Talking Freight Seminar
June 1, 2010
TIGER II Discretionary Grants (Infrastructure Grants) and
TIGER II TIFIA Payments
Presentation
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TIGER II Discretionary Grants
June 1, 2010
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U.S. Department of Transportation
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Outline of Presentation
- Program Overview
- Federal Register Notice
- Eligibility
- Award Amounts
- Selection Criteria
- Benefit Cost Analysis
- Pre Application and Application Contents
- TIFIA
- Evaluation Process
- Administration and Reporting
- Qualities and Strategies of Competitive Applications
- Timeline
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Program Overview
- $600 million of grant funds for state or local governments to be
awarded through a competitive process to projects that have a significant
impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, or a region.
- Applicants may apply for capital grants, TIFIA financing or planning
grants
- Applicants for capital grants may be offered TIFIA financing or
a planning grant if it is determined that is the most appropriate
award
- USDOT must take measures to ensure (i) equitable geographic distribution,
(ii) balance in addressing rural and urban needs, and (iii) investment
in a variety of transportation modes
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Federal Register Notice
- On Monday, April 26, 2010 the Department published an interim notice
of funding availability soliciting applications for TIGER II Discretionary
Grants
- The solicitation announces the project selection criteria, application
requirements and the deadline for submitting pre-applications (July
16, 2010) and applications (August 23, 2010)
- Because this is a new program, the solicitation also provided two
weeks for public comments – comments were due by May 7, 2010
- The Department published a final notice on May 28, 2010 incorporating
comments
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DOT-OST-2010-0076]
Interim Notice of Funding Availability for the Department of
Transportation's National Infrastructure Investments Under the
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act for 2010; and Request for Comments
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of Transportation, DOT.
ACTION: Interim notice of funding availability, request for
comments.
SUMMARY: This interim notice announces the availability of funding
and requests proposals for the Department of Transportation's
National Infrastructure Investments. In addition, this interim
notice announces selection criteria and pre-application and application
requirements for the National Infrastructure Investments. On
December 16, 2009, the President signed the Transportation, Housing
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act
for 2010 (Div. A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010
(Pub. L. 111- 117, Dec. 16, 2009)) ("FY 2010 Appropriations Act").
The FY 2010 Appropriations Act appropriated $600 million to be
awarded by the Department of Transportation ("DOT") for National
Infrastructure Investments. |
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Eligibility Requirements
- Eligible Applicants: Funds will be awarded to State and local governments,
including U.S. territories, tribal governments, transit agencies,
port authorities, MPOs, other political subdivisions of State or
local governments, and multi-State or multi-jurisdictional applicants.
- Eligible Projects: Capital investments in surface transportation
infrastructure that are eligible for TIGER II Discretionary Grants
include, but are not limited to: (1) highway or bridge projects;
(2) public transportation projects; (3) passenger and freight rail
transportation projects; and (4) port infrastructure investments.
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Award Amounts
- Individual awards can be $10-200 million
- TIGER II can fund up to 80% of project costs
- $140 million is reserved for projects in rural areas, where 100%
of project costs are eligible for funding and project awards can
be as low as $1 million
- No one state can receive more than 25% of program funds ($150m)
- Up to $150 million is available to support TIFIA financing
- Up to $35 million is available for transportation planning grants
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Primary Selection Criteria
- Long-Term Outcomes: The Department will give priority
to projects that have a significant impact on five desirable long-term
outcomes:
- State of Good Repair: Improving the condition
of existing transportation facilities and systems
- Economic Competitiveness: Contributing to
the medium- to long-term economic competitiveness of the United
States
- Livability: Fostering livable communities
through place-based policies and investments that increase transportation
choices and access to transportation services for people
- Environmental Sustainability: Improving energy
efficiency, reducing dependence on oil, reducing greenhouse gas
emissions
- Safety: Improving the safety of U.S. transportation
facilities
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Primary Selection Criteria
- Job Creation & Economic Stimulus: The Department
will give priority to projects that are expected to quickly create
and preserve jobs and stimulate rapid increases in economic activity,
particularly jobs and activity that benefit economically distressed
areas.
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Secondary Selection Criteria
- Innovation: The Department will give priority
to projects that use innovative strategies to pursue the long-term
outcomes highlighted in the solicitation
- Partnership: The Department will give priority
to projects that demonstrate strong collaboration among a broad range
of participants and/or integration of transportation with other public
service efforts
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Benefit – Cost Analysis
- Ratings
- Benefit Cost Analysis vs. Economic Impact Analysis
- Baselines and Alternatives
- Discounting
- Forecasting
- Types of Benefits
- Costs
- Transparency and Reproducibility of Calculations
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Pre-Application
- Qualifies applicant to submit TIGER II application
- Submitted electronically to USDOT by July 16, 2010
- Includes the following:
- Applicant Information
- Project Information and Description
- Funding Information and Assurances
- NEPA Assurance
- USDOT will inform project sponsors if Eligibility, NEPA and Funding
Assurances are not adequate and must be adjusted as part of the application
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Application Content
- Must be submitted through Grants.gov by August 23, 2010
- Narrative portion no more than 25 pages
- Project description including transportation challenges to be addressed
by project
- Evidence of alignment with selection criteria
- Project readiness to proceed rapidly upon award of TIGER II Discretionary
Grant
- Approvals/Actions
- Status and outcome of NEPA
- Use of publicly available, verifiable data/protection of Confidential
Business Information
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TIGER II TIFIA Payments
- TIFIA program provides Federal credit assistance in the form of
direct loans, loan guarantees, and standby lines of credit to finance
surface transportation projects
- USDOT may use up to $150 million of TIGER II funds for TIGER II
TIFIA Payments
- TIFIA Payments will fund the subsidy costs of providing the TIFIA
credit assistance to a project
- USDOT may offer Grant applicants a TIFIA Payment even if they did
not apply for TIFIA Payments
- TIGER II TIFIA applicants must submit a TIGER II Discretionary
Grants application
- A TIFIA letter of interest must be submitted concurrently with
the TIGER II TIFIA Payment Application
- If selected the applicant must comply with all of TIFIA program's
standard application and approval requirements (including $50,000
application fee)
- Applicants may apply for both Grant and TIFIA payment for the same
project
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Evaluation Process
- Evaluations by Multimodal Team lead by the Office of the Secretary
- Ratings of "highly recommended," "recommended," "not recommended,"
or "negative" will be assigned to projects for each of the selection
criteria.
- If necessary USDOT will use a similar rating process to re-assess
the projects that were highly rated and identify those that should
be most highly rated.
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Project Administration and Reporting
- Each TIGER II Discretionary Grant will be administered by one of
USDOT's Modal Administrations
- Grant agreements will be required between the TIGER II Discretionary
Grant recipient and the Modal Administration
- USDOT may revoke any award of TIGER II Discretionary Grant funds
and fund another project if funds are not being expended in a timely
manner and/or construction does not begin in accordance with the
project schedule (all funds must be obligated by September 30, 2012)
- USDOT will request that recipients of TIGER II Discretionary Grants
cooperate in Departmental efforts to collect and report on information
related to the benefits produced by the projects that receive TIGER
II Discretionary Grants
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Strategies for Competitive Applications
- Eligibility
- Address criteria and outcomes
- Clarity of Application and Project Description
- Size of Grant Request
- Leverages Investment
- Project Segmentation
- Benefit-Cost Analysis
- Project Readiness/NEPA
- Projects that Stand Out
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Timeline for Award of Funds
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Questions, Comments, and Discussion
Additional Information and FAQs for this program can be found at:
www.dot.gov/recovery/ost/tigerii/index.html
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