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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA),

Title IV–D, Demonstration Program:

Women in Apprenticeship and

Nontraditional Occupations

AGENCY: Women’s Bureau, Department

of Labor.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Funds

and Solicitation for Grant Applications

(SGA 95–02).

SUMMARY: All information required to

submit a proposal is contained in this

announcement. All applicants for grant

funds should read this notice in its

entirety. The U.S. Department of Labor

(DOL), Women’s Bureau (WB)

announces a grant competition for a

demonstration program using Title IV–

D funds of the Job Training Partnership

Act administered by the Employment

and Training Administration (ETA). WB

expects to award between three (3) and

four (4) grants to Community-Based

Organizations (CBOs) to provide

technical assistance to employers, labor

unions, and other nonunion labor

organizations which will encourage the

promotion, recruitment, selection,

training, placement and retention of

women in apprenticeship and other

nontraditional occupations in private

workplaces.

This notice describes the background,

the application process, statement of

work, evaluation criteria, and reporting

requirements for Solicitation for Grant

Applications (SGA 95–02). WB

anticipates that up to a total amount of

$744,000 will be available for the

support of all grants using

demonstration funding. The WB will

provide the policy leadership in this

project. Improving women’s

employment opportunities and other

employment related equity and social

issues has been the driving force of the

Women’s Bureau since its inception in

1920. Within the Department of Labor,

the Director serves as the policy advisor

on women’s issues to the Secretary and

other DOL agencies charged with

improving the economic and workplace

life of American workers.

DATES: One (1) ink-signed original,

complete grant application (plus five (5)

copies of the Technical Proposal and

two (2) copies of the Cost Proposal)

shall be submitted to the U.S.

Department of Labor, Office of

Procurement Services, Room S–5220,

Reference SGA 95–02, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,

not later than 4:45 p.m. EST, June 26,

1995. Hand delivered applications must

be received by the Office of

Procurement Services by that time.

ADDRESSES: Applications shall be

mailed the U.S. Department of Labor,

Office of Procurement Services,

Attention: Lisa Harvey, Reference SGA

95–02, Room S–5220, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa

Harvey, Office of Procurement Services,

Telephone (202) 219–6445. (This is not

a toll-free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

announcement consists of five parts:

Part I describes the background and

purpose of the demonstration program

and identifies demonstration policy and

topics. Part II describes the application

process and provides detailed

guidelines for use in applying for

demonstration grants. Part III includes

the Statement of Work for the

demonstration projects. Part IV

identifies and defines the evaluation

criteria to be used in reviewing and

evaluating applications. Part V describes

the deliverables and reporting

requirements.

Part I. Background

Improving women’s employment

opportunities and other employment

related equity and social issues to

promote women in the work force has

been the driving force of the Women’s

Bureau since its inception in 1920.

Within the Department of Labor, the

Director serves as the policy advisor on

women’s issues to the Secretary and

other DOL agencies charged with

improving the economic and workplace

life of American workers.

To support the Department’s activities

in support of Women in Apprenticeship

and Nontraditional Occupations

(WANTO) Act, the Women’s Bureau

would like to update and expand its

directory of apprenticeship and

nontraditional occupations training and

employment programs serving women

into the ‘‘WANTO Referral Network.’’

To list your program with the Bureau’s

‘‘WANTO Referral Network,’’ please

provide the following information:

(1) Program Name:

(2) Administrative Agency:

(3) Address:

(4) Contact Person:

(5) Contact Telephone Number:

(6) Brief Description of Services:

(7) Eligibility:

(8) Contact Person for Employment

Referrals:

Please send your response to:

Women’s Bureau, Office of the

Secretary, WANTO Network, Room S–

3317, U.S. Department of Labor, 200

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20210. (Telephone (202) 219–6626

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The Women’s Bureau has a history of

encouraging women to consider the

wide array of apprenticeable and other

occupations nontraditional to women.

These jobs include the traditional

skilled trades such as carpenter,

plumber, electrician, sheetmetal worker,

or welder in the construction industry,

as well as jobs in the electronics

industries, other technical jobs that

require computer-based skills to

customize, service, build and repair

precision machinery in manufacturing,

and other technical computer-based jobs

in the service sector industries such as

health care, finance,

telecommunications and transportation.

In fulfilling their responsibilities to

promote profitable employment

opportunities for women, the Bureau of

Apprenticeship and Training and the

Women’s Bureau have come together to

jointly administer the Women in

Apprenticeship and Nontraditional

Occupations (WANTO) Act and its TA

grant demonstration.

The Women’s Bureau co-administers

WANTO with the Bureau of

Apprenticeship and Training (BAT),

formerly the Apprentice-Training

Service. BAT was established in 1937 as

the national administrative agency in

the Department of Labor to carry out the

objectives of the National

Apprenticeship Law, guided by the

recommendations of the Federal

Committee on Apprenticeship. BAT has

the objective to stimulate and assist

industry in the development, expansion,

and improvement of apprenticeship and

training programs designed to provide

the skilled workers required by the

American economy.

