20A - LABOR TECHNICAL SIKLLS TRAINNING GRANT

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If applicants encounter a problem with Grants.gov and do not find an answer in any of the other resources, call 1- 800 - 518- 4726'to speak to a Customer Support Representative or email "sup port(bgrants.,q '. The - Contact Center is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It is closed on Federal holidays. Late Applications: For applications submitted on Grants.gov, only applications that have been successfully submitted no later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing date and then successfully validated will 'be considered. Applicants take a significant risk by waiting to the last day to submit by Grants.gov. Any hard copy application received after the exact date and time specified for receipt at the office designated in this notice will not be considered, unless it is received before awards are made, it was properly addressed, and It was: (a) sent by U.S. Postal Service mail, postmarked not later than the fifth calendar day before the date specified for receipt of applications (e.g., an application required to be received by the 20th of the month must be postmarked by the 15th of that month); or.(b) sent by professional overnight delivery service to the addressee not later than one working day before the date specified for receipt of applications. "Postmarked" means a printed, stamped or otherwise placed impression ------ (e- xelusive -of a-- post - age - meter - machine- impression) -that is- readily - identifiable,- without further - - - - --- action, as having been supplied or affixed on the date of mailing by an employee of the U.S. Postal Service Therefore, applicants should request the postal clerk to place a legible hand _ cancellation "bull's eye" postmark on both the receipt and the package. Failure to adhere to these Instructions will be a basis for a determination that the application was not filed timely and . will not be considered. Evidence of timely submission by a professional overnight delivery service must be demonstrated by equally reliable evidence created by the delivery service provider indicating the time and place of receipt. D. Intergovernmental Review This funding opportunity is not subject to Executive Order 12372, "intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." E. Funding Restrictions All proposal costs.must be necessary and reasonable and in accordance with Federal guidelines.. Determinations of•allowable costs will be made in accordance with the applicable Federal cost principles. Disallowed costs are those charges to a grant that the grantor agency or its representative determines not to be allowed in accordance with the applicable Federal cost principles or other conditions contained in the grant. Applicants, whether successful or not, will not be entitled to reimbursement of pre -award costs. ; 1. Indirect Costs As specified in OMB Circular Cost Principles, codified in the Code of Federal Regulations'(CFR) and listed in Section VI.B, indirect costs are those that have been incurred for common or joint objectives and cannot be readily identified with a particular final cost objective. An indirect cost rate (ICR) is required when an organization - operates under more than one grant or other activity, whether Federally- assisted or not. Organizations must use the ICR supplied by the Federal Cognizant Agency. If an organization requires a new ICR or has a pending ICR, the Grant Officer will award p temporary billing rate for 90 days until a provisional rate can be issued. This rate Is based on the fact that an organization has not established an ICR agreement. Within this 90 day period, the organization must submit an acceptable Indirect cost proposal to their Federal Cognizant Agency to obtain a provisional ICR. 15 20A -26