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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary of Transportation

Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Small Business Transportation Resource Center Program

AGENCY: Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Central Region Small Business Transportation Resource Center.

SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of the Secretary (OST), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) announces the opportunity for business centered community-based organizations, transportation-related trade associations, colleges and universities, community colleges, or 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 Southeast Region (Alabama, Florida, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands).

DATES: Complete Proposals must be received on or before July 22, 2023, 6:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). Proposals received after the deadline will be considered non-responsive and will not be reviewed.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be electronically submitted through Grants.gov. Only applicants who comply with all submission requirements described in the proposal instruction attachment and electronically submit valid applications through Grants.gov will be eligible for award.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information concerning this notice, contact Ms. Steronica Mattocks, Telephone: (202) 366-0658 Email: sbtrc@dot.gov.

Funding Opportunity Number: USDOT-OST-OSDBU-SBTRCCENTRAL-2023-1

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 20.910 Assistance to Small and Disadvantaged Businesses Type of Award: Cooperative Agreement Grant

Award Ceiling: $187,000

Award Floor: $167,000

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.

Issued On:

Tyra Redus

Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization United States Department of Transportation