US Dept of Homeland Security 6/15/2022

14 FY 2022 PSGP NOFO Back to the Top 2. Agreeing to Terms and Conditions of the Award By submitting an application, applicants agree to comply with the requirements of this NOFO and the terms and conditions of the award, should they receive an award. 3. Address to Request Application Package See the Preparedness Grants Manual for requesting and submitting an application. Initial applications are processed through the Grants.gov portal. Final applications are completed and submitted through FEMA’s Non-Disaster Grants (ND Grants) System. Application forms and instructions are available at Grants.gov. To access these materials, go to http://www.grants.gov. 4. Steps Required to Obtain a Unique Entity Identifier, Register in the System for Award Management (SAM), and Submit an Application Applying for an award under this program is a multi-step process and requires time to complete. Applicants are encouraged to register early as the registration process can take four weeks or more to complete. Therefore, registration should be done in sufficient time to ensure it does not impact your ability to meet required submission deadlines. Please review the table above for estimated deadlines to complete each of the steps listed. Failure of an applicant to comply with any of the required steps before the deadline for submitting an application may disqualify that application from funding. To apply for an award under this program, all applicants must: a. Apply for, update, or verify their UEI number from SAM.gov and Employer Identification Number (EIN) from the Internal Revenue Service; b. In the application, provide an UEI number; c. Have an account with login.gov; d. Register for, update, or verify their SAM account and ensure the account is active before submitting the application; e. Create a Grants.gov account; f. Add a profile to a Grants.gov account; g. Establish an Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR) in Grants.gov; h. Register in ND Grants; i. Submit an initial application in Grants.gov; j. Submit the final application in ND Grants, including electronically signing applicable forms; and k. Continue to maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times during which it has an active federal award or an application or plan under consideration by a federal awarding agency. As part of this, applicants must also provide information on an applicant’s immediate and highest-level owner and subsidiaries, as well as on all predecessors that have been awarded federal contracts or federal financial assistance within the last three years, if applicable.