The legislative mandate of the Bureau

of Apprenticeship and Training—‘‘to

promote the furtherance of labor

standards of apprenticeship * * * to

extend the application of such standards

by encouraging the inclusion thereof in

contracts of apprenticeship, to bring

together employers and labor for the

formulation of programs of

apprenticeship, to cooperate with State

agencies in the formulation of standards

of apprenticeship.’’ With the WANTO

technical assistance grants, BAT and the

WB seek to broaden the horizons of

women in apprenticeship and other

nontraditional occupations in

promoting a skilled work force.

Related Solicitation. This Solicitation

for Grant Applications (SGA 95–02),

Women in Apprenticeship and

Nontraditional Occupations is

complimentary to Diversity in

Apprenticeship (SGA/DAA 95–004)

now seeking applicants by the Bureau of
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Apprenticeship and Training,

Employment and Training

Administration. All information

required to submit a proposal is

provided in the March 17, 1995, Federal

Register (Vol. 60, No. 52), as amended.

Applications for Diversity in

Apprenticeship are due in the U.S.

Department of Labor, Employment and

Training Administration, by COB May

1, 1995. For further information on

SGA/DAA 95–004, contact Charlotte

Adams, Division of Acquisition and

Assistance, Telephone (202) 219–8702

(this is not a toll-free number).

Definitions. Nontraditional

Occupations are those where women

account for less than 25 percent of the

persons employed in a single

occupational group. Generally speaking,

Apprenticeship includes a formal paid

training-work agreement where labor

and management work together to

promote learning on the job; to support

the ‘‘hands on’’ learning, there must be

related theoretical instruction (often

classroom). After completing the

program standards successfully—

usually 3 to 5 years—the apprentice is

awarded a certificate of completion by

either the Bureau of Apprenticeship and

Training or the State Apprenticeship

Committee Agency.

A. Authorities

The technical assistance grants were

first authorized under the Women in

Apprenticeship and Nontraditional

Occupations (WANTO) Act, Public Law

102–530, approved October 27, 1992.

Under an ‘‘Intra-Agency Agreement,’’

the Bureau of Apprenticeship, ETA

transferred to the Women’s Bureau

$744,000 to fund the second year of

WANTO under Part IV–D of the Job

Training Partnership Act which

authorizes the use of funds for pilot

demonstration projects and are

administered by ETA. The WB has

responsibility for implementing the

Solicitation for Grant Applications

(SGA) process for the Technical

Assistance (TA) grants to CommunityBased Organizations (CBOs).

B. Purpose of the Demonstration

The purpose of the WANTO Act is to

competitively award TA grants to CBOs

with documented experience in the

areas of recruiting, selection, training,

placing, retaining, and promotion of

women in apprenticeship and

nontraditional occupations. CBOs will

provide TA to employers, labor unions

and other nonunion labor organizations

who have requested TA from the

Department of Labor to promote the

employment of women in

apprenticeship and nontraditional

occupations (NTOs) in their workplaces.

By providing TA to job creators—

employers, unions and other nonunion

labor organizations—the Department of

Labor (DOL) anticipates increased

employment and expanded job

opportunities, with good pay and

benefits, for women in apprenticeship

and nontraditional occupations. Such

WANTO activities promote the goal of

the Department to build and enhance a

skilled work force in a high performance

workplace of new and better jobs.

Part II. Application Process

A. Eligible Applicants

1. Community-Based Organizations

(CBOs) are eligible applicants to receive

technical assistance grants. The term

‘‘community-based organization’’ as

defined in section 4(5) of the Job

Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C

1501(5)), means private nonprofit

organizations which are representative

of communities or significant segments

of communities and which provide job

training services. For this solicitation

the significant segment of communities

are the private nonprofit organizations

which are representative of

organizations that have demonstrated

experience administering programs that

recruit, select, train, place, and retain

women for apprenticeship training and

other nontraditional occupations

(NTOs).

2. Employers, Labor Unions, and

Other Nonunion Labor Organizations

are eligible to receive technical

assistance provided by communitybased organizations receiving WANTO

grants. To be selected to receive

technical assistance, employers, and

others must submit a technical

assistance request either directly (1) to

the Department of Labor, Office of

Procurement Services or (2) to the CBO

you have agreed to partner in preparing

the response to SGA 95–02. The CBO

must then take full responsibility for a

timely and complete application. Also

see G. Technical Assistance Requests,

below.

B. Contents

To be considered responsive to the

Solicitation for Grant Applications

(SGA), each application must consist of

and follow the order of the sections

listed in Part III of this solicitation. The

applicant must also include information

which the applicant believes will

address the selection criteria identified

in Part IV. Technical proposals shall not

exceed 20 single sided, double spaced,

10 to 12 pitch typed pages (not

including attachments). Any proposals

that do not conform to these standards

shall be deemed non-responsive to this

SGA and will not be evaluated.

