Opportunity USDOT-OST-OSDBU-SBTRC2010-2

The summary for the Opportunity USDOT-OST-OSDBU-SBTRC2010-2 grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the DOT Office of Small Disadvantaged Utilization, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Opportunity USDOT-OST-OSDBU-SBTRC2010-2: This opportunity description is a synopsis of the full, official notice of funding availability in the Federal Register. For specific information regarding eligibility and application procedures, please reference the official notice athttp://frwebgate6.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/PDFgate.cgi?WAISdocID=09310498261+0+2+0&WAISaction=retrieve 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 association, colleges and universities, community colleges or chambers of commerce to compete for participation in OSDBU's Small Business Transportation Resource Center (SBTRC) program in the Southwest Region, the South Atlantic Region, and the Mid-South Atlantic Region.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. Throughout this notice, the term "small business" will refer to: 8(a), disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE), women owned small business (WOB), HubZone, service disabled veteran owned business (SDVOB), and veteran owned small business (VOSB). Throughout this notice, "transportation-related" is defined as the maintenance, rehabilitation, restructuring, improvement, or revitalization of any of the nation's modes of transportation.Complete proposals must be electronically submitted to OSDBU via email at [email protected] on or before February 16, 2010, 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.Link to Full Announcement:http://frwebgate5.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/PDFgate.cgi?WAISdocID=084541213450+2+2+0&WAISaction=retrieve For Further Information: For further information concerning this notice, contact Mr. Arthur D. Jackson, U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. W56-462, Washington, D.C., 20590. Telephone: 1-800 532 1169. Email: [email protected].