OpportunityTitle: DOI - HQ Experienced Services Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This program is limited to qualified nonprofit organizations subject to 26 U.S.C 501(c) (3) of the tax code and must be designated by the Secretary of Labor under Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965. Proof of establishment must be submitted with the application. If an Applicant does not meet the eligibility criterion, the application will not be reviewed and considered for award.Program participants under this agreement must meet the criteria described in Section 115 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018. This authority has been extended through the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, Public Law 118-42.Excluded Parties: AQD conducts a review of the SAM.gov Exclusions database for all applicant entities and their key project personnel prior to award. AQD cannot award funds to entities or their key project personnel identified in the SAM.gov Exclusions database as ineligible, prohibited/restricted or otherwise excluded from receiving Federal contracts, certain subcontracts, and certain Federal assistance and benefits, as their ineligibility condition applies to this Federal program.
Description: In 2018 the Department of the Interior was authorized, under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018: Public Law 115-141, Section 115, to enter into cooperative agreements with private nonprofit organizations designated by the Secretary of Labor under Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 to utilize the talents of older Americans in programs authorized by other provisions of law administered by the Secretary and consistent with such provisions of law. This authority has been extended through the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, Public Law 118-42. The Experienced Services Program provides a cost-effective recruitment opportunity to obtain the services of non-Federal, experienced workers aged 55 and older.Note: pursuant to the Act, Experienced Workers Program enrollees cannot displace or reduce the non-overtime hours, wages, or employment benefits of any DOI employees; perform work of DOI employees who are in a layoff status from the same or a substantially equivalent job or function; or affect existing contracts for services. Enrollees are not Federal employees.DOI has an opportunity to partner with one or more qualified nonprofit Organization(s) under the Experienced Services Program to support the missions of The Office of the Assistant Secretary &#8211; Policy, Management and Budget (PMB) including the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Office, Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) Office, Office of Youth and Young Adult Partnership Programs (YYPP), Office of Environmental Policy &amp; Compliance (OEPC), Office of Restoration and Damage Assessment (NRDAR), Office of Policy Analysis (PPA), Office of Occupational Safety &amp; Health (OSH), Appraisal and Valuation Services Office (AVSO), and Office of Wildland Fire (OWF). The partner organization(s) will have (at a minimum) responsibility for:Recruiting, screening, placing, and paying enrollees based on an approved work description and cost amount. DOI will develop position descriptions in conjunction with the nonprofit organization(s).Selecting applicants in cooperation with the designated DOI Program Officer or assigned Technical Adviser (This person oversees the work activities of one or more enrollee and verifies the enrollees time sheet), but the organization notifies the enrollee of their acceptance.The organization provides payroll, time record maintenance, record keeping, and administrative support to enrollees.The organization screens the applicants and forwards qualified applicants to DOI for review and consideration. DOI will make a recommendation on selection to the partner organization for placement. Enrollees earn benefits (leave, unemployment, wage increases, etc.) Enrollees may be authorized to use government owned vehicles to conduct official government business. Enrollees can work between assisting the DOI on various mission focused projects.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: AQD_PMB_ESP@ibc.doi.gov
GrantorContactText: Felicia McBride/Audra Harrison&lt;br/&gt;AQD_PMB_ESP@ibc.doi.gov
CloseDateExplanation: The DOI prefers applicants submit their applications online through Grants.gov. Grants.gov automatically generates an electronic date and time stamp in the system upon application receipt. Grants.gov sends an acknowledgement of receipt with the date, time stamp and a unique Grants.gov application tracking number to the authorized representative by email. The email from Grants.gov serves as your proof of timely submission. If you are unable to submit an application package through Grants.gov, you may email the full application package to AQD_PMB_ESP@ibc.doi.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 2, 2024.Applications must be submitted in English.Late applications will not be accepted or reviewed.In the event the applicant experiences technical difficulties with submitting their application, please send an email to: AQD_PMB_ESP@ibc.doi.gov.If you are prevented from electronically submitting your application on the application deadline because of technical problems with the Grants.gov system, please contact the person listed under For Further Information Contact in section G1. of this notice and provide a written explanation of the technical problem you experienced with Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number. AQD will contact you after a determination is made on whether your application will be accepted.Note: We will not consider your application for further review if you failed to fully register to submit your application to Grants.gov before the application deadline or if the technical problem you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system.If for any reason (including submitting to the wrong funding opportunity number or making corrections/updates) an application is submitted more than once prior to the application due date, AQD will only accept your last validated electronic submission, under the correct funding opportunity number, prior to the Grants.gov application due date as the final and only acceptable application.Unsuccessful submissions will require authenticated verification from http://www.grants.gov indicating system problems existed at the time of your submission. For example, you will be required to provide an http://www.grants.gov submission error notification and/or tracking number in order to substantiate missing the cut-off date.