Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area | NPS 17 NERO 0149

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The Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area notice (Funding Opportunity Number NPS 17 NERO 0149) is a National Park Service (NPS) discretionary funding announcement under the U.S. Department of the Interior. It is structured as a cooperative agreement, and it falls under the funding activity category of regional development, with CFDA number 15.939. The notice was created on August 21, 2017, and lists an original closing date of August 30, 2017.

The most important point is that this posting is not an open call for proposals and is not asking the public to submit applications. Instead, it serves as a formal public notice that the National Park Service intends to make a single award (expected awards: 1) by issuing a task agreement under an existing master cooperative agreement. In other words, the competitive process, or the justification for a single-source action, has already occurred earlier through the establishment of that master agreement, and this announcement is simply documenting the agency's intent to proceed with a specific task-level award under that pre-existing arrangement.

The funding amount referenced in the announcement indicates an award ceiling of $491,000, meaning the planned task agreement is expected to be up to that amount. Because it is a cooperative agreement rather than a standard grant, the arrangement generally implies substantial involvement by the National Park Service in carrying out the funded activities, such as active collaboration, oversight, or technical participation, consistent with how cooperative agreements are typically administered.

Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others," with a note to consult an additional eligibility clarification field (not included in the text provided). However, since this is not a solicitation, eligibility details do not function in the normal way they would for an open competition; the intended recipient is typically already identified through the previously competed master cooperative agreement or through a single-source justification tied to that master agreement framework.

In practical terms, this notice is best understood as an administrative transparency step: it alerts the public that NPS plans to obligate funds for work associated with the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area via an existing agreement mechanism, rather than inviting new applicants to compete for the funding.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the regional development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area" 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 Aug 21, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 30, 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 $491,000.00 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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