Richardson Training Area Land Rehabilitation and Maintenance Support, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska (SOW26-105)

This project is intended to provide 11th Airborne Division and U.S. Army Alaska Land Rehabilitation and Maintenance (LRAM) support to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) Richardson Training Area (RTA) in support of the Integrated Training Area Management (ITAM) Program. The ITAM Program is responsible for maintaining sustainable training lands and resources to help the Army meet its training requirements providing training land management capability across the total Army in an environmentally sound manner. The awarded recipient will provide soil, water and vegetation protection and repair, erosion control, vegetation and soil rehabilitation, sensitive area protection, and habitat management. The Government will have substantive involvement throughout the execution of this requirement, and the awarded recipient will collaborate with the Army technical representative point of contact on the military land use requirements, maneuver trail improvements planning, and progress reports for all activities completed during the period of performance. Refer to the full announcement for the funding opportunity description and statement of work for details of the work to be performed by a cooperative agreement recipient. The Period of Performance is 12 months from date of award, with the option of two (2) additional 12-month periods subject to availability of funding. This does not obligate the Government to extend this agreement beyond the initial 12-month period of performance. Statutory Authority: 16 U.S.C. 670 (Sikes Act)

All qualified States, local governments, Indian tribes, non-governmental organizations, and individuals, pursuant to the authority of 16 U.S.C. 670c-1(a).

Selection criteria will be outlined in each individual announcement

The minimum contribution from you, the Recipient, will be listed in each subsequent modification to this CA Award. Your contribution to the acquisition of lands in the project area may include land management of fee simple, monitoring and enforcement of less than fee simple interest, negotiation of bargain sale purchase prices, land management and/or installation resiliency projects. Your contribution shall be more fully defined on the Request for Advance/Reimbursement process and approved in advance by the Grants Officer in consultation with ARNG-IEE.