Collaborate on the Execution of the Annual Work Plan of Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, Inc. | NPS 17 NERO 0020

Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS 17 NERO 0020

The National Park Service (NPS), within the U.S. Department of the Interior, issued a Notice of Intent to Award for a cooperative agreement titled "Collaborate on the Execution of the Annual Work Plan of Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, Inc." This notice is a public transparency step, not a competitive solicitation. In other words, it is not asking organizations to apply, and it is not offering an open application process. Instead, it signals that NPS intends to make a single award to support specific project activities without full and open competition.

The opportunity is listed as a discretionary funding action under Funding Opportunity Number NPS 17 NERO 0020, with an activity category of Regional Development and a CFDA listing of 15.939. The chosen funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates that NPS expects to have substantial involvement in the work beyond simply providing funds, such as participating in planning, coordination, review, or joint execution of elements of the annual work plan. The focus, as reflected in the title, is collaboration on carrying out the Annual Work Plan associated with Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, Inc., which suggests support for ongoing program delivery and corridor-related heritage, community, and regional development activities laid out in that plan.

Financially, the notice identifies an anticipated award amount capped at $258,165 (the award ceiling) and states that NPS expects to make one award. The posting dates indicate the announcement was created on February 11, 2017, with an original closing date of February 20, 2017. Even though it includes a closing date like many funding listings, the key detail is that the announcement explicitly states it is not a request for applications; the purpose is to notify the public of NPS's intent to fund the project activities through a non-competitive process.

Eligibility is broadly labeled as "Others," with additional eligibility details referenced as being in a separate text field (not included in the provided excerpt). Practically, in notices like this, that eligibility label often aligns with a specific partner organization or a narrowly defined category of entity that NPS plans to work with under the cooperative agreement. Overall, the listing communicates that NPS intends to directly support the execution of the corridor organization's annual work plan via a single cooperative agreement, up to the stated ceiling amount, and that the decision will be made without an open competition.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the regional development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Collaborate on the Execution of the Annual Work Plan of Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, Inc." and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.939.
• This funding opportunity was created on Feb 11, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 20, 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 $258,165.00 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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