Underground Overhead Utilities at Prairie Creek | P17AS00844

Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00844

The "Underground Overhead Utilities at Prairie Creek" opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00844) is a notice from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS) stating its intent to make a specific award. It is published as a public notice rather than a competitive grant solicitation, meaning the NPS is not asking for applications and there is no open application period or deadline for outside entities. The notice is essentially a transparency step to inform the public that the agency plans to fund a defined set of activities with a pre-identified partner without full and open competition.

This action is structured as a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates that the NPS expects to have substantial involvement in the project beyond simply providing funds. The activity category is listed under Natural Resources, and the associated CFDA number is 15.937, which corresponds to NPS-related assistance listings. The intended recipient is a state government entity, specifically the California Department of Parks and Recreation, under Task Agreement # P17AC01730. That task agreement falls under an existing Cooperative Management Agreement (P12AC30861), which signals the project is being carried out within an established intergovernmental partnership framework rather than through a new, open competition.

In practical terms, the project title suggests work focused on relocating or placing utility lines underground at Prairie Creek, likely to address issues that commonly arise with overhead utilities in park settings such as visual impacts on scenic resources, vulnerability to storm or falling-tree damage, public safety concerns, and potential effects on natural and cultural resources. While the notice does not provide engineering or construction details, "undergrounding" utilities in a park environment often involves planning, environmental and cultural compliance reviews, coordination with utility providers, trenching or boring, installation of conduit and related infrastructure, and site restoration to minimize long-term disturbance to natural areas. Because the opportunity is categorized under NPS natural resource activities, it is reasonable to interpret the effort as aligned with broader park management goals like resource protection, visitor experience improvements, and infrastructure resilience.

The maximum award amount shown is $26,000, and the expected number of awards is one, reinforcing that this is a single, targeted funding action rather than a multi-recipient grant program. The creation date for the notice is September 19, 2017. Since it is explicitly "not a request for applications," organizations other than the named state partner should not expect a pathway to apply under this announcement; instead, it serves to document NPS intent to fund the specified task under the existing cooperative relationship with California Department of Parks and Recreation.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Underground Overhead Utilities at Prairie Creek" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.937.
• This funding opportunity was created on Sep 19, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by This is not a request for applications.. (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 $26,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments.

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