Small Business Administration, Office of Procurement and Grants, Management, 409 Third Street, S.W., 5th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20416

H -- ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS OR ENTERPRISES ELIGIBLE UNDER THE SMALL BUSINESS ACT SOL SBAHQ95P0001 DUE 080995 POC Agreement Officer, Sally Murrell, 202-205-6621 The management and technical assistance sought under this program announcement will require the furnishing of services by small businesses, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and other minority educational institutions to small business concerns who are SBA clients. These services will be delivered on or about October 1, 1995, pending the availability of Fiscal Year 1996 funds. This announcement for proposals is designed to assist SBA's Division of Management and Technical Assistance in meeting its goal of providing management and technical assistance to individuals or enterprises eligible for assistance under Sections 7(i) and 8(a) of the Small Business Act, as amended. These services will be especially geared to small business concerns located in urban and rural areas with a high concentration of unemployment or low-income individuals and to SBA 8(a) program participants. Organizations submitting applications/proposals must provide at least 50% of the required services in-house, and are permitted to use outside consultants for the remaining 50%. Applicants must have been providing management and technical assistance services to the commercial public on a continuous basis for a period of at least one year prior to the release date of this announcement within the geographical area stipulated in the service requirement to which they are responding. Following are geographical areas stipulated in one or more of the 13 service requirements in the program announcement: Maine; New Hampshire; Vermont; Connecticut; Rhode Island; Massachusetts; Maryland; Delaware; most counties in Pennsylvania; Kentucky; Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties in Texas; and Wyoming. Applicants must submit their application/proposal on or before August 9, 1995 at 4:00 p.m. local time at the respective SBA District Office. There will be no pre- award or post-award conferences in connection with this program announcement. To receive a copy of the program announcement, call (202) 205-6420 or write to the following address: U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of MED, Division of Management and Technical Assistance, 409 3rd Street, S.W., 8th Floor. Washington, D.C. 20416. All inquiries must reference Program Announcement No. (0166)

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