Preservation, Rehabilitation, and Interpretation of the Old State House and the Old South Meeting House | NPS 20 REG1 0013

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The National Park Service (NPS), within the Department of the Interior, issued this notice to inform the public of its intent to make a financial assistance award under a specific cooperative agreement (P20AC00694) related to the preservation, rehabilitation, and interpretation of two landmark historic sites in Boston, Massachusetts: the Old State House and the Old South Meeting House. The key point is that the posting is not an open call for proposals and not a request for applications. Instead, it functions as a public notice that NPS plans to proceed with a single anticipated award, structured so that the actual work will be carried out through a series of separately issued task agreements.

Under this approach, the overarching cooperative agreement sets the partnership framework, and then individual projects and initiatives are authorized one at a time through NPS task agreements. Each task agreement is expected to include its own statement of work and its own budget, developed jointly by NPS and the partner organization, Revolutionary Spaces, Inc. This setup allows the partners to organize the collaboration into manageable pieces, align activities with evolving needs, and define clear scopes and costs for each discrete effort rather than bundling all activities into one large, fixed workplan from the start.

The notice indicates that the projects funded under future task agreements could focus on several broad areas. Examples named in the announcement include planning and delivering programming tied to the upcoming 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, improving and expanding public access and educational programming for local residents and visitors at both sites, and undertaking historic preservation work on the buildings and their surrounding grounds. In practice, this could encompass a range of activities typical of historic site stewardship, such as conservation and repair work, preservation planning, interpretation upgrades, exhibits, educational events, or visitor experience improvements, depending on what the task agreements ultimately specify.

The opportunity is rooted in the Act of October 1, 1974 (88 Stat. 1184), cited as the enabling legislation establishing a national policy to preserve, protect, and interpret historically significant structures and properties in Boston as a national historical park for the benefit and inspiration of the public. The Old State House and the Old South Meeting House are explicitly identified as among the significant historic sites referenced in that legislation, which helps explain the federal interest in supporting their care, use, and interpretation.

Revolutionary Spaces, Inc. is identified as the intended recipient and partner. It is a private nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) status. The notice explains the organization has direct responsibility for the sites: it owns the Old South Meeting House, noted as the place where the Boston Tea Party began, and it operates the Old State House, noted for its association with the Boston Massacre. While the Old State House is owned by the City of Boston, the Bostonian Society (the predecessor to Revolutionary Spaces) has leased the building from the City since 1881, establishing a long-standing operational relationship that supports Revolutionary Spaces role in managing the site today.

From an administrative standpoint, the listing classifies the opportunity as discretionary funding using a cooperative agreement instrument type, with an education-related activity category and CFDA number 15.946. Eligible applicants are described generally as 501(c)(3) nonprofits other than institutions of higher education, but because this announcement is not soliciting applications, that eligibility category functions more as a formal classification than an invitation to compete. The listing shows an expected number of awards of one and an award ceiling of 0, which is consistent with a public notice entry that is not running a competitive process and that anticipates budgets being defined later through task agreements rather than presented as a single posted maximum amount. The notice was created July 10, 2020, with an original closing date of July 20, 2020, reflecting the limited public-notice window rather than an application deadline.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Preservation, Rehabilitation, and Interpretation of the Old State House and the Old South Meeting House" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.946.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jul 10, 2020.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 20, 2020 THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service#8217s intention to award financial assistance under P20AC00694.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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