[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 20 (Wednesday, January 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 4556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1526]



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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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