BIA-2024-Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC)

TEMP-24287 BIA-2024-Tribal Energy Development Capacity Closing: January 11, 2024 This message is to update the TEDC solicitation posted concerning requests to include a negotiated Indirect Cost Rate (IDC). An applicant requesting indirect cost should provide a current approved Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate (IDC) Agreement established with its cognizant Federal agency or an acknowledgement letter from the cognizant agency to which the applicant has submitted a proposed rate. In addition, if an award recipient does not have a current indirect cost rate with any Federal agency, the recipient may request to use the 10% de minimis rate described at 2 C.F.R. 200.414. The following instructions accompany a request to add IDC to a proposal for submission, and must be included in your proposal. Budget Information for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424A),and Budget Narrative Attachment Form (SF-425) Applicants are required to utilize the SF-424A for the budget submission. Please use a descriptive file name that includes tribal name and project description. For example: TEDCBudget.Tribalname.Project. The budget must identify the amount of grant funding requested and a comprehensive breakdown of all projected and anticipated expenditures, including a negotiated Indirect Cost Rate, contracted personnel fees, consulting fees (hourly or fixed), travel costs, data collection and analysis costs, computer rentals, report generation, for a proposed project and other relevant project expenses, and their subcomponents. These budget line items should also be placed on a separate Excel spreadsheet (but not in place of the SF-425A) labelled as above. • Travel costs should be itemized by airfare, vehicle rental, lodging, and per diem, based on the current Federal government per diem schedule. • All costs should be itemized in sufficient detail for the TEDC review committee to evaluate the charges. • Other expenses may include computer rental, or report generation -

The Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC) grant program seeks to develop the Tribal management, organizational and technical capacity needed to maximize the economic impactof energy resourcedevelopment on Federally recognized tribal land. TEDCgrants equip Federally recognized tribal entities to regulate and manage their energy resources through development oforganizational and business structures and legal and regulatory infrastructure.Examples of projects TEDC grants may fund include establishment of Tribal business charters under Federal, state, or Tribal law with a focus on energy resource development; adoptionand/or implementation of a securedtransactions code; feasibility studies on forming a Tribal utility authority; feasibility studies on emergency response during heat and cold waves; and development of Tribal energy regulations pursuant to the Helping Expediteand Advance Responsible Tribal Home Ownership Act of 2012(HEARTH Act) 25 U.S.C. § 415.

The Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC) grant program seeks to develop the Tribal management, organizational and technical capacity needed to maximize the economic impactof energy resourcedevelopment on Federally recognized tribal land. TEDCgrants equip Federally recognized tribal entities to regulate and manage their energy resources through development oforganizational and business structures and legal and regulatory infrastructure.Examples of projects TEDC grants may fund include establishment of Tribal business charters under Federal, state, or Tribal law with a focus on energy resource development; adoptionand/or implementation of a securedtransactions code; feasibility studies on forming a Tribal utility authority; feasibility studies on emergency response during heat and cold waves; and development of Tribal energy regulations pursuant to the Helping Expediteand Advance Responsible Tribal Home Ownership Act of 2012(HEARTH Act) 25 U.S.C. § 415.