The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) is offering the Small Business Transportation Resource Center (SBTRC) program. This grant is for eligible community-based organizations, transportation-related trade associations, colleges, and chambers of commerce in the Gulf, Great Lakes, and Mid Atlantic Regions. OSDBU will enter Cooperative Agreements with selected entities to outreach to small businesses, defined as 8(a), DBE, WOB, HubZone, SDVOB, and VOSB. The program’s purpose is to provide crucial financial and technical assistance, business training, counseling, and information to help these small businesses better compete for, obtain, and manage DOT-funded transportation-related contracts. ‘Transportation-related’ includes maintenance, improvement, or revitalization of national transportation modes, ensuring small businesses are well-equipped for these opportunities.
Opportunity ID: 56002
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | USDOT-OST-OSDBU-SBTRC2010-4 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Notice of Funding Availability for the Small Business Transportation Resource Center Program |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Transportation |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 3 |
| Assistance Listings: | 20.910 — Assistance to small and disadvantaged businesses |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 20, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 15, 2010 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 15, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $510,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $186,000 |
| Award Floor: | $142,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) Public and State controlled institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | 69A350 OSDBU |
| Description: | The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of the Secretary (OST), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) announces the opportunity for; 1) business centered community-based organizations; 2) transportation-related trade associations; 3) colleges and universities; 4) community colleges or; 5) chambers of commerce, registered with the Internal Revenue Service as 501 C(6) or 501 C(3) tax exempt organizations, to compete for participation in OSDBU’s Small Business Transportation Resource Center (SBTRC) program in the Gulf, Great Lakes, and Mid Atlantic Regions. The Southwest, South Atlantic, Northwest, Northeast, Central, Southeast, West Central, and Mid South Atlantic Regions have been previously competed in Fiscal Year 2010. OSDBU will enter into Cooperative Agreements with these organizations to outreach to the small business community in their designated region and provide financial and technical assistance, business training programs, such as, business assessment, management training, counseling, technical assistance, 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), disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE), women owned small business (WOB), HubZone, service disabled veteran owned business (SDVOB), and veteran owned small business (VOSB). Throughout this notice, transportation-related is defined as the maintenance, rehabilitation, restructuring, improvement, or revitalization of any of the nations modes of transportation. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-17633.pdf |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Pat Martin
Program Analyst Phone 2023665337 Email:patricia.martin@dot.gov |
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