Small Business Transportation Technical Assistance Center (Region 2)

The Small Business Transportation Technical Assistance Center Region 2 opportunity is a federal discretionary funding opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation through the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, identified on Grants.gov under funding opportunity number OST-OSDBU-2026-SBTTAC-REGION2-FY2026-1. The assistance listing is 20.910, Assistance to Small and Disadvantaged Businesses. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, and the stated category of funding activity is Business and Commerce. The Department expects to make one award under this Region 2 opportunity. The purpose of the cooperative agreement is to support an eligible organization in providing outreach and assistance to the small business community in its designated region. The funded organization is expected to provide financial and technical assistance, business training programs, business assessment, management training, counseling, marketing and outreach, and dissemination of information. These activities are intended to encourage and assist small businesses in becoming better prepared to compete for, obtain, and manage Department of Transportation funded transportation-related contracts and subcontracts at the federal, state, and local levels. For purposes of this opportunity, transportation-related activity is defined as the maintenance, rehabilitation, restructuring, improvement, or revitalization of any of the nation's modes of transportation. The estimated total program funding is 444652 dollars. The award ceiling is 444652 dollars and the award floor is also 444652 dollars, indicating a single award at the stated funding level based on the Grants.gov synopsis. Cost sharing or matching is explicitly required. However, the supplied source does not state the required match percentage, ratio, or dollar amount, so the amount of the matching contribution cannot be verified from the available information. Eligible applicants are nonprofits having 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service, other than institutions of higher education. The additional eligibility information repeats this nonprofit eligibility requirement and does not identify other applicant organization types that can be verified from the supplied source. The opportunity is specifically designated for Region 2, but the supplied Grants.gov text does not enumerate the states, territories, or other geographic jurisdictions that constitute Region 2. Accordingly, a more specific geographic eligibility list should not be inferred from the information provided. The opportunity was posted on July 31, 2026, and was last updated on August 6, 2026. The original and current closing date for applications is August 30, 2026, and the archive date is September 29, 2026. Applications are submitted through the Grants.gov Apply workspace linked from the opportunity page. No separate letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, or other pre-application gating requirement is identified in the supplied source. The source also does not provide a verified list of required application narratives, attachments, evaluation criteria, award notification date, or performance period. The Department provided an informational session on August 3, 2026, and the supplied source includes access information for a recording of that session with questions and answers. This session is informational rather than a stated application gating requirement. Applicants experiencing difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically are directed to contact Steronica Mattocks at steronica.mattocks@dot.gov. No telephone number is supplied. The provided information does not state that this Region 2 opportunity recurs annually or on another regular schedule, so no future cycle should be projected from the current notice.

Align proposed activities with the stated objective of preparing small businesses to compete for obtain and manage DOT funded transportation-related contracts and subcontracts. Address the stated forms of assistance including outreach financial and technical assistance business training business assessment management training counseling marketing and information dissemination.