1. Technical Proposal

Each proposal shall include (a) a two

(2) page abstract which summarizes the

proposal and (b) a full description of the

CBO’s program for technical assistance,

including information required in Part

III and IV. No cost data or reference to

price shall be included in the technical

proposal.

2. Cost Proposal

The cost (business) proposal must be

separate from the technical proposal.

The transmittal letter and the grant

assurance and certification form shall be

attached to the business proposal,

which shall consist of the following:

a. Standard Form 424 ‘‘Application

for Federal Assistance,’’ (Appendix C)

signed by an official from the applicant

organization who is authorized to enter

the organization into a grant agreement

with the Department of Labor. The

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Number (CFDA) is 17.700;

b. Standard Budget Form 424A

‘‘Budget Information Form,’’ (Appendix

D); and

c. Budget Narrative: Provide a

narrative explanation of the budget

which describes all proposed costs and

indicates how they are related to the

operation of the project. Provide this

information separately for the amount of

requested Federal funding and the

amount of proposed Non-Federal

contribution. In those applications

which propose to fund staff positions,

the budget narrative must provide

information which describes the

number of proposed positions by title

and by the amount of staff time and

salary charged to Federal and NonFederal funding resources. The Budget

Narrative provides the detailed

description of the costs reflected on the

SF 424A.

C. Funding Levels

The Department has set aside up to

$744,000 to be disbursed through

WANTO grants. The Women’s Bureau

expects to make three (3) or four (4)

awards to Community-Based

Organizations (CBOs).

The Bureau expects awards to range

from approximately $150,000 to

$250,000, depending upon Department

agreement on technical assistance

services provisions, with no award in

excess of $250,000.

D. Length of Grant and Grant Awards

The initial performance period for the

grants awarded under this SGA shall be

for eighteen (18) months of program
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performance, with the option to extend

for up to three months as a no cost

extension to complete final reports.

Each applicant shall reflect in their

application the intention to begin

operation no later than September 1995.

E. Submission

One (1) ink-signed original, complete

grant application (plus five (5) copies of

the Technical Proposal and two (2)

copies of the Cost Proposal must be

submitted to the U.S. Department of

Labor, Office of Procurement Services,

Room S–5220, 200 Constitution Avenue,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210, not later

than 4:45 pm EST, June 26, 1995. Hand

delivered applications must be received

by the Office of Procurement Services

by that time.

Any application received at the Office

of Procurement Services after 4:45 pm

EST will not be considered unless it is

received before award is made and:

1. It was sent by registered or certified

mail not later than June 21, 1995.

2. It is determined by the Government

that the late receipt was due solely to

mishandling by the Government after

receipt at the U.S. Department of Labor

at the above address; or

3. It was sent by U.S. Postal Service

Express Mail Next Day Service-Post

Office to Addressee, not later than 5:00

pm June 22, 1995.

The only acceptable evidence to

establish the date of mailing of a late

application sent by registered or

certified mail is the U.S. Postal Service

postmark on the envelope or wrapper

and on the original receipt from the U.S.

Postal Service. If the postmark is not

legible, an application received after the

above closing time and date shall be

processed as if mailed late. ‘‘Postmark’’

means a printed, stamped or otherwise

placed impression (not a postage meter

machine impression) that is readily

identifiable without further action as

having been applied and affixed by an

employee of the U.S. Postal Service on

the date of mailing. Therefore,

applicants shall request that the postal

clerk place a legible hand cancellation

bull’s-eye postmark on both the receipt

and the wrapper or envelope.

The only acceptable evidence to

establish the date of mailing of a late

application sent by U.S. Postal Service

Mail Next Day Service-Post Office to

Addressee is the date entered by the

post office receiving clerk on the

‘‘Express Mail Next Day Service-Post

Office to Addressee’’ label and the

postmark on the envelope or wrapper

and on the original receipt from the U.S.

Postal Service. ‘‘Postmark’’ has the same

meaning as defined above. Therefore,

applicants shall request that the postal

clerk place a legible hand cancellation

bull’s-eye postmark on both the receipt

and the envelope or wrapper.

The only acceptable evidence to

establish the time of receipt at the U.S.

Department of Labor is the date/time

stamp of the Office of Procurement

Services on the application wrapper or

other documentary evidence of receipt

maintained by that office. Applications

sent by telegram or facsimile (FAX) will

not be accepted.

Part III. Statement of Work—Key

Features

A. Introduction

The Women’s Bureau (Washington,

D.C.) announces the Solicitation for

Grant Applications (SGA) for

competitive grant awards first funded

under the technical assistance program

authorized by the Women in

Apprenticeship and Nontraditional

Occupations (WANTO) Act and is now

funded under the JTPA Title IV–D,

demonstration program administered by

the Employment and Training

Administration. With grant funding of

$744,000 for Fiscal Year 1995, the

Department expects to make three (3) or

four (4) awards to CBOs that will

provide direct technical assistance to

change the workplaces of job creators—

employers, labor unions and other

nonunion labor organizations—to make

them more supportive to the needs of

women in apprenticeship and

nontraditional occupations (NTO).

1. CBOs may solicit employers, labor

unions and other nonunion labor

organizations’ representatives who

request technical assistance in preparing

their workplace to promote women in

apprenticeship and nontraditional

occupations (NTOs).

2. At the same time, the Department

will continue to build an inventory of

workplace requests from employers,

labor unions and nonunion labor

organizations sent directly to the Office

of Procurement Services, Room S–5220,

Reference SGA 95–02, U.S. Department

of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210,

Attention: Lisa Harvey.

3. Technical assistance requests from

both CBOs and employers, labor unions

and nonunion organizations should be

in writing. A technical assistance

request should include information on

the demographics and needs of the firm.

A sample of the information required is

attached to this SGA. The attached form

can be duplicated in any legible

manner.

4. The Department will award only

one grant per CBO—with or without

multiple service providers or subcontractors. The total amount of each

grant will depend upon the total amount

of direct technical assistance to be

provided. Applicants should provide

estimated cost (hourly or fixed rates) for

specific technical assistance services

they are prepared to perform in the cost

proposal.

5. Since the thrust of this SGA is

technical assistance to employers, etc. to

attain workplace change, this is an

employer-driven program. Allowable

grant expenditures do not include CBO

capacity building services, unless they

are directly related to the provision of

technical assistance to improve job

creators’ workplaces—employers, labor

unions and nonunion labor

organizations.

B. Program Requirements

The Department, through this

competition, is seeking CommunityBased Organization grantees with a

record of accomplishment, with overall

organizational experience and facilities,

and with staff who can demonstrate the

necessary technical knowledge that can

ensure successful completion of

provision of technical assistance to

employers, union and nonunion labor

organizations, including research and

evaluation methodology in support of

promoting women in apprenticeship

and nontraditional occupations in job

creators’ workplaces. Grant applicants

will have to demonstrate that they fulfill

these criteria, and that they have

reasonable prospects for establishing

cooperative working arrangements with

employers, union and nonunion labor

organizations.

In the grant application process,

Community-Based Organization grant

applicants are not required to provide

specific program design for providing

technical assistance. They are required

to present evidence of their experience,

qualifications, technical knowledge of

programs to assist job creators to recruit,

select, train, place and retain women in

apprenticeship and nontraditional

occupations.

1. Provide Technical Assistance

Community-Based Organization

(CBO) Eligibility: Definition. The term

‘‘community-based organization’’ as

defined in section 4(5) of the Job

Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.

1501(5)), means private nonprofit

organizations which are representative

of communities or significant segments

of communities and which provide job

training services.

a. For this solicitation the significant

segment of communities are

organizations that have demonstrated

experience administering programs that
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train and place women for

apprenticeable occupations or other

nontraditional occupations, including

CBOs that have also had policy and

publication experience in the area.

b. Community-Based Organizations,

for this competition, do not include for

profit or public entities such as, the Job

Training Partnership System, hospitals,

educational institutions—schools,

colleges and universities.

2. Community-Based Organizations:

Scope of Work. The Women’s Bureau is

seeking Community-Based

Organizations with a record of

accomplishment in the areas related to

increasing the employment of women in

apprenticeship and nontraditional

occupations.

a. CBOs will provide Technical

Assistance (TA) to employers, labor

unions, and nonunion labor

organizations to assist them in preparing

their workplaces to support and

promote women in apprenticeship

training and nontraditional occupations.

b. TA will include a variety of

activities to recruit, train, select, retain,

and promote women in apprenticeable

occupations and other nontraditional

occupations to promote workplace

change for women, increasing selfsufficiency for them and their families.

c. In addition to performing TA, CBOs

will be required to conduct workplace

feasibility study/examination to

produce a ‘‘plan of action’’ and to

describe/analyze project activity in a

manual or ‘‘how-to’’ at a professional

level.

3. Scope of CBO Technical Assistance

Activities—Key Features

CBOs’ technical assistance tasks

include, but are not limited to, the

following activities:

a. With TA request, develop outreach

and orientation sessions and services to

recruit women into the employers’

apprenticeable occupations and

nontraditional occupations;

b. With TA request, develop

preapprenticeable occupations or

nontraditional skills training to prepare

women for apprenticeable occupations

or nontraditional occupations

curriculum or employer supported

training;

c. With TA request, provide ongoing

orientations for employers, unions, and

workers on creating a successful

environment for women in

apprenticeable occupations or

nontraditional occupations;

d. With TA request, establish support

groups to facilitate nontraditional

occupation Networks for women on or

off the job site to improve job retention;

e. With TA request, establish a local

computerized data base referral network

to maintain a current list of

tradeswomen who are available for work

and employers and local labor unions

who have available job openings or

apprenticeship opportunities;

f. With TA request, develop

intervention strategies to address

workplace issues related to gender;

g. With TA request, provide liaison

structure between tradeswomen and

employers and tradeswomen and labor

unions to address workplace issues

related to gender;

h. With TA request, conduct exit

interviews with tradeswomen to

evaluate their on-the-job experience and

to assess the effectiveness of the

program; and

i. With TA request, develop front-end

feasibility (‘‘plan of action’’) and

assessment tools to evaluate the

effectiveness of the program to be used

by the customers; i.e., employers, labor

unions and other organizations.

