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shipment ratio than crude oil which

currently is over 100 percent of U.S.

domestic shipments.

The Department’s denial was based

on the fact that sales and production of

gasoline and total refined petroleum

products increased in the first nine

months of 1994 compared to the same

period in 1993. No customer survey was

conducted since the company sells

everything that it produces and there

were no declining customers. Further,

the company does not import refined

petroleum.

Worker separations occurred in late

1994 and were mainly salaried workers.

These workers were laid off because of

a corporate reorganization. Production

workers increased in the first nine

months of 1994 compared to the same

period in 1993.

U.S. imports of refined petroleum

products decreased absolutely and

relative to domestic shipments in 1992

compared to 1991 and in 1993

compared to 1992. U.S. imports of

refined petroleum products accounted

for only seven percent of domestic

shipments in 1993.

Conclusion

After review of the application and

investigative findings, I conclude that

there has been no error or

misinterpretation of the law or of the

facts which would justify

reconsideration of the Department of

Labor’s prior decision. Accordingly, the

application is denied.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 28th day

of February, 1995.

Victor J. Trunzo,

Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment

Services, Office of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

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Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA),

Title IV–D, Demonstration Program:

Diversity in Apprenticeship

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration, DOL.

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds

and Solicitation for Grant Application

(SGA).

SUMMARY: All information required to

submit a proposal is contained in this

announcement. The U.S. Department of

Labor (DOL), Employment and Training

Administration (ETA), announces a

grant competition for a demonstration

program using Title IV–D funds of the

Job Training Partnership Act. ETA

expects to award between three (3) and

five (5) grants to Community Based

Organizations (CBOs) to provide

technical assistance to employers, labor

unions, and/or labor organizations

which will encourage the voluntary

promotion, recruitment, selection,

training, and retention of minorities, in

apprenticeable occupations with low

minority ratios.

This notice describes the background,

the application process, Statement of

Work, evaluation criteria and reporting

requirements. ETA anticipates that up to

$750,000 will be available for the

demonstration funding. The Bureau of

Apprenticeship and Training (BAT),

will provide the policy leadership in

this project. BAT assists industry and

business by developing and improving

apprenticeship and training programs to

provide skilled American workers in a

globally competitive market.

DATES: Applications for grant awards

will be accepted commencing May 1,

1995 at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) at the

address below.

ADDRESSES: Applications shall be

mailed to: U.S.Department of Labor,

Employment and Training

Administration, Division of Acquisition

and Assistance, Attention: Charlotte

Adams, Reference: SGA/DAA 95–004,

Room S4203, 200 Constitution Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Charlotte Adams, Division of

Acquisition and Assistance, Telephone:

(202) 219–8702 (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 reporting requirements.

Part I. Background

BAT carries out the objectives of the

National Apprenticeship Act of 1937, by

assisting industry and business develop

and improve apprenticeship and

training programs to provide skilled

workers. BAT registers apprentices and

apprenticeship programs in 23 States,

Guam, and other Pacific Islands; it also

provides technical assistance to State

Apprenticeship Councils (SACs) in the

remaining 27 States, District of

Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin

Islands.

Since 1964, the Bureau of

Apprenticeship and Training has

promoted equal opportunity in

apprenticeship for minorities. As of

1972, apprenticeship program sponsors

have been required to take affirmative

action in the recruitment and selection

of apprentices to achieve the same

representation in apprenticeship as in

local labor market areas. Program

sponsors (employers, or employers with

unions) are not required to attain

specific goals and timetables, but they

are expected to make good faith efforts

toward the attainment of their goals and

timetables. Despite the substantial

increase in the percentage of minorities

in apprenticeship over the past 20 years,

the degree of occupational integration

can be improved according to the

General Accounting Office study (GAO/

HRD 92–45). For some sponsors,

successful recruitment, training, and

retention of minorities may require

technical assistance from CBOs that

have experience preparing minorities

for apprenticeship. The purpose of this

project is to design and provide that

technical assistance to program

sponsors such as employers/labor

unions and groups to improve the

opportunities for minorities to enter

apprenticeship in high wage

occupations that have a significantly

lower percentage of minority

participation. Examples of such

occupations includes tool and die

maker, machinist, line repairer, and

machine repairer. The project further

aims to be a researched based,

voluntary, partnership approach to

examining and resolving the issues.

