OpportunityTitle: Increasing Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Reporting &#150; Phase II
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: NOTE:  This opportunity is limited to a specific number and category of invited applicants whose State traffic safety offices are among those with status/history of less than 47% reporting of Blood Alcohol Content and related traffic incidents and fatalities.  Those State governments&apos; representatives will receive an individually addressed Letter of Invitation to respond to this announcement.
Description: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announces discretionary Grant opportunities to provide funding to support NHTSA&#146;s efforts to improve the collection of impaired driving data to enhance programs that reduce alcohol-impaired driving crashes and the resulting injuries and fatalities by focusing on increasing blood alcohol concentration (BAC) reporting. The objective is to increase the BAC testing and reporting of fatally-injured and surviving drivers of a crash by providing financial support to States whose BAC reporting is below the national average. The funding will support ongoing activities to increase BAC reporting and will build the capacity of States to continue to improve BAC reporting. The total available funding for the grants is $500,000. NHTSA will select five to ten States to receive funding. The Grantee will provide an interim and a final report to describe the activities and results of the grants. Applicants must follow the instructions in the application section of this Notice. General administrative and program questions may be directed to the Office of Acquisition Management, ATTN: Brenda K Brummer, Contract Specialist (CTR), by e-mail at Brenda.Brummer.ctr@dot.gov, or phone (202) 366-0031; or Chelly Johnson-Jones, Contracting Officer, by email at Chelly.Johnson-Jones@dot.gov, or phone (202) 366-1943. To allow for sufficient time to address questions appropriately, all questions must be received via e mail no later than 2:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Saving Time, Friday, July 16, 2010. Application(s) must be submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Acquisition Management (NPO-320), ATTN: Brenda K. Brummer, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E., W53-404, Washington, D.C. 20590. All application(s) submitted must include a reference to RFA No. DTNH22-10-R-00385. Complete packages will be considered only if received on or before 3:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Saving Time on Friday, July 30, 2010.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Primary Point of Contact
GrantorContactText: Brenda Brummer &lt;br/&gt;Contract Specialist (CTR)