4. Capabilities and Qualifications of

CBO and Staff Applicant CBOs are

asked to provide information on

organizational capacity, and experience;

and the qualifications of the principal

investigator(s) and staff who will

provide both the ‘‘hands on’’ services

and related technical written products

that describe the project activities in a

professional manner in the management

and staff loading plans. In addition,

applicant CBOs shall provide responses

to items a–e and their subparts listed

below:

a. Briefly describe and provide

resumes documenting the qualifications

of your organization’s principal

investigator (or technical assistance

provider) and related staff (human

resources) who will provide technical

assistance (also include staff responsible

for supporting research, analysis and

writing manual and/or ‘‘how-to’’

publication(s)).

Provide complete resumes in staff

loading section that describes the

qualifications of persons to provide

technical assistance in the area of

women in apprenticeship and

nontraditional occupations; include

both education and work experience.

Provide work references, to support

principal investigator and support staff

qualifications to provide technical

assistance in the area of women in

apprenticeship and nontraditional

occupations.

Briefly describe physical resource

facilities that support your

organization’s human resources delivery

of the technical assistance—book and

video library, conference rooms,

computer hardware and software, etc.

b. Briefly describe your organization’s

demonstrated experience in preparing

women to gain employment in

apprenticeable occupations or other

nontraditional occupations;

Briefly describe your organization’s

current services.

Describe your organization’s hourly or

fixed costs for a range of technical

assistance services provided by your

organization.

Describe your organization’s current

funding levels and sources of funds.

Describe your organization’s

experience and success in the provision

of services to women in preparing them

for gainful employment in

apprenticeable and other nontraditional

occupations.

Describe what your organization

would consider as its most outstanding

success over the last two years?

Provide customer references that

specifically support your organization’s

experience and qualifications to provide

technical assistance in the area of

women in apprenticeship and

nontraditional occupations.

c. Briefly describe your organization’s

experience in delivering technical

assistance.

Briefly describe the geographic

location of your organization’s technical

assistance services and any experience

in policy and/or written technical

publications, including ‘‘how-to.’’

Include (in the appendix) copies of

publications, such as, policy papers/

studies, manuals or ‘‘how-tos’’ and

feasibility studies related to women in

apprenticeship and nontraditional

occupations that your organization has

developed.

Briefly describe target groups of

women your organization has provided

recruitment, training, placement,

retention and promotion services; for

what types of occupations and

industries.

Briefly describe your organization’s

relationship with the Bureau of

Apprenticeship and Training or the

State Apprenticeship Committee.

d. Demonstrate experience working

with the business community to prepare

business to place women in

apprenticeable occupations or other

nontraditional occupations;

Briefly describe your organization’s

relationship and experience with

employers and labor unions who offer

apprenticeable and nontraditional

occupations.

Briefly describe the type(s) of

technical assistance to employers you

have provided previously by your

organization. What were the results of

these services.
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Provide business references to

support your work with the business

community to prepare business to place

women in apprenticeship and

nontraditional occupations.

Briefly list the employer and labor

unions for which your organization has

provided technical assistance.

e. List the tradeswomen or women in

nontraditional occupations as active

members of the organization, as either

employed staff or board members.

List name, trade, and organizational

position of tradeswomen and other

women in nontraditional occupations

on staff or on your organization’s Board

of Directors.

Include the dates when tradeswomen

served as active paid or unpaid

positions in your organization.

In addition all applications must also

include a management and staff loading

plan. The management plan is to

include a project organization chart and

accompanying narrative which

differentiates between elements of the

Applicant’s staff and subcontractors or

consultants who will be retained.

The staff loading plan must identify

all key tasks and the person-days

required to complete each task. Labor

estimates for each task must be broken

down by individuals assigned to the

task, including subcontractors and

consultants. All key tasks must be

charted to show time required to

perform them by months or weeks.

5. Use of Funds

The Technical Proposal of CBO

applicants shall describe both known

and anticipated expenditures that may

arise in the conduct of providing

technical assistance to and on

employers, union and nonunion labor

organization relevant to workplace

change for women in apprenticeship

and nontraditional occupations. The

Department is also interested in hearing

about any leverage activities anticipated

with WANTO funds.

a. List activities on which grant funds

will be expended.

b. List any leverage of funds activities

taken or anticipated with this grant—

any partnerships, linkages or

coordination of activities, combining of

streams of funding, etc.

c. List activities on which grants

funds will be expended by subgrantees

(if applicable).

