693JJ323NF00019_Amendment 1.pdf

November 21, 2023

Amendment #1 to NOFO No. 693JJ323NF00019

FISCAL YEAR 2023 – 2026

BRIDGE INVESTMENT PROGRAM

LARGE BRIDGE PROJECT GRANTS

Opening Date: September 27, 2023

NOTE: The FHWA uses www.grants.gov for receipt of all applications. Applicants must register and use the system to submit applications electronically. Applicants are encouraged to register in advance of the submission deadline and to register to receive notifications of updates/amendments to this Notice. Approval of user registrations for the site may take multiple weeks. It is the Applicant’s responsibility to monitor for any updates to this Notice.

http://www.grants.gov/

NOTE TO INTERESTED APPLICANTS: This amendment to NOFO 693JJ323NF00019 extends the application deadline for the FYs 2023 and 2024 application cycle. For FY 2023 and FY 2024 funds, Large Bridge Project applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. EST on

December 4, 2023. As a result of these changes, the NOFO is amended as noted below and the following changes are incorporated to the version originally posted to Grants.gov on

09/27/2023:

1. On pages 2 of 82, under DATES, replace with the following text (see red underlined text for revisions):

ASSISTANCE LISTING (formerly CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC

ASSISTANCE) NUMBER: 20.205 Highway Planning and Construction

DATES: For FY 2023 and FY 2024 funds, Large Bridge Project applications must be submitted by

11:59 p.m. EST on December 4, 2023. For FY 2025 funds, applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. EDT on August 1, 2024. For FY 2026 funds, applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. EDT on August 1, 2025. See Section D.4 for important dates and deadlines for FYs 2023 – 2026 applications.

The Grants.gov “Apply” function will open by September 27, 2023, and will close after November 1, 2025.

Applications must be submitted electronically through grants.gov no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern

Time on the date stated above and in Section D.4. Applicants are encouraged to submit applications in advance of the application deadline; however, awards will not be made until after the application deadline. Applications will be accepted throughout the year until the application deadline for the respective fiscal year of funding. See Sections A.3.c and D.4 for details on the application submittal, evaluation, and award timeline.

2. On Page 12 of 82, c. Rolling Application Submission and Review Process; Amended

Application Submission Opportunity, replace with the following text (see red underlined text for revisions):

c. Rolling Application Submission and Review Process; Amended Application Submission

Opportunity

For the FY 2023 through FY 2026 NOFO, eligible applicants may submit an application for funding for a specific fiscal year of funding at any time up to the application deadline for that fiscal year.

Section D.4 provides the fiscal year application deadlines. Unless the applicant requests a specific future year of funding, applications submitted after a fiscal year application deadline will be considered for the next round of funding after the announcement of projects selected to receive a BIP award for the current round of funding. For example, an application submitted after December 4, 2023, will be reviewed after projects selected to receive FY 2023 and FY 2024 BIP awards have been announced.

3. On page 44 of 82, 4. Submission Dates and Times, replace with the following text (see red underlined text for revisions):

4. Submission Dates and Times

Applications must be submitted electronically through www.grants.gov no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time on the dates identified in the table below (or as updated by a NOFO Amendment, if applicable). The due date/time is the date and time by which FHWA must receive the full and completed application, including all required sections. Applications can be submitted anytime throughout the year after the NOFO opening date until the particular application deadline date to be considered for the corresponding fiscal year BIP funding. For a Large Bridge Project, FHWA will evaluate the application and will strive to as much as possible provide feedback and/or share the outcome/rating of the evaluation with the applicant within 90 days of the application submittal date, but does not guarantee the timing. Applications submitted after an application deadline will not be considered for the next round of funding until the announcement of projects selected to receive a BIP award for which fiscal year funds are available. See Section E.2 for project review and selection process and Section A.3.c for the rolling application process. As this is a “rolling” NOFO, applications can be submitted any time throughout the year, but applicants are advised to take notice of the due dates for consideration for a particular fiscal year BIP funding as follows:

Fiscal Year BIP Funding Application Deadline

FYs 2023 and 2024 December 4, 2023

FY 2025 August 1, 2024

FY 2026 August 1, 2025

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UNLESS NOTED ABOVE, NO OTHER CHANGES ARE MADE TO THE NOFO AND THE

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS