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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 19, 2002 FBO #0229
SOLICITATION NOTICE

L -- Women''s Business Center (WBC) Program to Provide Financial Counseling and Other Management and Technical Assistance Services to Women

Notice Date
7/17/2002
 
Notice Type
Solicitation Notice
 
Contracting Office
Small Business Administration, Office of Administration, Office of Procurement and Grants Management, 409 Third Street, S.W., 5th Floor, Washington, DC, 20416
 
ZIP Code
20416
 
Solicitation Number
OWBO-2002-018
 
Response Due
8/15/2002
 
Point of Contact
Mina Bookhard, Grants Specialist, Phone 202 205-7080, Fax 202 205-6821,
 
E-Mail Address
mina.bookhard@sba.gov
 
Description
The U.S. Small Business Administration invites applications from eligible nonprofit organizations to conduct Women's Business Center (WBC) projects. The successful applicant will receive a cooperative agreement award to provide counseling, training and other technical assistance to women who want to start or expand busiensses. The authorizing legislation is the Small Business Act, subsection 2(h) and 29, 15 U.W.C. subsection 631 (h) and 656. Approximately (3) grants will be awarded. A Women's Business Center is a 5 year community-based project that is funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration through a matching grant. The project is a planned scope of activites that provide business skills services targeted to women. The project must operate as a distinct unit of the recipient's organization having its own budget for facilities, equipment and resources to carry out project activities. The WBC services must include lon-term training and counseling pertaining to financial, management and marketing assistance to benefit small business concerns owned and controlled by women. The application period will be from July 18, 2002 to August 15, 2002. SBA Headquarters must receive applications/proposals by 4:00p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the application closing date of August 15, 2002. SBA will determine the successful applicant using a competitive technical evaluation process. Applicants from states and territories without an SBA funded Women's Business Center will receive special consideration. States and U.S. territories without a center are Delaward, Guam, Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia. Service and assistance areas must include financial, managment, marketing, loan packaging, eCommerce and government procurement/certification assistance. Applicants must plan to include women who are socially and economically disadvantaged in the target group. The applicant may propose specialized services that will assist women in Empowerment Zones, women who are veterans, women with disabilities, women with home-based businesses, women in agribusiness, or women in rural or urban areas. SBA will require award recipients to provide content and support to the SBA-funded Online Women's Business Center (www.onlinewbc.gov) and provide training on the business uses of the Internet. Each applicant must submit a five-year plan that describes proposed fund-raising, training and technical assistance activities. A center may receive financial assistance through a five-year term without re-competition. However, the award will be issued annually for each 12-month budget project. Award recipients must provide non-Federal matching funds as follows: one non-Federal dollar for each two Federal dollars in years 1 and 2; and one non-Federal dollar for each Federal dollar in years 3, 4, and 5. Up to one-half of the non-Federal match funds may be in the form of in-kind contributions (i.e., 50% of match must be in cash). Questions concerning the technical aspect of this notice should be directed to Sally Murrell, WBC Program Manager at (202) 205-6673. Budget related inquiries should be directed to Mina A. Bookhard, Agreement Officer at (202) 205-7080.
 
Place of Performance
Address: Washington, DC
 
Record
SN00119050-W 20020719/020717214117 (fbodaily.com)
 
Source
FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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