Amendment 4 to NOFO No. 693JJ323NF00008.pdf

U.S. Department of Transportation

Notice of Funding Opportunity Number 693JJ323NF00008

“Center of Excellence for New Mobility and Automated Vehicles”

Amendment #4

Dated 05/08/2023

This amendment to NOFO 693JJ322NF00008 incorporates the following changes to the version originally posted to Grants.gov on 04/06/2023 (see red underlined text for revisions):

693JJ323NF00008

SECTION D - APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION

1. ADDRESS TO REQUEST APPLICATION PACKAGE

Applicants may obtain application forms at grants.gov under the Notice of Funding Opportunity

Number cited herein.

The Applicant must complete and submit all forms included in the application package for this

Notice as contained at www.grants.gov.

2. CONTENT AND FORM OF APPLICATION SUBMISSION

Applicants shall submit an application consisting of the following application forms and volumes, with the following and sections:

a. Tables are permitted and text in tables must be doubled spaced.

b. Text in captions below charts, tables or figures shall not be less than 10-point and may be

2 lines of text long (limited by the width of the chart, table, or figure) and single spaced.

c. Page margins shall be a minimum of 1-inch top, bottom, and each side.

d. Page numbers may be located within the 1-inch margins

e. A Header or Footer identifying the Applicant/Team and the Volume may be located within the 1-inch margins

f. No cost/price data will be included in Volume I but shall be included in Volume II.

Table D.1 – Application Volumes

Volume Section Limit

SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance NA

SF-424A Budget Info for Non-Construction Programs NA

SF-424B Assurances for Non-Construction Programs NA

SF-LLL Disclosure of Lobbying Activities NA

Volume I.

Technical

Application

I - Technical and Management Approach One (1) file, maximum

10,000 words, 12-point font, double spaced.

II - Experience

III - Staffing Approach

Volume II.

Budget

Application

I - Cost Information and Other Financial

Information No limits http://www.grants.gov/

Volume Section Limit

SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance NA

SF-424A Budget Info for Non-Construction Programs NA

SF-424B Assurances for Non-Construction Programs NA

SF-LLL Disclosure of Lobbying Activities NA

Volume I.

Technical

Application

I - Technical and Management Approach One (1) file, maximum

10,000 words, 12-point font, double spaced.

II - Experience

III - Staffing Approach

Volume II.

Budget

Application

I - Cost Information and Other Financial

No limits

Required attachments: the following files must be added as Attachments to Item 15 of the SF-424:

• Volume 1 – Technical Application as described below – maximum of

10,000 words, with minimum 12-point font, double spaced, each Part can be included as a separate attachment.

o Part I – Technical and Management Approach (included in the page word limit) o Part II – Experience (included in the page word limit) o Part III – Staffing Approach (included in the page word limit;

resumes are not included in the page word limit)

• Volume 2 – Budget Application as described below - no page limit o Cost Information and Other Financial Information

Submit your attachments in the following format:

Volume 1 - Technical Application

Volume 1 – Technical Application as described below (see page word limitations above).

OPTIONAL: An Applicant may include, at their option, a one-page cover page and a second page to include both a Table of Contents and/or a Listing of Tables/Figures to facilitate displaying the organization of their application. These pages are for orienting evaluators to the contents of the application package and will not be evaluated and are not included in the Volume

I page word limitation.

In the event a technical application exceeds the page word limitation, the Government will evaluate only the first pages 10,000 words identified within the limitation above.

9. The Applicant is directed to review Title 2 CFR §170 170 (http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title02/2cfr170_main_02.tpl(https://www.ecfr.gov/current/t itle-2/subtitle-A/chapter-I/part-170?toc=1) dated September 14, 2010, and Appendix A thereto, and acknowledge in its application that it understands the requirement, has the necessary processes and systems in place, and is prepared to fully comply with the reporting described in the term if it receives funding resulting from this Notice. The text of Appendix A will be incorporated in the award document as a General Term and

Condition as referenced under this Notice’s Section F, Federal Award Administration http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title02/2cfr170_main_02.tpl http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title02/2cfr170_main_02.tpl http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title02/2cfr170_main_02.tpl https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-2/subtitle-A/chapter-I/part-170?toc=1 https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-2/subtitle-A/chapter-I/part-170?toc=1

SECTION H – OTHER INFORMATION

(Fill-in as applicable: This section may include any additional information that will assist a potential Applicant. For example, the section might:

➢ Indicate whether this is a new program or a one-time initiative.

➢ Mention related programs or other upcoming or ongoing Federal awarding agency funding opportunities for similar activities.

➢ Include current Internet addresses for Federal awarding agency Web sites that may be useful to an Applicant in understanding the program.

➢ Alert Applicants to the need to identify proprietary information and inform them about the way the Federal awarding agency will handle it.)

1. PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION

All information submitted as part of or in support of any application shall use publicly available data or data that can be made public and methodologies that are accepted by industry practice and standards, to the extent possible. If the application includes information you consider to be a trade secret or confidential commercial or financial information, the Applicant should do the following: (1) Note on the front cover that the submission "Contains

Confidential Business Information (CBI)," (2) mark each affected page

"CBI," and (3) highlight or otherwise denote the CBI portions.

2. PUBLICATION/SHARING OF APPLICATION INFORMATION.

Following the completion of the selection process and announcement of awards, FHWA intends to publish a list of all applications received along with the names of the applicant organizations and funding amounts requested.

END OF AMENDMENT #4