Statewide Planning and Capacity Building Administrator FY 2022-23
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CARB is pleased to announce a competitive grant solicitation of $5 million for a Statewide Planning and Capacity Building Project Administrator (PCB Administrator) to administer Planning and Capacity Building (Planning) projects, and support implementation of Clean Mobility in Schools (CMIS) and the Sustainable Transportation Equity Project (STEP) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23. On September 12, 2023, Addendum 01 was added to the materials below.
The competitive solicitation is open to California-based nonprofit organizations, local governments, tribal governments, and public institutions of higher education. Applicants must have the capacity to serve as a statewide administrator, experience in equitable transportation planning, and the skillset to support organizational and community capacity building. CARB must receive complete applications by no later than 11:59 pm (Pacific Time) on September 22, 2023.
The PCB Administrator will be responsible for distributing $3 million of the $5 million to Planning awardees, and the remaining $2 million is intended to support the PCB Administrator’s other implementation activities, including capacity building, administrative, and project implementation support to all Planning, CMIS, and STEP awardees selected by CARB. The projects the PCB Administrator will help support are being selected through the Planning, CMIS, and STEP Request for Applications (RFA) CARB is releasing concurrent to this Solicitation. Through the RFA, CARB will select and award $29.65 million to fund between 2-4 CMIS and STEP projects and will use $3 million (of the $5 million allocated for this Solicitation) to fund up to 15 Planning projects in disadvantaged and low-income communities across the state.
Q&A Sessions
CARB will hold two Question and Answer (Q&A) sessions during the Solicitation period, at which time staff will be available to answer clarifying questions regarding the Solicitation process, eligibility, and anything else related to the current Solicitation. CARB will otherwise not answer questions regarding this Solicitation before or after the Q&A Sessions. The Q&A Sessions will be held via Zoom and the schedule and links for each session are available below. Please email questions to Violet Martin. Written questions submitted by 12:00 pm (Pacific Time) three business days prior to each Q&A session will be given priority.
If you require special accommodation to attend, please contact Heather Choi at (279) 208-7556 no later than 10 business days before the scheduled session. TTY/TDD/Speech to Speech users may dial 711 for the California Relay Service.
Date/Time | Description | Event |
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August 17, 2023 | Q&A Session #1 See Event Link for published Q&A document and Attendee List. | Event Link |
September 6, 2023 | Q&A Session #2 See Event Link for published Q&A document and Attendee List. | Event Link |
* The meeting may end earlier than the allotted time if there are no questions.
Materials and Templates
New 9/12/2023: Addendum 01 added to the materials below.
All PCB Administrator Solicitation materials and template documents are available below.