T&E and At-Risk Habitat Management Support at Air Force installations in the Southeast | F19AS00261

Opportunity Information: Apply for F19AS00261

The grant opportunity titled "T&E and At-Risk Habitat Management Support at Air Force installations in the Southeast" (Funding Opportunity Number F19AS00261) is a Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service notice stating the agency's intent to make a single-source award. This is not a typical competitive grant posting and, as explicitly stated, there is no full announcement associated with the notice. In practical terms, the notice serves mainly as a public record that the Service plans to issue one cooperative agreement to a specific recipient rather than solicit applications from multiple parties.

The planned funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which generally indicates a higher level of ongoing involvement by the federal agency compared to a standard grant. The Fish and Wildlife Service describes that its staff will remain engaged to make sure the required support products are completed to a satisfactory level. The primary purpose of the work is habitat and species recovery enhancement, focused on threatened and endangered (T&E) species and other at-risk habitats at Air Force installations located in the Southeast. The work is expected to occur at locations identified in the project scopes of work, and the recipient will be responsible for executing the statement of work and making adjustments as needed as conditions, priorities, or field realities change.

The intended recipient named in the notice is Texas A&M AgriLife Research. The language indicates that Texas A&M AgriLife Research would take the lead on carrying out the technical and operational tasks described in the statement of work, while the Fish and Wildlife Service provides oversight and coordination to ensure deliverables meet expectations. Because it is a single-source intent-to-award notice, the usual competitive elements such as open proposal submission, peer review, or selection among multiple applicants are not part of this opportunity as presented.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and is associated with the funding activity areas of education, environment, and natural resources. The CFDA (now commonly referred to under Assistance Listings) number provided is 15.678. The posting lists eligibility as "unrestricted" in a general sense, but that is effectively overridden by the single-source nature of the announcement, since the Service is indicating it intends to award to one specific organization. The notice was created on June 21, 2019, with an original closing date of June 28, 2019, which aligns with the brief window often seen for notices that are primarily procedural rather than competitive.

The award details presented are minimal, which is consistent with notices of intent rather than full funding opportunity announcements. It lists an expected number of awards as one, and the award ceiling is shown as "1," which appears to be a placeholder or formatting artifact rather than a meaningful dollar ceiling. Overall, the key takeaway is that this posting is a non-competitive, single-recipient cooperative agreement intended to support on-the-ground habitat management and species recovery work tied to Air Force installations in the Southeast, with Texas A&M AgriLife Research identified as the organization expected to carry out the work under Fish and Wildlife Service involvement and oversight.

• The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the education, environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "T&E and At-Risk Habitat Management Support at Air Force installations in the Southeast" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.678.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jun 21, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 28, 2019 THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO A SINGLE SOURCE ANNOUNCEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NOTICE.. (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 $1.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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