This department is offering a grant opportunity for organizations to provide financial and technical assistance, training programs, counseling, marketing, and outreach to encourage small businesses (8(a), SDB, DBE, WOSB, HubZone, SDVOB, VOSB) in the transportation sector. The goal is to help small businesses compete for and manage DOT funded transportation contracts at federal, state, and local levels. Grant recipients will engage in outreach activities to support the maintenance, rehabilitation, improvement, and management of transportation modes. Application deadline: Jun 17, 2016.
Opportunity ID: 283876
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | USDOT-OST-OSDBU-SBTRCSOUTHEAST-2016-1 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Notice of Funding Availability for the Southeast Region SBTRC |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | This Cooperative Agreement will fund advocacy and outreach activities with organizations to support the economic competitiveness and development of small businesses in the Transportation Industry |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 20.910 — Assistance to Small and Disadvantaged Businesses |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 16, 2016 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 17, 2016 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 17, 2016 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 17, 2016 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $170,000 |
| Award Floor: | $155,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Institutions of Higher Education are eligible |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | 69A350 OSDBU |
| Description: | The United States Department of Transportation Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization will enter into Cooperative Agreements with these organizations to provide outreach to the small business community in their designated region and provide financial and technical assistance, business training programs, business assessment, management training, counseling, marketing and outreach, and the dissemination of information, to encourage and assist small businesses to become better prepared to compete for, obtain, and manage DOT funded transportation-related contracts and subcontracts at the federal, state and local levels. Throughout this notice, the term “small business” will refer to: 8(a), small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE), women owned small businesses (WOSB), HubZone, service disabled veteran owned businesses (SDVOB), and veteran owned small businesses (VOSB). Throughout this notice, “transportation-related” is defined as the maintenance, rehabilitation, restructuring, improvement, or revitalization of any of the nation’s modes of transportation. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Michelle Harris
Supervisory Program Manager Phone 202-366-2253 Email:michelle.harris@dot.gov |
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