A. Authorities

Part IV–D of the Job Training

Partnership Act authorizes the use of

funds for pilot and demonstration

projects. The Department relies on

applicants for grants to comply with all

Federal and State laws in setting up

their programs.

B. Purpose of the Demonstration

This demonstration program intends

that CBOs develop systematic

approaches for providing technical

assistance to employers, labor unions,

and labor organizations to enhance

minority representation in occupations

with low minority representation, 20%

or less. Minorities constitute about 20

percent of the civilian labor force. (See

appendix A. for a listing of major

occupations and minority participation.)

Further, CBOs designing this project

will strive to integrate information,

resources, and results with grantees of

the ‘‘Women in Apprenticeship and

Nontraditional Occupations’’ (WA–
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NTO) Act; the purpose of WA–NTO is

to provide technical assistance to

employers and labor unions to

encourage the employment of women in

apprenticeable occupations and other

nontraditional occupations. (See

appendix B for WA–NTO grantees and

locations.)

Part II. Application Process

A. Eligible Applicants

Community Based organizations

(CBOs) are eligible applicants to receive

technical assistance grants.

Definitions: 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

are capable of providing technical

assistance (TA) for minorities for

apprenticeship and nontraditional

occupations.

Employers, and/or Labor Unions (E/

LUs) employee organizations are eligible

to be selected to receive TA provided by

CBOs. If they wish to receive technical

assistance, employers and labor unions

must submit a technical assistance

request sheet to the cognizant CBO. (see

appendix C.) CBOs are requested to

solicit TA requests from appropriate

employers, labor unions/organizations.

Registered apprenticeship agency

means the Bureau of Apprenticeship

and Training in the United States

Department of Labor or a State

Apprenticeship Council recognized and

approved by the Bureau of

Apprenticeship and Training as the

appropriate body for State registration

or approval of local apprenticeship

programs and agreements for Federal

purposes.

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 three to five years—the

apprentice is awarded a certificate of

completion by either the BAT or SAC

agency.

B. Contents

An original and three (3) copies of the

proposal shall be submitted. The

proposal shall consist of two (2)

separate and distinct parts—Part I, the

financial Proposal, and Part II, the

Technical Proposal.

1. Financial Proposal—The Financial

Proposal, Part I, shall contain the SF–

424, ‘‘Application for Federal

Assistance’’ (Appendix No. D), and SF

424–A, ‘‘Budget’’ (Appendix No. E). The

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

number is 17.201. The budget shall

include on separate pages: a cost

analysis of the budget, identifying in

detail the amount of each budget line

item attributable to each of the major

cost categories for funds requested

through this grant; and identification of

the amount of each budget line item

which will be covered by other funds,

and the sources of those funds

(including employer funds, in-kind

resources, secured and unsecured loans,

grants, and other forms of assistance,

public and private); and a justification

for the average cost of technical service

per person.

Federal funds may not be used for

acquisition of production equipment.

The only type of equipment that may be

acquired with Federal funds is

equipment necessary for the operation

of the grant. In the instance of a

purchase, the cost of the equipment is

to be prorated over the projected life of

the equipment to determine the cost to

the grant.

Applicants may budget limited

amounts of grant funds to work with

technical expert(s) to provide advice

and develop more complete project

plans.

2. Technical Proposal—The technical

proposal shall demonstrate the offeror’s

capabilities in accordance with the

Statement of Work in Part III of this

solicitation. No cost data or reference to

price shall be included in the technical

proposal.

C. Submission

A DOL/ETA panel will evaluate grant

applications after the closing date of this

solicitation. Incomplete or nonresponsive proposals may be returned

without evaluation. An application will

be reviewed based upon the overall

responsiveness of the application’s

content to the submission requirements

and to the selection criteria found in

Part IV, talking into consideration the

extent to which funds are available.