6. Continuation of Activities

The Technical Proposal of CBO

applicants shall describe any

anticipated strategies proposed by them

to encourage and promote the

continuation or expansion of grant

activities beyond the grant’s period of

program performance.

a. Briefly describe your organization’s

approach to employers or unions/

nonunion organizations to continue

support for women in the workplace

after they are recruited, trained and

placed in apprenticeship and other

nontraditional occupations and after the

completion of this project.

b. Briefly describe how your

organization will approach employers or

unions/nonunion organizations to

incorporate technical assistance into

ongoing recruiting, training and

promotion of women in apprenticeships

and other nontraditional occupations

after the completion of this project.

G. Technical Assistance Requests

1. The Department is seeking

employers, labor unions and other

nonunion organizations who want to

receive technical assistance from the

community-based organizations with

grants to provide such assistance.

Requesting employers and union and

nonunion labor organizations should

submit technical assistance requests to

the Department of Labor, Attention: Lisa

Harvey, Office of Procurement Services,

Room S–5220, Reference SGA 95–02,

200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20210.

2. A sample copy of a request for

information is attached to this SGA,

although no special form is required as

long as the information indicated is

provided. The information requested for

technical assistance includes inquiries

1–8, listed below as (a)-(h), along with

your name, title, organization, address,

phone, FAX, employer or labor (union/

nonunion) affiliation, firm/

organizations’ industry and product:

a. Briefly describe your (firm/

organization’s experience in recruiting,

training and retraining women for

apprenticeship and other nontraditional

occupations.

b. Briefly describe your (firm/

organization’s) current or anticipated

need(s) for technical assistance (i.e.,

problem recruiting, training, and/or

retraining women in apprenticeship and

other nontraditional jobs.

c. Provide a description of the types

of apprenticeship or nontraditional

occupations your firm or organization

want to train and place women,

including women already in your

workplace and working at other jobs,

including pay and benefits.

d. How many jobs, also new

employment opportunities, will be

created in your workplace, and for what

occupations or apprenticeships, over the

next two to five years?

e. Briefly discuss the type of women

your firm or organizations wishes to

target or attract.

f. Assurance that there are or will be

suitable and appropriate positions

available—in your workplace or outside

economy—in apprenticeable

occupations programs or nontraditional

occupations targeted.

g. Commitment that reasonable effort

will be made to place qualified women

in apprenticeship and nontraditional

occupations.

h. Briefly describe your plans for the

development and maintenance of a

relationship with the State level of the

Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training.

3. Applicants who prefer to submit

the completed technical assistance

forms with their grant proposal shall

include them within a separate section

entitled ‘‘Section G.’’ This section shall

be attached to the end of the Technical

Proposal.

Part IV. Evaluation Criteria and

Selection

Applicants are advised that selection

for grant award is to be made after

careful evaluation of technical

applications by a panel. Each panelist

will evaluate applications against the

various criteria on the basis of 100

points. The scores will then serve as the

primary basis to select applications for

potential award. Clarification may be

requested of grant applicants if the

situation so warrants. Please see Part

III., Section B. for additional

information on the elements against

which proposal will be reviewed.

1. Technical Criteria: Points

a. Capabilities and Qualifications of CBO and Staff 60

b. Use of Funds .................... 20

c. Continuation of Activities 20

2. Cost Criteria:

Proposals will be scored,

based on their costs in relation to other proposals

submitted in response to

this SGA.

3. Total Score:

Technical quality of proposals will be weighted three

(3) times the estimated

price in ranking proposals, for purposes of selections for award.

Proposals received will be evaluated

by a review panel based on the criteria

immediately following. The panel’s

recommendations will be advisory, and

final awards will be made based on the

best interests of the Government,

including but not limited to such factors

as technical quality, geographic balance.

The Department wishes to make it

clear that it is not simply the best-
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written proposals that will be chosen,

but rather those which demonstrate the

greatest experience and commitment to

assisting business to successfully

recruit, train, and retain women in

apprenticeable occupations and

nontraditional occupations and to

expand the employment and selfsufficiency options of women.

During the technical panel evaluation

of all proposals and requests, the

Department will bring together CBO

qualifications and capabilities with

employers/labor unions and other

nonunion labor organizations requests

to develop final grant activities. In

addition, the Department will also

consider geographic coverage and

occupational/industrial impact in the

final TA grant awards, as well as

broadening coverage of different CBO

service providers.

Part V

A. Deliverables

(This section is provided only so that

grantees may more accurately estimate

the staffing budgetary requirements

when preparing their proposal.

Applicants are to exclude from their

cost proposal the cost of any requested

travel to Washington, D.C.)

