[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 193 (Thursday, October 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58788-58789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16503]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Minority Business Development Agency
[Docket No. 000724217-6248-14]
Solicitation of Applications for the Minority Business Enterprise
Center (MBEC); (Formerly Minority Business Development Center (MBDC))
AGENCY: Minority Business Development Agency, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; re-open competition solicitation.
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SUMMARY: The Minority Business Development Agency publishes this notice
to re-open the competitive solicitation for the Minority Business
Enterprise Center program for the Louisiana MBEC, covering the
geographic service area of the State of Louisiana, and the Detroit
MBEC, covering the geographic service area of the State of Michigan.
DATES: The new deadline for the receipt of proposals is October 18,
2006 for both electronic and paper applications.
ADDRESSES: The address for submitting Proposals electronically is:
http://www.grants.gov/. (Electronic submission is encouraged). Paper
submissions should be sent to:
If Mailed: If the application is mailed/shipped overnight by the
applicant or its representative, one (1) signed original plus two
copies of the application must be submitted. Completed application
packages must be mailed to: Office of Business Development--MBEC
Program, Office of Executive Secretariat, Herbert C. Hoover Building,
Room 5063, Minority Business Development Agency, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230
(Between Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues).
U.S. Department of Commerce delivery policies for Federal Express,
UPS and DHL overnight services require the packages to be sent to the
address above.
If Hand-Delivered: U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business
Development Agency, Office of Business Development--MBEC Program
(Extension 1940), Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 1874, Entrance No.
10, 15th Street, NW., Washington, DC (Between Pennsylvania and
Constitution Avenues).
U.S. Department of Commerce hand-delivery policies state that
Federal Express, UPS and DHL overnight services submitted to the
address above (Entrance No. 10) cannot be accepted. These policies
should be taken into consideration when utilizing their services. MBDA
will not accept applications that are submitted by the deadline, but
are rejected due to Departmental hand-delivery policies. The applicant
must adhere to these policies in order for his/her application to
receive consideration for the award.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, contact
Efrain Gonzalez, Program Manager, at (202) 482-1940 or via e-mail at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Minority Business Development Agency
publishes this notice to re-open the competitive solicitation for the
Minority Business Enterprise Center program for the Louisiana MBEC,
covering the geographic service area of the State of Louisiana, and the
Detroit MBEC, covering the geographic service area of the State of
Michigan. This program was originally solicited in the Federal Register
on June 26, 2006 (71 FR 42351). The original deadline for receipt of
proposals was 5 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on September 20, 2006.
MBDA re-opens the solicitation period to provide the public additional
time to submit proposals for Louisiana MBEC, covering the geographic
service area of the State of Louisiana, and the Detroit MBEC, covering
the geographic service area of the State of Michigan. MBDA is re-
opening the solicitation period for these two locations as no timely
applications were received for these areas under the requirements of
the original competition. The new deadline for the receipt of proposals
for the Louisiana
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and Detroit MBECs is 5 p.m. EDT, October 18, 2006, for both electronic
and paper applications. Applicants who submitted or attempted to submit
applications under the original competition for these two geographic
service areas should consider re-submitting their applications during
this period of re-opened competition to ensure that their applications
are complete. All applications that are submitted between September 20,
2006 and October 18, 2006, will be considered timely. All other
requirements for this solicitation remain the same.
Limitation of Liability
Funding for programs listed in this notice is contingent upon the
availability of Fiscal Year 2007 appropriations. Applicants are hereby
given notice that funds have not yet been appropriated for the programs
listed in this notice. In no event will MBDA or the Department of
Commerce be responsible for proposal preparation costs if these
programs fail to receive funding or are cancelled because of other
agency priorities. Publication of this announcement does not oblige
MBDA to award any specific project or to obligate any available funds.
Universal Identifier
Applicants should be aware that they are required to provide a Dun
and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number during the
application process. See the October 30, 2002 Federal Register, Vol.
67, No. 210, pp. 66177B66178, for additional information. Organizations
can receive a DUNS number at no cost by calling the dedicated toll-free
DUNS Number request line at 1-866-705-5711 or via the Internet (http://www.dunandbradstreet.com).
Department of Commerce Pre-Award Notification Requirements for Grants
and Cooperative Agreements
The Department of Commerce Pre-Award Notification Requirements for
Grants and Cooperative Agreements contained in the Federal Register
notice of December 30, 2004 (69 FR 78389), are applicable to this
solicitation.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This document contains collection-of-information requirements
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The use of Standard Forms
424, 424A, 424B, SF-LLL, and CD-346 has been approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under the respective control numbers 0348-
0043, 0348-0044, 0348-0040, 0348-0046, and 0605-0001. Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, no person is required to respond to, nor
shall any person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with, a
collection of information subject to the requirements of the PRA unless
that collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Executive Order 12866
This notice has been determined to be not significant for purposes
of Executive Order 12866.
Executive Order 13132 (Federalism)
It has been determined that this notice does not contain policies
with Federalism implications as that term is defined in Executive Order
13132.
Administrative Procedure Act/Regulatory Flexibility Act
Prior notice and an opportunity for public comment are not required
by the Administrative Procedure Act or any other law for rules
concerning public property, loans, grants, benefits, and contracts (5
U.S.C. 553(a)(2)). Because notice and opportunity for comment are not
required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or any other law, the analytical
requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)
are inapplicable. Therefore, a regulatory flexibility analysis has not
been prepared.
Dated: September 29, 2006.
Ronald N. Langston,
National Director, Minority Business Development Agency.
[FR Doc. E6-16503 Filed 10-4-06; 8:45 am]
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