Florida NOFO Coversheet_Amendment_MEP.pdf

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This document is an Amended Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the NIST Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Center State Competition for Florida.

The key details are:

  • NIST is amending the original NOFO (Number 2024-NIST-MEP-01) posted on Grants.gov to make updates as described in the document.
  • The amended NOFO solicits proposals for operating an MEP Center in the state of Florida that will provide manufacturing extension services to small and mid-sized manufacturers.
  • The MEP Center will become part of the MEP National Network consisting of 51 MEP Centers located in every state and Puerto Rico.
  • The federal grant program under which this opportunity is assigned is the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (CFDA 11.611), which enhances the competitiveness, productivity, and technological performance of U.S. manufacturing.
  • The federal agency involved is the Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
  • The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement.

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AMENDED NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR

NIST MEP Center State Competition for Florida

AMENDMENT 1

6/18/2024

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is announcing an amendment to its Date original NOFO posted Announcement of Notice of Funding

Opportunity (NOFO) Number 2024-NIST-MEP-01, posted on Grants.gov, that solicits proposals for the NIST MEP Center State Competition for Florida.

NIST is issuing this amendment (Amendment 1) to make updates to the 2024-NIST-

MEP-01 as described below. This Amendment Package will be in effect for the NOFO

Title until either a new NOFO or subsequent amendments are published on Grants.gov.

Updat e

Sectio n

What does the revision do?

References to the full text of revisions are noted and brief text changes are quoted.

1 I.2.e Remove Naming of Centers

Current text: The MEP Center and all satellite locations receiving federal funding pursuant to this NOFO are required to adopt the following business naming convention, which shall also be used as the MEP Center’s domain name (if available): STATE MEP Center (i.e., Florida MEP Center).

Revised text: Remove original text.

2 VIII.2 Add MEP to e-mail subject line

Current text:

Revised text: 2024-NIST-MEP-01

3 VI.2.a Inform applicants that the amended regulation s in 2 C.F.R.

Current text None

Added text Additional Information:

On April 22, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) published updates to the OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements located in Title 2 of the Code of Federal part 200 apply to awards issued on or after October 1, Regulations (2 CFR), now called the OMB Guidance for

Federal Financial Assistance. This updated OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance (2 CFR) is effective for all awards issued by DOC/NIST on or after October 1, 2024.

Applicants can find these recent revisions to 2 CFR here:

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/22/20

24-07496/guidance-for-federal-financial-assistance.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/22/2024-07496/guidance-for-federal-financial-assistance https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/22/2024-07496/guidance-for-federal-financial-assistance

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