Opportunity Information: Apply for USDOT OST OSDBU SBTRCNE 2020 1
The Department of Transportation (DOT), through the Office of the Secretary (OST) and its Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), offered a discretionary cooperative agreement to operate or support a Small Business Transportation Resource Center (SBTRC) serving the Northeast Region. The SBTRC program is designed to strengthen the capacity of small businesses and disadvantaged businesses to compete for transportation-related contracting opportunities and to better navigate DOT-related procurement and industry requirements. This specific opportunity focused on providing services and assistance across seven states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Eligible applicants were business-centered, community-based organizations and other groups positioned to deliver hands-on small business support, including transportation-related trade associations, colleges and universities (including public and state-controlled institutions of higher education), community colleges, and chambers of commerce. The announcement emphasized that applicants should be registered with the IRS as tax-exempt entities under either 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6), reflecting the expectation that the awardee would be a mission-driven organization capable of offering technical assistance, outreach, and training to the small business community rather than operating as a for-profit consultant.
The funding instrument was a cooperative agreement, which typically means DOT anticipated substantial involvement in the project rather than a simple pass-through grant. In practice, that structure often includes closer coordination with OSDBU on priorities, performance expectations, reporting, and alignment with federal small business objectives in the transportation sector. The activity category was listed under Business and Commerce, and the opportunity was associated with CFDA number 20.910.
Key administrative details included an opportunity number of USDOT OST OSDBU SBTRCNE 2020 1, a creation/posting date of June 11, 2020, and an original application closing date of July 11, 2020. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) was listed as $224,000. The notice also indicated an expectation of multiple awards (10 expected awards), suggesting DOT may have planned to fund several centers or multiple partner organizations under the broader SBTRC program structure, even though this particular listing highlights the Northeast regional scope.
Overall, the opportunity was aimed at selecting an organization (or organizations) with strong community and business networks in the Northeast that could deliver practical, transportation-focused assistance to small firms. That assistance commonly includes things like procurement readiness support, help understanding DOT and related agency contracting pathways, outreach events, training workshops, and guidance that improves small businesses ability to pursue and perform on transportation-related contracts.Apply for USDOT OST OSDBU SBTRCNE 2020 1
- The Department of Transportation, 69A350 OSDBU in the business and commerce sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Cooperative Agreement for Northeast Small Business Transportation Resource Center" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.910.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 11, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 11, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $224,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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