[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 64 (Monday, April 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16500-16501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8298]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training 
Service


Funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 1999; Federal Contractor Award 
Information System (FCAIS)

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and 
Training Service (OASVET), DOL.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor invites proposal for one new award in 
FY 1999 as authorized under Title 38 United States Code, Section 4212. 
These awards will allow for the transition of the current FCAIS system 
to an efficient, interactive, and user-friendly data information system 
that will collect data from the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) and the 
Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS).

DATES: Applications will be accepted commencing with the issuance of 
this notice. The closing date for receipt of application is May 10, 
1999, at 4:45 p.m. (Eastern Time) at the address below.

COPIES OF THE APPLICATION PACKAGE: Ms. Lisa Harvey, Procurement 
Services Center, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Room N-5416, Washington, DC 
20210. Requests by telephone and by fax will not be honored.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Veterans' Employment and Training announces the availability of 
$249,000 to allow for the transition of the current FCAIS system to an 
efficient, interactive, user-friendly data information system, and that 
will collect data from the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) and the 
Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS). The successful applicant will 
provide information received from the CBD and FPDS to State Employment 
Security Agencies (SESAs), and Workforce Development Boards (WDBs), on 
current and new Federal contracts for job development and job listing 
purposes. This information is used by SESA and WDB staff to advise 
covered Federal contractors of their obligations to consider hiring 
special disabled, Vietnam-era veterans, and veterans who served on 
active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a 
campaign badge has been authorized. The grant recipient will be 
required to:
    a. Collect and maintain a data base of CBD and FPDS contract award 
information and disseminate that information to SESA and WDB staff on 
at least some monthly bases.
    b. Maintain, store, and update a database of Federal contractors as 
new contracts are awarded, and distribute this data to state service 
delivery agencies in the media and format requested.
    c. Answer question by telephone about the FCAIS, and make referrals 
to VETS Staff, and State local service delivery offices and personnel.
    d. Identify Federal contractor award needs and develop a system 
that satisfies DVOPs and LVERs staff requirements on Federal 
contractors, subcontractors and other employers listing with the State 
employment service work or workforce development local office.
    The grantee will need to develop a nationally accessible system 
that will enable State staff to verify contractor information, and 
advise VETS when changes are needed. It is expected that when this new 
system is developed and approved, the grantee will no longer be 
responsible for maintaining the current FCAIS.
    Eligible applicants must be State or local governments, commercial, 
or nonprofit entities capable of interfacing with the USDOL, all SESAs 
and WDBs. Grantees with slow start up of the FY 1999 program will be 
funded at less than total grant award.
    However, the Office of the Assistant Secretary reserves the right 
not to fund a grantee who is performing poorly and

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shows little promise of completing the agreed work.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 29th day of March, 1999.
Lawrence J. Kuss,
Grant Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-8298 Filed 4-2-99; 8:45 am]
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