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UI Interstate Connection Network (ICON) – Continued Support

ID: NOI-ETA-21-01 • Type: Posted
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Description

NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. There is no announcement related to this notice. We are not accepting applications. Subject to the availability of funds, USDOL's ETA intends to provide funding to an existing cooperative agreement with the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), Center for Employment Security Education and Research (CESER) for continued support for the operations of the Interstate Connection Network (ICON) without full and open competition, to extend the implementation of the program and its funding capacity. Authority: DLMS 2, Chapter 830, Section 836 (G): Services are available from only one responsible source and no substitute will suffice; or the recipient has unique qualifications to perform the type of activity to be funded. It is necessary to fund a recipient that has an established relationship with the agency in order to maintain an existing facility or capability to furnish services or benefits of particular significance to the agency on a long-term basis.

Background
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) intends to award $33.6 million in additional funding to the cooperative agreement with the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), Center for Employment Security Education and Research (CESER) for continued support for the operations of the Interstate Connection Network (ICON) on a sole source basis. Since 1983, ETA has provided funding to support an information technology data hub, ICON, to facilitate the exchange of data among State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) in support of their administration of the UI program; to meet statutorily required access to UI wage record data for performance accountability for workforce programs; and to enable UI agencies to communicate required information to the Internal Revenue Service for purposes of the Health Care Tax Credit program.

Grant Details
NASWA/CESER oversees the day-to-day activities of ICON including managing the procurement of the contractor that operates and hosts ICON. CESER, a 50l(c) (3) entity, incorporated in August 1994 as a subsidiary of the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), is a national organization of state administrators of the publicly-funded state workforce system and a leading provider of information technology, education, and research support for Unemployment Insurance (UI), workforce development initiatives and activities.

Eligibility Requirements
This is a Notice of Intent. There is no announcement related to this notice. We are not accepting applications. Subject to the availability of funds, USDOL’s ETA intends to provide funding to an existing cooperative agreement with NASWA/CESER for continued support for the operations of ICON without full and open competition.

Grant Value
$33.6 million in additional funding
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Overview

Agency
Employment and Training Administration (ETA) [DOL]
Category of Funding
Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Funding Instruments
Cooperative Agreement
Grant Program (CFDA)
17.225 - Unemployment Insurance
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
Grants.gov
On 4/7/21 Employment and Training Administration posted grant opportunity NOI-ETA-21-01 for UI Interstate Connection Network (ICON) – Continued Support with funding of $33.6 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 17.225 Unemployment Insurance. It is expected that one grant will be made.

Timing

Posted Date
April 7, 2021, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date Explanation
NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. There is no announcement related to this notice. We are not accepting applications.
Last Updated
April 7, 2021, 1:25 p.m. EDT
Version
1
Archive Date
April 17, 2021

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Info
NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. There is no announcement related to this notice. We are not accepting applications. This NOI is to provide public notice of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (USDOL) intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$33,600,000
Floor
Not Listed
Estimated Program Funding
$33,600,000
Estimated Number of Grants
1

Contacts

Contact
Charles L Cox Supervisory Grants Mgmt Specialist
Contact Email
flowers.jeannette@dol.gov   Profile
Contact Phone
(972) 850-4664

Documents

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