OpportunityTitle: Notice of Intent-Bangladesh Fire Safety Project
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization, including any faith-based, community-based, or public international organization(s), capable of successfully building the capacity of the Government of Bangladesh and worker organizations within Bangladesh to improve fire safety in the ready-made garment sector is eligible to apply. Lack of past experience with U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) cooperative agreements, grants, or contracts does not bar eligibility
Description: This Notice of Intent (NOI) is not a request for funding applications. Subject to the availability of funds, the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), will award one or more cooperative agreements for technical assistance project(s) to improve fire safety in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector by: 1) improving the Government of Bangladesh&#146;s enforcement of fire safety laws and regulations in the RMG sector, and 2) improved representation and protection of workers in the RMG sector on fire safety issues. The Office of Procurement Services anticipates publishing the Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement Applications (SCA) on or about May 10, 2013 (this date is subject to change).Please refer to: http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/grants/main.htm#20121009 and http://www.dol.gov/ilab/grants/SGAguidelines.htm for general guidelines and examples of previous cooperative agreement applications. This NOI does not include an SCA or any attachments. It only constitutes a notice of USDOL&#146;s intent to publish an SCA at a later date. Interested applicants are encouraged to monitor www.grants.gov for the SCA, as this is the method by which it will be made available to the public. No email or paper copies will be provided.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: ops.grantoffice@dol.gov
GrantorContactText: Lloyd Sabino &lt;br/&gt;Grant Specialist &lt;br/&gt;