D. Hand-Delivered Proposals

Proposals should be mailed at least

five (5) days prior to the closing date for

the receipt of applications. However, if

proposals are hand-delivered, they shall

be received at the designated place by

2 p.m., Eastern Time on the closing date

for receipt of applications. All overnight

mail will be considered to be handdelivered and must be received at the

designated place by the specified time

and closing date. Telegraphed and/or

faxed proposals will not be honored.

Failure to adhere to the above

instructions will be a basis for a

determination of non-responsiveness.

E. Late Proposals

Any proposal received at the office

designated in the solicitation after the

exact time specified for receipt will not

be considered unless it:

(1) Was sent by the U.S. Postal Service

registered or certified mail not later than

the fifth calendar day before the date

specified for receipt of the application

(e.g., an offer submitted in response to

a solicitation requiring receipt of

applications by the 5th of May must

have been mailed by the 1st of May); or

(2) Was sent by U.S. Postal Service

Express Mail Next Day Service—Post

Office to Addresses, not later than 5

p.m. at the place of mailing two working

days prior to the date specified for

receipt of proposals. The term ‘‘working

days’’ excludes weekends and U.S.

Federal holidays.

The only acceptable evidence to

establish the date of mailing of a late

proposal sent either by the U.S. Postal

Service registered or certified mail is the

U.S. postmark both on the envelope or

wrapper and on the original receipt

from the U.S. Postal Service. Both

postmarks must show a legible date or

the proposal shall be processed as if

mailed late. ‘‘Postmark’’ means a

printed, stamped, or otherwise placed

impression (exclusive of a postage meter

machine impression) that is readily

identifiable without further action as

having been supplied and affixed by

employees of the U.S. Postal Service on

the date of mailing. Therefore,

applicants should request the postal

clerk to 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 date of mailing of a late

proposal sent by ‘‘Express Mail Next

Day Service—Post Office to Addresses’’

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

both the envelope and wrapper and on

the original receipt from the U.S. Postal

Service. ‘‘Postmark’’ has the same

meaning as defined above. Therefore,

applicants should request the postal

clerk to place a legible hand

cancellation ‘‘bull’s eye’’ postmark on
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both the receipt and the envelope or

wrapper.

F. Withdrawal of Proposals

Proposals may be withdrawn by

written notice or telegram (including

mailgram) received at any time before

award. Proposals may be withdrawn in

person or by an applicant or an

authorized representative thereof, if the

representative’s identity is made known

and the representative signs a receipt for

the proposal before a grant award is

executed.

G. Period of Performance

The period of performance will be 18

months, from the date of notice of grant

approval.

H. Funding

DOL has set aside up to $750,000 to

be disbursed, contingent upon resources

being available for this purpose. ETA

expects that grant awards will range

from $150,000 to $250,000, with no

award in excess of $250,000 each.

I. Grant Period and Option to Extend

Projects are to include 18 months of

performance, with the option to extend

for up to three months as a no cost

extension to complete final reports.

Applications must clearly describe

project activities to be undertaken and

goals to be achieved during the grant

period.

J. Page Count Limit

Technical proposals are to be limited

to approximately 15 single-side pages,

single-spaced, size 10 font. (not

including attachments).

Part III. State of Work

Each application must include in the

appropriate section (s): (1) Information

that responds to the requirements in this

part; and (2) other information the

offeror believes will address the

selection criteria identified in Part IV.

Each application should follow the

format outlined here:

A. Target Group

The CBOs primary target groups are

the employers, labor unions, and labor

organizations, who would sponsor

minorities in apprenticeship

opportunities. Related to the primary

group are those groups which may affect

the recruitment, selection, training, and

completion of apprenticeships. The

secondary target includes minorities

and/or minority organization who have

an interest in a high skilled high wage

apprenticeship opportunity. The

potential opportunities may be defined

by (a) employment growth as noted in

appendix table F1. Employment,

Projected Change in Employment 1992–

2005, and Median Weekly Earnings for

Occupations With at Least 250

Registered Apprentices on September

30, 1994. (Source: Bureau of Labor

Statistics; (b) distribution of registered

apprentices by occupations, sex, race/

ethnicity, appendix A; and (c)

Distribution of 1994 Cohort Apprentices

by State, Sex, Race/Ethnicity, appendix

F2. To enhance the geographical

distribution and impact, the project

encourages integrating with locations

where the WA–NTO grantees are

operating; it further encourages working

relationships with relevant

Administration initiatives such as ‘‘One

Stop Career Center Pilots’’ operating in

nine States, Job Corp, Job Service,

School to Work, and Vocational

Education projects.

