20A - LABOR TECHNICAL SIKLLS TRAINNING GRANT

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® Ad scription of systems in place for tracking the participant characteristics and services provided to participants, the a{tainment of skills and the employment outcomes of participants throughout the life of the grant, including a description of how the applicant will collect data on employment outcomes of participants. B. Review.and Selection Process Applications for grant awards will be accepted immediately upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register with two .closing dates of June 2, 2011 and November 17, 2011. It is anticipated that review panels will convene to evaluate applications approximately 60 days after these two closing dates. Applications that focus on OJT will be reviewed separately from applications that focus on other training strategies. A technical review panel will carefully evaluate applications against the selection criteria. These criteria are based on the policy goals, priorities, and emphases set forth in this. SGA. Up to 100 points maybe awarded to an application, depending on the quality of the responses to the required information described in Section V.A. Applications that propose to implement OJT will be reviewed with other OJT applications, and applications that focus on other training strategies will be paneled with those proposing -to- implement- other - training- stl -ategies. — The ranked scores will serve as the primary basis for selection of applications for funding, in conjunction with other factors such as urban, rural, and geographic balance; balance across the allowable training strategies and activities under this SGA; balance across high - growth industries.and occupations targeted through this SGA, including emphasis on the health care industry; emphasis on serving long -term unemployed Individuals; the availability of funds; and which proposals are most advantageous to the government. The panel results are advisory in nature and not binding on the Grant Officer. The Grant Officer may consider any information that comes to his /her attention.. The government may elect to award the grant(s) with or without discussions with the applicant. Should a grant be awarded without discussions, the award will be executed based on the applicant's signature on the SF -424, including electronic signature via E- Authentication oin htip: / /www.gtgnts.gov, which constitutes a binding offer by the applicant. Section VI. Award Administration Information A. Award Notices All award notifications will be posted on the ETA Homepage (http : / /www.doleta.gov). Applicants selected for award will be contacted directly before the grant's execution. Non - selected applicants will be notified by mail or email and may request a written debriefing on the significant weaknesses of their proposal. Selection of an organization as a grantee does not constitute approval of the grant application as submitted. Before the actual grant is awarded, ETA may enter into negotiations about such,items as program components, staffing and funding levels, and administrative systems in place to support, grant implementation. if the negotiations do not result in a mutually acceptable submission, the Grant Officer reserves the right to terminate the negotiations and decline to fund the application. DOL reserves the right to not fund any application related to this SGA. B. Administrative and National Policy Requirements 1'. Administrative Program Requirements All grantees will be subject to all applicable Federal laws, regulations, and the applicable OMB Circulars. The grant(s) awarded under this SGA will be subject to the following administrative standards and provisions: i. Non - Profit Organizations - OMB Circular A -122 (Cost Principles), codified at 2 CFR Part 230, and 29 CFR Part 95 (Administrative Requirements) 24 20A -35