step 2015 program announcement attachment b 4-8-2015.docx

APPLICANT NAME

TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

FOR

FY 2015

STATE TRADE AND EXPORT PROMOTION

PROGRAM

OIT-STEP-2015-01

(Note: Applicants must complete and submit as part of their application a Technical Proposal using pdf, MS Word, and Excel formats that meets the requirements of Section 4.1.2 and thoroughly addresses the evaluation criteria in Section 5.2 of the Program Announcement. Applicants may use either this Attachment B template or their own format, provided that it includes all required elements contained in this Attachment B.

The Technical Proposal must be no more than 18 double-spaced pages in length, not including this title page. The export activity data placed in Attachment B matrices reflect the totals for the full year period of performance, whereas, the export activity data placed in the Attachment A are broken out by Federal fiscal quarter.)

Organizational Experience and Capacity (Section 5.2.1 - 15 Points)

Project Design (Section 5.2.2 - 30 Points)

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Export Activity Type Legend:

1. Foreign trade mission

2. Foreign market sales trip

3. Dept. of Commerce subscription service

4. Translation of websites into foreign languages

5. International marketing of export products

6. Export trade show exhibition

7. International trade training workshops

8. Other export initiative

Financial Assistance Plan (include detailed parameters):

Collaboration and Leveraging of Resources (Section 5.2.3 - 10 Points)

Project Management (Section 5.2.4 - 10 Points)

Risk Assessment and Past Performance (Section 5.2.5 - 25 points)

Measurement of Outcome and Data Integrity (Section 5.2.6 - 10 Points)