[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1487]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1487_TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SPECIALTY CROPS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1487.5  What is the process for submitting proposals?

    (a) General. Periodically the CCC will inform the public of the 
process by which interested eligible organizations may submit proposals 
for TASC program funding. This announcement will, among other things, 
include information on any deadlines for submitting proposals and the 
address of the office to which the proposals should be sent. The CCC 
also may announce the availability of a Quick Response Fund within the 
TASC program. Proposals submitted under any form of quick response 
process may be submitted at any time during the year but must meet the 
basic requirements of the program and any specific requirements of that 
particular process. Organizations interested in participating in the 
TASC program may submit their proposals electronically or in paper copy. 
Although no specific format is required, a sample format for proposals 
is available from the address provided in this rule.
    (b) Contents of proposals. TASC proposals must contain complete 
information about the proposed projects, including, at a minimum, the 
following:
    (1) Organizational information, including:
    (i) Organization's name, address, Chief Executive Officer (or 
designee), and Federal Tax Identification Number (TIN);
    (ii) Type of organization;
    (iii) Name, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address of the 
primary contact person;
    (iv) A description of the organization and its membership; and

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    (v) A description of the organization's experience in technical 
assistance projects, including activities involved and project results.
    (2) Project information, including:
    (i) A brief project title;
    (ii) The amount of funding requested and a justification for why 
federal funding is needed;
    (iii) Beginning and ending dates for the proposed project;
    (iv) A market assessment, including a brief description of the 
specific export barrier to be addressed by the project;
    (v) The goals of the project, and the expected benefits to the 
represented industry;
    (vi) A description of the activities planned to address the export 
barrier;
    (vii) An itemized list of all estimated costs associated with the 
project for which reimbursement will be sought; and
    (viii) Information indicating all financial and in-kind support to 
the proposed project, and the resources to be contributed by each entity 
that will contribute to the project's implementation. This may include 
the organization that submitted the proposal, private industry entities, 
host governments, foreign third parties, CCC, FAS, or other Federal 
agencies. Support may include cash, goods, and services. Although highly 
encouraged, financial support from the participant is not required.
    (3) Export information, including:
    (i) Performance measures for three years, beginning with the year 
that the project would begin, which will be used to measure the 
effectiveness of the project;
    (ii) A benchmark performance measure for the year prior to the year 
that the project would begin; and
    (iii) The viability of long-term sales to this market.

[67 FR 57327, Sept. 10, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 44564, July 18, 2003]