The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) DHS/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is accepting applications for its 2022 Intercity Bus Security Grant Program.
Donor Name: Department of Homeland Security – FEMA
State: Selected States
City: Selected Cities
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/13/2022
Size of the Grant: $2,000,000
Grant Duration: 24 months
Details:
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Intercity Bus Security Grant Program (IBSGP) is one of four grant programs that constitute the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) DHS/Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) focus on transportation infrastructure security activities. These grant programs are part of a comprehensive set of measures authorized by Congress and implemented by DHS to help strengthen the nation’s critical infrastructure against potential terrorist attacks. The IBSGP provides funds to intercity bus companies to protect critical surface transportation infrastructure and the travelling public from acts of terrorism. Among the five basic homeland security missions noted in the DHS Strategic Plan, the IBSGP supports the goal to Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience.
The 2022-2026 FEMA Strategic Plan outlines three bold, ambitious goals in order to position FEMA to address the increasing range and complexity of disasters, support the diversity of communities they serve, and complement the nation’s growing expectations of the emergency management community. The IBSGP supports the goal to Promote and Sustain a Ready FEMA and Prepared Nation. They invite their stakeholders and partners to also adopt these priorities and join us in building a more prepared and resilient nation.
Objectives
Provide funds to eligible private operators of intercity, over-the-road bus transportation systems to protect critical transportation infrastructure and the travelling public from acts of terrorism, and to increase the resilience of the transportation infrastructure itself.
Priorities
Given the evolving threat landscape, it is incumbent upon DHS/FEMA to continuously evaluate the national risk profile and set priorities that help ensure appropriate allocation of scarce security dollars. In assessing the national risk profile for FY 2022, two areas attract the most concern:
- Enhancing cybersecurity; and
- Enhancing the protection of soft targets/crowded places.
Likewise, there are several enduring security needs that crosscut the homeland security enterprise. The following are second-tier priorities that help recipients implement a comprehensive approach to securing critical transportation infrastructure:
- Effective planning;
- Training and awareness campaigns;
- Equipment and capital projects; and
- Exercises.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $2,000,000
- Period of Performance: 24 months (September 1, 2022-August 31, 2024)
Eligibility Criteria
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Private operators providing intercity over-the-road bus transportation that have also completed a vulnerability assessment and developed a security plan, which the Secretary of Homeland Security has approved as described in Section 1531 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (9/11 Act) (Pub. L. No. 110-53) (6 U.S.C. § 1181). Private operators are non-governmental entities that may include, but are not limited to, sole proprietorships, affiliates, parent companies, and subsidiaries.
- Eligibility for funding is further limited to applicants that meet one or both of the following criteria:
- Operate fixed-route intercity bus transportation providing services to one or more historically eligible UASI urban areas as indicated below.
- Operate a charter bus service using over-the-road buses and provide a minimum of 50 trips annually to one or more historically eligible UASI urban areas as indicated below.
- The following definitions are applicable for the purpose of meeting FY 2022 IBSGP eligibility requirements:
- Charter bus service is defined as a bus service that operates neither over fixed- routes nor on regular schedules. Note: A charter bus service is characterized by the rental of a bus and the services of a driver to a person or group where all passengers embark and disembark at the same point. A charter bus service must use over-the-road buses.
- Fixed-route intercity bus service is defined as passenger transportation service provided to the general public for compensation over specified, predetermined, and published routes between cities or terminals using over-the-road-buses.
- An over-the-road bus is defined as a vehicle designated for long-distance transportation of passengers, characterized by integral construction with an elevated passenger deck located over a baggage compartment and at least 35 feet in length, with a capacity of more than 30 passengers. Only over-the-road buses are eligible for vehicle security enhancements through this program. Limousines, mini-coaches, school buses or any other vehicle that does not fit the definition of an over-the-road bus are not eligible.
- A trip is defined as a single bus journey from an embarkation point to the furthest destination in that journey. For example, a trip from New York City to Denver to San Francisco would be considered a single trip. A trip is made to an historically eligible UASI urban area if at any point in the trip the bus stops in an historically eligible UASI urban area and embarks or disembarks passengers. For example, a trip from Newburgh, NY to New York City to Charleston, WV is a trip to an historically eligible UASI urban area if passengers embark or disembark in New York City.
- An historically eligible UASI urban area is a high-risk urban area that has received UASI funding in the past.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
