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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 17,1998 PSA#2223U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Procurement and Grants
Management, 409 3rd Street, SUITE 5000,5th Floor, Washington, D.C.
20416 L -- WOMEN BUSINESS CENTER PROJECTS SOL OWBO-99-012 DUE 012999 POC
Sally Murrell (202) 205-6673 or Mina Wales (202) 205-7080 The Small
Business Administration (SBA) plans to issue program announcement No.
OWBO-99-012 to invite applications from private, not-for-profit
organizations to conduct Women's Business Center projects. The
authorizing legislation is the Small Business Act, Section 29, 15 USC
Section 656, as amended by Pub.L. 105-277, 111 Stat. 2592. SBA will
mail program announcements to interested parties between late November
and early December 1998. The approximate closing date will be late
January 1999. SBA Headquarters must receive applications/proposals by
the date and time that will be specified in the program announcement.
SBA will select successful applicants by a competitive process. The
successful applicants will receive an award to provide long term
training and counseling to women who want to start or expand
businesses. Service and assistance areas must include financial,
management, marketing and government procurement/certification
assistance. Applicants must include a plan to target women who are
socially and economically disadvantaged. The applicant may propose
specialized services that will assist women who are veterans, disabled,
rural, home-based, etc. SBA will require award recipients to provide
services locally and on the Internet via the SBA-funded Online Women's
Business Center,www.onlinewbc.org. Each applicant must submit a
five-year plan that describes proposed fund-raising, training and
technical assistance activities. A center may receive financial
assistance up to five years, however, the award will be issued annually
to conduct a 12-month 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; one non-Federal dollar for each
Federal dollar in years 3 and 4; and 2 non-Federal dollars for each
Federal dollar in year 5. Up to one-half of the non-Federal matching
funds may be in the form of in-kind contributions. Contact Sally
Murrell, WBC Program Manager at (202) 205-6673 or Mina Wales, Agreement
Officer at (202) 205-6621. Posted 11/13/98 (W-SN271146). (0317) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0050 19981117\L-0002.SOL)
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