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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 22 / Thursday, February 4, 2021 / Notices and further provide information relative to jobs to meet the criteria.
8 Jobs created or supported. Points will be awarded if the anticipated development, expansion, or furtherance of business enterprises as a result of the proposed Project will create and/or support existing jobs associated with the affected businesses. The number of jobs must be evidenced by a written commitment from the businesses to be assisted. Points will be awarded based on the ratio of jobs to be supported by the amount of grant funds. For projects supporting: i One job for less than $5,000 of grant funds25 points will be awarded; ii one job for $5,000 but less than $10,000 of grant funds20 points;
iii one job for $10,000 but less than $15,00015 points; iv one job for $15,000 but less than $20,00010
points; or v one job for $20,000 but less than $25,000 of grant funds5
points will be awarded.
9 Size of grant request. Projects utilizing grant funds of: i Less than $100,00025 points will be awarded;
ii Grant requests of $100,000 to $200,00015 points will be awarded; or iii applications for more than $200,000
but equal to or less than $500,00010
points will be awarded.
10 Indirect cost. If the applicant is not requesting grant funds to cover their administrative or indirect costs, 5 points will be awarded.
b Unfunded applications. The Agency will notify eligible applicants if funds are not available. If an applicant wishes to have their application maintained in an active file for future consideration, the applicant must revise and update their application in writing for the Agency to reconsider in a future funding cycle. Agency employees will notify unsuccessful applicants who did not receive funding due to insufficient funds in writing that their application will not be funded. The potential grantee will be permitted to respond in writing that they wish their application to be reconsidered in the next funding cycle. The applicant at that time may provide additional updated information to be considered in that funding cycle.
c Unfunded applications for set aside funding. The Agency will notify eligible applicants in writing if set aside funds are not available or they did not receive funding due to insufficient funds. Unfunded applications for set aside funds will be allowed to compete for available FY2021 regular RBDG
funds in the State where the Project is located. For Projects involving multiple states, the application must be filed in the Rural Development State Office where the Applicant is located and will compete for funds in that State.

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D. Application and Submission Information 1. Address to Request Application Package.
For further information, entities wishing to apply for assistance should contact the USDA Rural Development State Office provided in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice to obtain copies of the application package.
Prior to official submission of grant applications, applicants may request technical assistance or other application guidance from the Agency, as long as such requests are made at least 15 days prior to the submission deadline.
Technical assistance is not meant to be an analysis or assessment of the quality of the materials submitted, a substitute for agency review of completed applications, nor a determination of eligibility, if such determination requires in-depth analysis. The Agency will not solicit or consider scoring or eligibility information that is submitted after the application deadline. The Agency reserves the right to contact applicants to seek clarification information on materials contained in the submitted application.
Applications may be submitted in paper or electronic format to the appropriate Rural Development State Office and must be received by 4:30
p.m. local time on March 31, 2021.
Applicants are encouraged to contact their respective Rural Development State Office for an email contact to submit an electronic application prior to the submission deadline dates. All applicants must have a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System DUNS number which can be obtained at no cost via a toll-free request line at: 866 7055711 or at http
fedgov.dnb.com/webform. Each applicant applying for grant funds unless the applicant is an individual or Federal awarding agency that is excepted from the requirements under 2
CFR 25.110b or c or has an exception approved by the Federal awarding agency under 2 CFR 25.110d is required to: i Be registered in the System for Award Management SAM
before submitting its application; ii provide a valid unique entity identifier in its application; and iii continue to maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times during which it has an active Federal award or an application or plan under consideration by a Federal awarding agency. The Federal awarding agency may not make a Federal award to an applicant until the applicant has complied with all applicable unique entity identifier and SAM requirements
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and, if an applicant has not fully complied with the requirements by the time the Federal awarding agency is ready to make a Federal award, the Federal awarding agency may determine that the applicant is not qualified to receive a Federal award and use that determination as a basis for making a Federal award to another applicant.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission.
An application must contain all of the required elements and be submitted in one package. Each selection priority criterion outlined in 7 CFR 4280.427
must be addressed in the application.
Failure to address any of the criterion will result in a zero-point score for that criterion and will impact the overall evaluation of the application. Copies of 7 CFR 4280, subpart E, will be provided to any interested applicant making a request to a Rural Development State Office. An original copy of the application must be filed with the Rural Development State Office for the State where the Project is located. For Projects involving multiple states, the application must be filed in the Rural Development State Office where the Applicant is located.
The applicant documentation and forms needed for a complete application are located in the PROGRAM
DESCRIPTION section of this notice, and 7 CFR 4280, Subpart E. There are no specific formats required per this notice, and applicants may request forms and addresses from the ADDRESSES section of this notice. Any form that requires an original signature but is signed electronically in the application submission must be signed in ink by the authorized person prior to the disbursement of funds.
a There are no specific limitations on the number of pages or other formatting requirements other than those described in the PROGRAM
DESCRIPTION section.
b There are no specific limitations on the number of pages, font size and type face, margins, paper size, number of copies, and the sequence or assembly requirements.
c The component pieces of this application should contain original signatures on the original application.
3. Submission Dates and Times.
a Application Deadline Dates:
Applications must be submitted to the Rural Development State Office no later than 4:30 p.m. local time on March 31, 2021.
b The deadline date means that the completed application package must be received in the USDA Rural Development State Office by the established deadline date and time. All
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