Opportunity Information: Apply for NOIP17AC00275
The grant opportunity titled "Integration of Midwest Region Cultural Landscapes in the Facility Management Software System" (Funding Opportunity Number NOIP17AC00275) is a National Park Service (NPS) notice published by the Department of the Interior to inform the public of NPS's intent to make an award, not to solicit new applications. In other words, it is essentially an informational announcement explaining that NPS plans to issue a task agreement under an existing master cooperative agreement (P15AC00031) that was already competed or otherwise justified as a single-source arrangement. The posting lists an estimated award ceiling of $164,000, anticipates one award, and reflects a timeframe with a creation date of May 11, 2017 and an original closing date of May 22, 2017. The instrument type is a cooperative agreement, and the activity category is listed as "Other," reflecting the specialized nature of the work.
The underlying cooperative agreement (P15AC00031) is between NPS and The Student Conservation Association, Inc. (SCA). The broader purpose of that umbrella agreement is workforce and leadership development in conservation: engaging young people in hands-on service, building outdoor and professional skills, and cultivating long-term stewardship of public lands and communities. This particular task agreement applies that mission to a data-intensive cultural resources project in the NPS Midwest Region, using an intern or similar early-career placement as a key part of the delivery approach.
The core objective of the task is to integrate information about cultural landscapes in the NPS Midwest Region into the Facility Management Software System (FMSS), which is the NPS-wide platform used to manage assets and support maintenance and investment decisions. The work focuses on translating and aligning existing cultural landscape documentation into FMSS in a consistent, structured way. Specifically, the project involves taking data from the Cultural Landscapes Inventory (CLI) and Cultural Landscape Reports (CLRs) and converting it into FMSS records organized by asset type, asset location, and individual asset record. That translation is meant to include condition assessment information, and it is supported by practical tools like crosswalk spreadsheets and hierarchy diagrams to ensure that fields and classifications in one system correctly map to the fields and hierarchies in another.
In addition to moving and organizing data, the scope includes editing and reconciling related datasets so that FMSS information aligns with other core NPS cultural resource databases. The announcement explicitly mentions editing FMSS data in connection with CLR and the List of Classified Structures (LCS) databases, preparing updates to both the CLI and LCS, and conducting field work that supports the inventories for FMSS, CLI, and LCS. The combination of office-based data integration and on-the-ground verification is designed to improve accuracy, completeness, and consistency across systems, rather than simply copying information from one database to another.
Public engagement is also part of the work plan. The task includes assisting with outreach efforts to raise awareness of Midwest Region cultural landscapes, which suggests that the project is intended not only to improve internal asset management records but also to support broader understanding and appreciation of these landscapes. A major emphasis running through the statement of work is standardization: ensuring that the FMSS, CLI, and LCS inventories are uniform across the NPS and integrate cleanly within the larger enterprise system NPS maintains. That standardization matters because inconsistent asset definitions, missing hierarchy relationships, or misaligned condition data can directly affect maintenance planning, preservation prioritization, and reporting.
The roles and responsibilities are split between the recipient (SCA under the master agreement) and NPS. The recipient is expected to place and retain a qualified individual acceptable to NPS in the SCA position on a full-time schedule, cover duty-related travel for the intern during the service term, and maintain the administrative records associated with that placement. NPS, in turn, commits to providing oversight and assignment direction for the intern, and to conducting an initial orientation to build the intern's knowledge and ability to carry out the tasks effectively, including ensuring the intern is properly equipped to complete the assigned work.
Overall, this opportunity is best understood as a targeted, pre-arranged cooperative effort to strengthen how cultural landscape assets in the Midwest Region are represented in NPS's facility and asset management systems. It combines cultural resource documentation (CLI and CLRs), structured asset inventory and classification (FMSS and LCS), field-based verification, and outreach, with the dual aim of improving data quality for management decisions and supporting the development of emerging conservation professionals through the SCA partnership.Apply for NOIP17AC00275
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Integration of Midwest Region Cultural Landscapes in the Facility Management Software System" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.931.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 11, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 22, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $164,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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