[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
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Job Training Partnership Act, Title IV-D, Demonstration Program: Women 
in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations; Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 90 / Wednesday, May 10, 1995 / 
Notices  
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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).

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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 x114)
    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 [[Page 25109]] 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 
Community-Based 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 community-
based 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 Non-Federal 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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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 sub-contractors. 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 Community- 
Based 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 [[Page 25111]] 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 self-sufficiency 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 
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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- [[Page 25113]] 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 self-sufficiency 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 non- traditional 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:

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2. Name of Organization:

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3. Industry and Product:

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4. Check Affiliation:
    Employer:

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    Labor Union & related:

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5. Address:

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6. Telephone:

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7. Fax:

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    8. Briefly describe your (firm/organization's experience in 
recruiting, [[Page 25114]] 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.
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Signature

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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:

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Date: ________

    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.
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Signature of Authorized Certifying Official

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Applicant Organization

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Title

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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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