B. Components of the Program

The design and components of the

demonstration project must support the

project purpose; CBOs would be

expected to function as a professional

consultant, working with employers to

jointly assess the sponsor’s recruitment,

selection, and retention approaches and

results to determine issues and

problems. These joint assessments and

findings will spotlight what areas

involving pre-apprenticeship,

apprenticeship, and post-apprenticeship

that need addressing. CBOs should

identify and provide a general

description of: (1) Design, (b) processes,

and (c) components of technical

assistance, which may include as

appropriate, but not limited to:

(1) Assessments instruments,

measures, and approaches suitable for

determining base line measures and

user needs;

(2) Outreach and orientation strategies

and services to recruit minorities into

the employers’ apprenticeable

occupations;

(3) Outreach and recruitment

strategies to ensure the participation of

employers and/or labor unions labor

organizations for apprenticeship and

nontraditional occupations

opportunities for minorities;

(4) Support groups to facilitate

developing new networks for employers

and labor unions/organization for

minorities interested high skilled

apprenticeable occupations;

(5) Local computerized data base

referral system for employer/labor

unions information; this can include

current lists of minority tradepersons

who are available mentoring young

minorities, companies with high skilled

occupations, and linkups with schools/

groups preparing students for high tech

high skilled occupations.

(6) Models and systems for programs

which have been successful providing

apprenticeship training and technical

assistance for minorities in high skilled

occupations; and

(7) Innovative technical assistance

i.e., information brokering such as

linkages to supporting projects i.e., Job

Corp, WA–NTO, School to Work, One

Stop Career Centers, which the CBOs

deem necessary and helpful to meet the

project’s purpose.

(8) A modest evaluation, based on

objectives and measures, after

completion.

In addition, CBOs should identify

relevant research or experience that

supports effectiveness of their design

and components.

C. Administration Management and

Continuity

Identify the management structure,

and demonstrate the means to ensure

accountability for performance. Provide

a description of the process and

procedures to be used to obtain

feedback from participants and other

appropriate parties on the

responsiveness and effectiveness of the

services provided. The description

should include an identification of the

types of information to be obtained, the

method(s) and frequency of data

collection, and how the information will

be used in implementing and managing

the project. The grantees may employ

focus groups and surveys, in addition to

other methods, to collect information

necessary to design the appropriate

technical assistance.

D. Use of Existing Services and

Resources

To leverage related resources, identify

specific sources and amounts of other

funds which will be used, in addition to

funds provided through this grant.

E. Coordination and Linkages

A description of the consultation with

relevant partners in developing project

design and implementation. Working

relationships with grantees from the

WA–NTO project, One Stop Career

Center, School to Work, and related

complementary projects and pilots

would strengthen the proposal.

F. Participant Services

A description of the services to be

available and/or provided to workers

who are project participants. From the

joint assessment, a program design flow

chart would be helpful to determine

what kinds of TA/or related services

would be provided to the employers,
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labor union/organization, which affects

minorities entry into high skilled

occupation.

G. Outcomes

Provide a description of the project

outcomes, measures of outcomes, and

planned achievement levels, that will be

used to determine the success of the

project. These outcomes and measures

should include, but are not limited to:

(1) A system or model that identifies

employers, labor unions/organizations,

minorities, and relevant partners

(schools, organizations, etc.) working

successfully with minorities/groups to

recruit, select, train, and complete in

skilled high paying apprenticeship

opportunities;

(2) A model which describes what

kinds of technical assistance are best

related to successful recruitment,

selection, and completion of minorities

in high paying apprenticeship

opportunities within a labor market

area;

(3) Findings and/or evidence that

employers, labor unions, labor

organizations found the CBO provided

technical assistance helpful and to an

extent may be incorporated into the

respective sponsors’ policies,

procedures, and information network.