1. No later than four (4) weeks after

award, the grantee shall meet with the

Women’s Bureau and the Bureau of

Apprenticeship and Training to discuss

technical assistance activities, timelines,

and technical assistance outcomes

assessment for comment and final

approval. At that time the grantee final

technical assistance requests and CBOs

will be matched. The CBO and the

Department will discuss and make

decisions on the following program

activities:

a. The number of employers and

union/nonunion labor unions to be

served.

b. The methodology to be used to

change management and employee

attitudes about women in nontraditional occupations.

c. The types of systemic change

anticipated by technical assistance

strategies anticipated to be incorporated

into employer on-going recruitment,

hiring, training and promotion of

women in apprenticeship and

apprenticeable nontraditional

occupations.

d. The occupational, industrial and

geographical impact anticipated.

e. The supportive services to be

provided to employers and women after

successful placement into

apprenticeship or apprenticeable

nontraditional occupations.

f. The plan for the development and

maintenance of a relationship with the

State level of the Federal Bureau of

Apprenticeship and Training.

The Women’s Bureau and the Bureau

of Apprenticeship and Training will

provide input orally and in writing, if

necessary, within ten (10) working days

after the meeting.

3. No later than twelve (12) weeks

after award, the grantee shall begin the

program of technical assistance to

employers and labor unions to recruit,

promote and retain women in

apprenticeable occupations and other

nontraditional training for women,

characterized by employment growth

and above average earnings.

4. No later than sixteen (16) weeks

after award, the first quarterly progress

report of work done under this grant

will be due. Thereafter, quarterly reports

will be due ten (10) working days after

the end of each of the three remaining

quarters.

Quarterly progress reports should

include:

a. A description of overall progress on

work performed during the reporting

period, including (1) number and

profiles of employers, union and

nonunion labor organizations provided

technical assistance during the period;

(2) systemic workplace and policy

changes—actual or in process; (3) public

presentations; (4) media articles or

appearances; (5) publications

disseminated and (6) publications

developed.

b. An indication of any current

problems which may impede

performance and the proposed

corrective action.

c. A discussion of work to be

performed during the next reporting

period.

Between scheduled reporting dates

the grantee shall also immediately

inform the Grant Officer’s Technical

Representative of significant

developments affecting the grantee’s

ability to accomplish the work.

5. No later than fifty-two (52) weeks

after award, the grantee shall submit,

one (1) camera ready copy and one (1)

diskette (IBM compatible; WordPerfect

5.1), an integrated draft report of the

process and results of the technical

assistance activities during the year. The

Women’s Bureau and the Bureau of

Apprenticeship and Training will

provide written comments on the draft

report within twenty (20) working days

if substantive problems are identified.

The grantee’s response to these

comments shall be incorporated into the

final report.

6. No later than sixty-four (64) weeks

after award, the grantee shall submit one

(1) camera ready copy and one (1)

diskette (IBM compatible, WordPerfect

5.1) of the final report. The report shall

cover findings, final performance data,

outcome results and assessment, and

employer or labor union plans for

follow-up of participants. Copies of

technical assistance curricula shall be

included, as well as any plans for

replication and dissemination of

information. An Executive Summary of

the findings and recommendations, if

any, shall either be included in the

report or accompany the report.

Signed at Washington, D.C. on May 3,

1995.

Lawrence J. Kuss,

Grants Officer.

Appendices

Appendix A—Application for

Technical Assistance

Women in Apprenticeship and

Nontraditional Occupations (WA–NTO)

WOMEN’S BUREAU

BUREAU OF APPRENTICESHIP AND

TRAINING

The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking

employers and labor unions who want and

would benefit from receiving Technical

Assistance (TA) in their outreach and

recruitment training and retention of women

in apprenticeship and apprenticeable

nontraditional occupations. The object of the

technical assistance is both to promote the

self-sufficiency of women and to promote a

skilled and stable workforce for employers

and labor unions.

TA will be provided by community-based

organizations (CBOs) with experience and

DOL grants to provide such TA. The U.S.

Department will match employer or labor

unions with CBOs or CBOs can submit

employers and/or labor unions with their

response to the SGA. All Technical

Assistance Requests should be received at the

address below by September 8, 1995.

Please complete this application and mail

it to: Office of Procurement Services, Room

S–5220, Reference SGA—95–02, U.S.

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,

Attention: Lisa Harvey.

1. Name and Title of Applicant:

lllllllllllllllllllll

2. Name of Organization:

lllllllllllllllllllll

3. Industry and Product:

lllllllllllllllllllll

4. Check Affiliation:

Employer:

lllllllllllllllllllll

Labor Union & related:

lllllllllllllllllllll

5. Address:

lllllllllllllllllllll

6. Telephone:

lllllllllllllllllllll

7. Fax:

lllllllllllllllllllll

8. Briefly describe your (firm/

organization’s experience in recruiting,
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training and retraining women for

apprenticeship and other nontraditional

occupations.

