Tribal Technical Assistance Program (TTAP) Center

NOFO Amendment A00005 (dated 3/31/2022): The purpose of this amendment is to extend the submission deadline for applications in response to this opportunity from 3/25/2022 to 5/2/2022 at 11:59PM.

Important note: Any applicants that submitted applications in accordance with the previous deadline do not need to resubmit those applications. FHWA is in possession of those applications previously submitted. However, those applicants may elect to submit revised versions of those applications, should they wish to change any portion of them. Should an applicant elect to submit a revised application, those applicants must notate that in the revised documents. Otherwise, FHWA will evaluate the previously-received applications from those entities.

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NOFO Amendment A00004 (dated 2/23/2022): Amendment 4, including the Q&A from the informational webinar and the links to the webinar's recordings (with and without transcript), has been posted to the "RELATED DOCUMENTS" tab of the TTAP NOFO. A total of 2 new documents are included via this amendment.

Those documents are as follows:

1) Amendment 4 - NOFO No. 693JJ322NF00006 - TTAP - Final

2) NOFO 693JJ322NF00006 - Q&A from TTAP Informational Webinar

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NOFO Amendment A00003 (dated 2/18/2022): The purpose of this amendment is to revise the requirements under Section 2.1.3 Part III – Experience, contained in Section D -- Application & Submission Information. Please see the "RELATED ATTACHMENTS" tab for more details and the full description of Amendment 3.

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NOFO Amendment A00002 (dated 2/4/2022): The purpose of this amendment is to provide final date/time information, as well as call-in & login information for the NOFO's informational webinar. The webinar will be held on 2/22/2022 from 1:00PM - 2:30PM (Eastern), and will be hosted via ZoomGov. Details can be found in the "Related Documents" tab for this opportunity within the document titled "Amendment 2 - NOFO No. 693JJ322NF00006 - TTAP - Final."

All other portions of the NOFO remain unchanged.

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NOFO Amendment A00001 (dated 1/25/2022): The purpose of this amendment is the replace the previously-provided NOFO document with a revised version. Revisions consist of corrections to Table 1 on page 9 of 74, and updating contact information for FHWA personnel. All other portions of the NOFO remain unchanged.

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The FHWA is accepting applications from all interested, eligible parties to assist in the delivery of the TTAP. The TTAP is the Tribal component of the FHWA Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) managed by FHWA’s Innovative Workforce Development (HIT) Team located in the Office of Innovation Management, Education and Partnerships. The TTAP serves American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes (Tribes) with the establishment of regional TTAP Centers. 

“One TTAP, Seven TTAP Centers”

• TTAP Vision: Through mutual respect and understanding, enhance the quality of life in Tribal communities by building capacity for Tribes to administer and manage their transportation programs and systems.

• TTAP Center Mission: Serve as a go-to local resource for Tribal transportation training, technical assistance, and technology transfer needs and opportunities to effectively carry out the TTAP Vision.

Under the TTAP there will be seven TTAP Centers serving the associated Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) regions and associated Tribes, as listed below, and detailed on Table 1 on page 8.

1.    Eastern TTAP Center - includes all Tribes in the Eastern and Midwest BIA regions

2.    Southern TTAP Center - includes all Tribes in the Eastern Oklahoma and Southern Plains BIA regions

3.    Southwestern TTAP Center - includes all Tribes in the Southwest and Navajo BIA regions

4.    Northern TTAP Center - includes all Tribes in the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains BIA regions

5.    Western TTAP Center - includes all Tribes in the Pacific and Western BIA regions

6.    Northwestern TTAP Center - includes all Tribes in the Northwest BIA region

7.    Alaskan TTAP Center - includes all Tribes in the Alaska BIA region

Each TTAP Center will provide transportation services in coordination with the FHWA TTAP Program Manager. The TTAP Program Manager will provide program support including national scale services to supplement regional local TTAP Center services.

This opportunity is being issued under assistance listing number 20.215 - Highway Training & Education. FHWA anticipates awarding one agreement for each TTAP Center, for a total of seven cost-reimbursable cooperative agreements.

Miscellaneous

• Unrestricted