[Federal Register: January 31, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 20)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization;
Solicitation of Applications for Regional Small Business Transportation
Resource Centers (SBTRCs) Fiscal Year (FY) 2007, Grant Opportunity
AGENCY: Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU),
DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: OSDBU announces that it has published an opportunity to apply
for the FY 2007 Small Business Transportation Business Resource Center
funding on the grants.gov Web site (http://www.grants.gov). Section
4134 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation
Equity Act: OSDBU is responsible for the implementation and execution
of the Department of Transportation (DOT) activities on behalf of small
businesses in accordance with Section 8, 15 and 31 of the Small
Business Act (SBA), as amended. The OSDBU also administers the
provisions of Title 49, the Minority Resource Center (MRC) which
includes the duties of advocacy, outreach and financial services on
behalf of small and disadvantaged business and those certified under
CFR 49 parts 23 and or 26 as Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE).
This request solicits competitive proposals from business centered
community-based organizations, transportation-related trade
associations, colleges and universities, community colleges or chambers
of commerce for participation in OSDBU's Small Business Transportation
Resource Centers (SBTRC) under the Minority Resource Center (MRC)
program. OSDBU will enter into Cooperative Agreements with these
organizations to outreach to the small business community in their
designated region and provide financial and technical assistance,
business training programs such as, business assessment, management
training, counseling, technical assistance, marketing and outreach, and
the dissemination of information, to encourage and assist small
businesses to become better prepared to compete for, obtain, and manage
DOT funded transportation-related contracts and subcontracts at the
federal, state and local levels. Eligible applicants must be registered
with the Internal Revenue Service as 501 C(6) or 501 C(3) tax-exempt
organizations.
To apply for funding, applicants must be registered with
grants.gov. Registration with grants.gov may take two to five days
before the system will allow you to apply for grants using the
grants.gov Web site http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp.
Submit application in accordance with the instructions
provided. Applications for grant funding must be submitted
electronically to OSDBU through the grants.gov Web site.
DATES: Proposals must be submitted to Grants.gov by March 9, 2007, 4
p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Proposals received after the deadline will
be considered non-responsive and will not be reviewed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Art Jackson, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization,
400 7th Street, SW., Room 9414, Washington, DC 20590, Tel. 202-366-1930
or 800-532-1169. Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., EST., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Issued on: January 25, 2007.
Denise Rodriguez-Lopez,
Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
(OSDBU).
[FR Doc. E7-1526 Filed 1-30-07; 8:45 am]
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