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 Central Region (Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, and Missouri).
Donor Name: Department of Transportation (DOT)
State: Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, and Missouri
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/03/2022
Grant Size: $170,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Responsibilities include:
- Provide consultation and technical assistance in planning, implementing, and evaluating activities under this announcement.
- Purchase and provide access to a CRM Database System
- Provide orientation and training to the applicant organization.
- Monitor SBTRC activities, cooperative agreement compliance, and overall SBTRC performance.
- Assist SBTRC to develop or strengthen its relationships with Federal, State, and local transportation authorities, other technical assistance organizations, and DOT grantees.
- Facilitate the exchange and transfer of successful program activities and information among all SBTRC regions.
- Provide the SBTRC with DOT/OSDBU materials and other relevant transportation related information for dissemination.
- Maintain effective communication with the SBTRC and inform them of transportation news and contracting opportunities to share with small businesses in their region.
- Provide all required forms to be used by the SBTRC for reporting purposes under the program.
- Perform an annual performance evaluation of the SBTRC at the end of the Period of Performance. Satisfactory performance is a condition of continued participation of the organization as an SBTRC and execution of all option years.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $170,000
- Award Floor: $150,000
- It is anticipated that the recipient will begin performing on the award on September 1, 2022, and the period of performance (POP) will be September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023. This is a one-year grant with an option to renew for two (2) additional years, at the discretion of U.S. DOT.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, an organization must be an established, nonprofit, community-based organization, transportation-related trade association, chamber of commerce, college or university, community college, or any other qualifying transportation-related non-profit organization that has the documented experience and capacity necessary to successfully operate and administer a coordinated delivery system that provides access for small businesses to prepare and compete for transportation-related contracts.
In addition, to be eligible, the applicant organization must:
- Be an established 501 C (3) or 501 C (6) tax-exempt organization and provide documentation as verification.
- No application will be accepted without proof of tax-exempt status;
- Have at least one year of documented and continuous experience prior to the date of application in providing advocacy, outreach, and technical assistance to small businesses within the region in which proposed services will be provided. Prior performance providing services to the transportation community is preferable
- Have an office physically located within the proposed city in the designated headquarters state, in the region for which they are submitting the proposal, that is readily accessible to the public.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