9. Briefly describe your (firm/

organization’s) current or anticipated need(s)

for technical assistance (i.e., problem

recruiting, training, and/or retraining women

in apprenticeship and other nontraditional

jobs.

10. Provide a description of the types of

apprenticeship or nontraditional occupations

your firm or organization want to train and

place women, including women already in

your workplace and working at other jobs,

including pay and benefits.

11. How many jobs, also new employment

opportunities, will be created in your

workplace, and for what occupations or

apprenticeships, over the next two to five

years?

12. Briefly discuss the type of women your

firm or organizations wishes to target or

attract.

13. Assurance that there are or will be

suitable and appropriate positions

available—in your workplace or outside

economy—in apprenticeable occupations

programs or nontraditional occupations

targeted.

14. Commitment that reasonable effort will

be made to place qualified women in

apprenticeship and nontraditional

occupations.

15. Briefly describe your plans for the

development and maintenance of a

relationship with the State level of the

Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training.

lllllllllllllllllllll

Signature

lllllllllllllllllllll

Date

Appendix B—Assurances and

Certifications Signature Page

The Department of Labor will not award a

grant or agreement where the grantee/

recipient has failed to accept the

ASSURANCES AND CERTIFICATIONS

contained in this section. By signing and

returning this signature page, the grantee/

recipient is providing the certifications set

forth below:

A. Assurances—Non-Construction

Programs

B. Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and

Voluntary Exclusion—Lower Tier

Transaction

C. Certifications Regarding Lobbying:

Debarment, Suspension, Drug-Free

Workplace

D. Certification of Release of Information

E. Nondiscrimination and Equal

Opportunity Requirements of JTPA

Applicant Name:

lllllllllllllllllllll

Date: llll

If there is any reason why one of the

assurances or certifications listed cannot be

signed, please explain. Applicant need only

submit and return this signature page with

the grant application. All other instructions

shall be kept on file by the applicant.

lllllllllllllllllllll

Signature of Authorized Certifying Official

lllllllllllllllllllll

Applicant Organization

lllllllllllllllllllll

Title

lllllllllllllllllllll

Date Submitted

Please Note: This signature page and any

pertinent attachments which may be required

by these assurances and certifications shall

be attached to the applicant’s Cost Proposal.

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Instructions for the SF 424

This is a standard form used by applicants

as a required facesheet for preapplications

and applications submitted for Federal

assistance. It will be used by Federal agencies

to obtain applicant certification that States

which have established a review and

comment procedure in response to Executive

Order 12372 and have selected the program

to be included in their process, have been

given an opportunity to review the

applicant’s submission.

Item and Entry

1. Self-explanatory.

2. Date application submitted to Federal

agency (or State if applicable) & applicant’s

control number (if applicable).

3. State use only (if applicable).

4. If this application is to continue or

revise an existing award, enter present

Federal identifier number. If for a new

project, leave blank.

5. Legal name of applicant, name of

primary organizational unit which will

undertake the assistance activity, complete

address of the applicant, and name and

telephone number of the person to contact on

matters related to this application.

6. Enter Employer Identification Number

(EIN) as assigned by the Internal Revenue

Service.

7. Enter the appropriate letter in the space

provided.

8. Check appropriate box and enter

appropriate letter(s) in the space(s) provided:

—‘‘New’’ means a new assistance award.

—‘‘Continuation’’ means an extension for an

additional funding/budget period for a

project with a projected completion date.

—‘‘Revision’’ means any change in the

Federal Government’s financial obligation

or contingent liability from an existing

obligation.

9. Name of Federal agency from which

assistance is being requested with this

application.

10. Use the Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number and title of the program

under which assistance is requested.

11. Enter a brief descriptive title of the

project. If more than one program is

involved, you should append an explanation

on a separate sheet. If appropriate (e.g.,

construction or real property projects), attach

a map showing project location. For

preapplications, use a separate sheet to

provide a summary description of this

project.

12. List only the largest political entities

affected (e.g., State, counties, cities).

13. Self-explanatory.

14. List the applicant’s Congressional

District and any District(s) affected by the

program or project.

15. Amount requested or to be contributed

during the first funding/budget period by

each contributor. Value of in-kind

contributions should be included on

appropriate lines as applicable. If the action

will result in a dollar change to an existing

award, indicate only the amount of the

change. For decreases, enclose the amounts

in parentheses. If both basic and

supplemental amounts are included, show

breakdown on an attached sheet. For

multiple program funding, use totals and

show breakdown using same categories as

item 15.

16. Applicants should contact the State

Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for Federal

Executive Order 12372 to determine whether

the application is subject to the State

intergovernmental review process.

17. This question applies to the applicant

organization, not the person who signs as the

authorized representative. Categories of debt

include delinquent audit disallowances,

loans and taxes.

18. To be signed by the authorized

representative of the applicant. A copy of the

governing body’s authorization for you to

sign this application as official representative

must be on file in the applicant’s office.

(Certain Federal agencies may require that

this authorization be submitted as part of the

application.)

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