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Opportunity Summary:

This opportunity is a National Park Service (NPS) notice of intent to award funding for a specific project at Mount Rainier National Park called "Washington Conservation Corps Maintenance Crews." It is not an open call for proposals and not a request for applications. Instead, it serves as public notice that Mount Rainier intends to fund project work through a single-source arrangement (without full and open competition) under an existing cooperative agreement, P11AC80257, with the Washington Conservation Corps (WCC). The justification cited is based on unique qualifications, and the work is structured as a new task award issued under that cooperative agreement rather than a brand-new standalone grant competition.

The anticipated award amount is $55,720, with no cost share or matching requirement. The award is expected to be made as a task agreement under the cooperative agreement mechanism, reflecting a partnership-style instrument rather than a traditional procurement contract. The statutory authority listed is 54 U.S.C. 101702(a), which relates to cooperative agreements and the transfer of appropriated funds. The program is associated with CFDA 15.931, "Youth Conservation Activities," and the opportunity is categorized under natural resources. Only one award is anticipated, and the eligible applicant category shown is state governments, consistent with WCC being a state-affiliated conservation corps program.

The performance period is planned for ten weeks, running from June 29, 2015 through September 4, 2015. The project focuses on providing WCC crews, in coordination with Mount Rainier National Park staff, to complete a set of maintenance and rehabilitation activities across the park. A major component is campground rehabilitation, including delineating and re-grading campsites to improve drainage, repairing or building picnic tables and fire grates, and installing logs as curbing to clearly define campsite boundaries and reduce resource impacts.

Another key piece of work is rehabilitation of a comfort station at a high-elevation camp. This portion is logistically demanding and requires the crew to camp at the job site in an alpine zone. Supplies and tools are to be flown to the work location at approximately 10,000 feet elevation on Mount Rainier, after which the WCC crew will hike to the site alongside NPS personnel. The project is also framed as a training opportunity, providing on-the-job experience in carpentry, concrete work, and utility trench work, and it specifically notes the need for experience living and working in alpine conditions.

In addition to campground and facility work, the project includes trail maintenance and trail rehabilitation in the Paradise area of Mount Rainier National Park. Routine trail maintenance tasks described include locating trails that remain snow covered, removing snow to help speed melt-out and reestablish safe route visibility, cleaning drains, and correcting drainage problems that can damage trail surfaces. Trail rehabilitation work is more construction-oriented and may involve grading freshly milled asphalt or placing and grading new crushed rock to prepare for asphalt installation, installing culverts to manage water flow, and building rock retaining walls to stabilize trail corridors and prevent erosion or slope failure.

Administrative details listed in the announcement include the funding opportunity number (NPS NOI MORA P15AS00115), posted date (May 28, 2015), and closing date (June 12, 2015), though the closing date is largely procedural since the notice is not soliciting applications. The NPS point of contact is Pamela Griffin, Financial Assistance Officer at Mount Rainier National Park in Ashford, Washington, with phone number 360-569-6541 and email pamgriffin@nps.gov.

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