(4) Other measurable performance

based outcomes relevant to the purpose

of the project, and agreed to by the

project director and grantee.

H. Replicability

Include a description of how the

demonstration project could be

replicated in other geographic regions.

I. Definitions

Unless otherwise indicated in this

announcement, definitions of terms

used herein shall be those definitions

found in the Job Training Partnership

Act, as amended.

J. Allowable Activities

Grant funds awarded under this

demonstration may be used to fund staff

salaries, benefits, and non-personal

services normally identified with

consulting services such as travel,

communication, facilities costs,

printing, etc., as defined on the budget

submission.

Part IV. Evaluation Criteria

Prospective offerors are advised that

the selection of grantee(s) for award is

to be made after careful evaluation of

proposals by a panel selected by DOL.

Panelists will evaluate the proposals

based on the various factors enumerated

below.

Evaluations will be made on the basis

of what the proposed offeror intends to

do during the grant period, and on the

usefulness of the demonstration after

the end of the grant period. Special

consideration will be given to

applicants who demonstrate

coordination efforts between

employer(s) and workers to oversee the

implementation.

The Department relies on CBO grant

applicants to comply with all Federal

and State laws in setting up their

programs. No grant funds will be

awarded for CBO capacity building that

is not directly related to the delivery of

services to complete a technical

assistance request.

A. Technical Evaluation (80%)

CBOs should address the following

requirements:

1. Describe your organization’s staff

experience, services provided (type and

for whom), and funding for those

services; (15%)

2. Describe your organization’s

experience in assessing minority

employment and training issues with

employers, labor unions/organizations:

include assessment instruments,

measures, and general approaches;

(15%)

3. Describe your organization’s

experience in building upon research

and previous experiences to determine

feasible creative options in using

technical assistance to address sensitive

employment and training issues; (15%)

4. Describe your experiences in

working with federal/state and public

sector employment and training

initiatives and programs in general and

specifically with minorities; include

leveraging related project resources.

(15%).

5. Describe your management

structure and accountability systems/

processes to assure the project is well

planned, executive, and reviewed/

evaluated. (10%)

6. Describe briefly, if selected,

describe how the funds would be

allocated in designing the project and

components. (10%).

B. Cost Evaluation (20%)

CBOs must include a discussion of

the cost of the projects versus the

expected benefits and outcomes of the

project. Major benefits would include

employers, labor unions/organizations

reviewing present procedures and

willing to developing new approaches

based upon the experience of this TA

demonstration project. Also include

brief justification of the budget.

Discussions may be necessary with the

applicants to clarify any inconsistencies

in their applications.

C. Selection

ETA will consider geographic

diversity and occupational impact in

making grant awards to CBO’s. ETA will

make only one grant per CBO with or

without multiple service providers or

sub-contractors. The final decision on

the award will be based on what is most

advantageous to the Federal

Government as determined by the ETA

Grant Officer.

Part V. Reporting Requirements

A. Short descriptive quarterly report,

due 30 days following the reporting

quarter; format will be agreed to by

grantees/grant officer.

B. Standard Form 269, Financial

Status Report Form;

C. Final Project Report, including

project assessment, approximately 5

pages, within 45 days of project

completion.

Signed at Washington, DC, the 13th day of

March 1995.

Janice E. Perry,

Grant Officer, Division of Acquisition and

Assistance.

Appendices

A. Distribution of Registered Apprentices by

Occupation, Sex and Race/Ethnicity as of

September 30, 1994

B. Women in Apprenticeship and NonTraditional Occupations (WA–NTO)

Grantees

C. Technical Assistance Request Form

D. Application for Federal Assistance (S.F.

424)

E. Budget Form (Standard Form 424–A)

F1. Total Apprentices, 1992 Employment,

Protected Change in Employment 1992–

2005, and Median Weekly Earnings for

Occupations with at Least 250 Registered

Apprentices on September 30, 1994

F2. Distribution of 1994 Cohort Sex and

Race/Ethnicity Apprentice Groups

Across States

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