Small Business Transportation Technical Assistance Center (Region 6)

The U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, is offering the Small Business Transportation Technical Assistance Center (Region 6) opportunity under funding opportunity number OST-OSDBU-2026-SBTTAC-REGION6-FY2026-1. The opportunity is administered through 69A350 OSDBU and is associated with Assistance Listing 20.910, Assistance to Small and Disadvantaged Businesses. The funding activity category is Transportation, and the opportunity is discretionary. The funding instrument will be a cooperative agreement. The Small Business Transportation Technical Assistance Centers were formerly known as the Small Business Transportation Resource Centers. The purpose of the opportunity is to establish and operate the Region 6 Small Business Transportation Technical Assistance Center. The program is therefore focused on supporting the operation of a regional technical assistance center within the Department of Transportation's small and disadvantaged business assistance framework. The source identifies one expected award. The award ceiling is 441559 dollars and the award floor is also 441559 dollars. Estimated total program funding is not provided in the source material. The cooperative agreement provides for one award with a 12 month base year and two option years. Exercise of the two option years is based on performance. The source does not provide additional details concerning allowable cost categories, prohibited expenditures, indirect cost limitations, subaward limitations, or other specific spending restrictions. Cost sharing or matching is explicitly required, but the source does not state the amount, percentage, ratio, or other formula for the required match. Applicants should therefore rely on the complete funding announcement and application package for requirements not specified in the provided synopsis. Eligible applicants include State governments, public and State controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations having 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service other than institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations that do not have 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service other than institutions of higher education. No additional eligibility information is supplied in the provided synopsis. Although the opportunity is specifically designated for Region 6, the provided source does not identify the individual states, territories, localities, or other geographic areas constituting Region 6. The opportunity was posted on July 31, 2026 and was last updated on August 4, 2026. The original and current closing date for applications is August 30, 2026. An Apply link is provided through Grants.gov for creation of an application workspace. The source also identifies a recorded NOFO information session held on August 3, 2026 at 1 PM ET. The information session is informational rather than a stated pre-application gating requirement. No letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, initial application, or other required pre-application stage is identified in the supplied source. The provided synopsis does not identify specific application questions, required narrative sections, required uploads, evaluation criteria, scoring factors, award notification date, or anticipated project start date. It also does not state that this opportunity recurs annually, biennially, quarterly, or according to another recurring schedule. Applications for the identified opportunity are due August 30, 2026. Lynn Bailey is listed as the grantor contact for applicants having difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, and the listed email address is lynn.bailey@dot.gov. No telephone number or explicit direct PDF URL for the funding announcement is included in the supplied material.

Address the purpose of establishing and operating the Region 6 Small Business Transportation Technical Assistance Center; account for the required cost share or match; plan for a 12 month base year with two option years that are based on performance.