[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR470.13]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                    CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 470_APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 470.13  Program solicitation.

    (a) The Regional Program Managers shall be responsible for the 
preparation of program solicitations which solicit proposals for support 
under the program pursuant to simplified application procedures. 
Projects may be supported under the program only if they have 
successfully completed under a program solicitation.
    (b) Each program solicitation shall include--
    (1) A description of the program;
    (2) The eligibility requirements;
    (3) A time schedule for submission of, and action on, proposals;

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    (4) A simple application form for submitting a proposal for support 
under the program, together with instructions for completing the 
application form;
    (5) Evaluation criteria, along with a narrative description of their 
relative importance;
    (6) An explanation of the evaluation and selection procedures, 
including a notice to proposers that if the proposer expressly indicates 
that only Government evaluation is authorized, DOE may be unable to give 
full consideration to the proposal.
    (7) Other applicable information, terms and conditions, including 
the desired budget format;
    (8) Place for, and manner of, submission;
    (9) A unique number for identification purposes;
    (10) A statement notifying potential proposers that an announcement 
does not commit DOE to pay any proposal perparation costs and that DOE 
reserves the right to select for support any, all, or none of the 
proposals received in response to a solicitation;
    (11) A late proposal provision;
    (12) A statement notifying proposers how to identify information in 
the proposal which the proposer does not want disclosed for purposes 
other than the evaluation of the proposal.
    (13) A statement notifying proposers that all information contained 
in the proposal will be handled in accordance with the policies and 
procedures set forth in DOE-AR and DOE-PR, as applicable, and disclosed, 
if appropriate, in accordance with 10 CFR part 1004 entitled ``Freedom 
of Information.''
    (14) A statement notifying proposers of their right to request a 
debriefing pursuant to the procedures set forth in Sec. 470.18; and
    (15) A statement notifying proposers of their right to request a 
waiver of DOE's title to inventions made under the program.
    (c) Each program solicitation shall be synopsized in the Commerce 
Business Daily prior to or concurrent with release. The program 
solicitation also shall be announced to appropriate newspapers, trade 
and technical publications, and State and local governments, and shall 
be circulated directly to interested individuals, entities, and 
associations thereof, to the maximum extent feasible.