Notice of Funding Availability for the Small Business Transportation Resource Center

Post Date

January 24th 2013

Application Due Date

February 19th 2013

Funding Opportunity Number

USDOT-OST-OSDBU-SBTRC2013-1

CFDA Number(s)

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Transportation

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

1) Business centered community-base organizations; 2)Transportation-related trade associations;3)Colleges and universities;4)Community colleges;5)Chambers of commerce, registered with the Internal Revenue Services as 501 C(6)or 501 C(3)tax exempt organizations and 6) Native American Tribal governments (Federally recognized).

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $145000

• Award Range:

  $125000 - $145000

Grant 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 for the South Atlantic Region. OSDBU will enter into a Cooperative Agreement with an organizations to outreach to the small business community in the South Atlantic Region to 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 рsmall businessс 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, рtransportation-relatedс is defined as the maintenance, rehabilitation, restructuring, improvement, or revitalization of any of the nationуs modes of transportation. Funding Opportunity Number: USDOT-OST-OSDBU-SBTRC2013-1 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 20.910 Assistance to small and disadvantaged businesses. Type of Award: Cooperative Agreement Grant Award Ceiling: $145,000 Award Floor: $125,000 Program Authority: DOT is authorized under 49 U.S.C._ 332 (b) (4), (5) &(7) to design and carry out programs to assist small disadvantaged businesses in getting transportation-related contracts and subcontracts; develop support mechanisms, including management and technical services, that will enable small disadvantaged businesses to take advantage of those business opportunities; and to make arrangements to carry out the above purposes. DATES: Complete Proposals must be electronically submitted to OSDBU via email on or before February 19, 2013, 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. Proposals received after the deadline will be considered non responsive and will not be reviewed. The applicant is advised to turn on request delivery receipt notification for email submissions. DOT plans to give notice of awards for the competed region on or before March 12, 2013. ADDRESSES: Applications must be electronically submitted to OSDBU via email at SBTRC@dot.gov. For further Information concerning this notice, contact Ms. Patricia Martin Department of Transportation, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. W56-462, Washington, D.C., 20590. Telephone: 1-800 532 1169. Email: patricia.martin@dot.gov. The Full announcement for the Funding Availability for the Small Business Transportation Resource Center is posted in the Federal Register at https://federalregister.gov/a/2013-01290.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Transportation

• Office:

  DOT/Office of Small & Disadvantaged Utilization

• Agency Contact:

  patricia Martin
  Program Analyst
  Phone 202-366-5337

• Agency Mailing Address:

  patricia.martin@dot.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  patricia.martin@dot.gov