award based on the project being a continuation of activities with The Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation who is one of the leading Lewis and Clark educational organizations. The applicant is uniquely qualified to perform the activity based upon being the propriety caretaker of the site and the organization can work to upgrade and improve the key Lewis and Clark educational site, the voluntary support and technical expertise. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Katherine Borschel
Grants Management Specialist Phone 402-661-1958 Email:katherine_borschel@nps.gov |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | NOIP16AC00542 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Discovering Lewis and Clark Website – LECL |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | NOTICE OF INTENT TO FUND – 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 competition. |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.954 — National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 23, 2017 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 23, 2017 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $80,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $15,000 |
| Award Floor: | $15,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | 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 competition. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES : The objective of this Agreement is to upgrade and improve the website known as Discovering Lewis and Clark. The site is owned and managed by the Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation. Technical and content upgrades are needed to continue to provide accurate and high quality educational information to the public as it relates to the Lewis and Clark expedition and the associated American Indian Tribes. The National Park Service (NPS) Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail will be involved in the content development and review of the technical and content upgrades. This Cooperative Agreement was for $15,000.00 and a modification to add additional funding in the amount of $15,000.00 is required to fund the current project activities.STATEMENT OF WORK: The Recipient and NPS, jointly, agree to: review and evaluate the website (www.lewis-clark.org) Discovering Lewis and Clark for functionality and user friendly capability for the general public; develop a process to review, evaluate the website’s current education content and identify improvements and critical content updates; implement improvements to the website identified in the evaluation process; draft new content for additional or updated content for the website; develop and implement a strategy for website promotion to interest the general public and educators along the Lewis and Clark National Heritage Trail.SINGLE-SOURCE JUSTIFICATION: Department of the Interior Policy (505 DM 2) and National Park Service Policy PAF&P 1443-2015-06 requires a written justification which explains why competition is not practicable for each single-source award. This announcement is to provide public notice of the NPS intention to fund the following project activities without competition. NPS did not solicit full and open competition for this award based on the project being a continuation of activities with The Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation who is one of the leading Lewis and Clark educational organizations. The applicant is uniquely qualified to perform the activity based upon being the propriety caretaker of the site and the organization can work to upgrade and improve the key Lewis and Clark educational site, the voluntary support and technical expertise. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Katherine Borschel
Grants Management Specialist Phone 402-661-1958 Email:katherine_borschel@nps.gov |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 1
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | NOIP16AC00542 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Discovering Lewis and Clark Website – LECL |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | NOTICE OF INTENT TO FUND – 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 competition. |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 15000 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.954 — National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 23, 2017 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 23, 2017 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $80,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $15,000 |
| Award Floor: | $15,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | 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 competition. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES : The objective of this Agreement is to upgrade and improve the website known as Discovering Lewis and Clark. The site is owned and managed by the Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation. Technical and content upgrades are needed to continue to provide accurate and high quality educational information to the public as it relates to the Lewis and Clark expedition and the associated American Indian Tribes. The National Park Service (NPS) Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail will be involved in the content development and review of the technical and content upgrades. This Cooperative Agreement was for $15,000.00 and a modification to add additional funding in the amount of $15,000.00 is required to fund the current project activities. STATEMENT OF WORK: The Recipient and NPS, jointly, agree to: review and evaluate the website (www.lewis-clark.org) Discovering Lewis and Clark for functionality and user friendly capability for the general public; develop a process to review, evaluate the website’s current education content and identify improvements and critical content updates; implement improvements to the website identified in the evaluation process; draft new content for additional or updated content for the website; develop and implement a strategy for website promotion to interest the general public and educators along the Lewis and Clark National Heritage Trail. SINGLE-SOURCE JUSTIFICATION: Department of the Interior Policy (505 DM 2) and National Park Service Policy PAF&P 1443-2015-06 requires a written justification which explains why competition is not practicable for each single-source award. This announcement is to provide public notice of the NPS intention to fund the following project activities without competition. NPS did not solicit full and open competition for this award based on the project being a continuation of activities with The Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation who is one of the leading Lewis and Clark educational organizations. The applicant is uniquely qualified to perform the activity based upon being the propriety caretaker of the site and the organization can work to upgrade and improve the key Lewis and Clark educational site, the voluntary support and technical expertise. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Katherine Borschel
Grants Management Specialist Phone 402-661-1958 Email:katherine_borschel@nps.gov |
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