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The applicant, to the extent it is unfamiliar with the Federal <br /> program, should contact USDOT modal field or headquarters offices <br /> as found at www.transportation.gov/FASTLANEgrants for <br /> information on what steps are pre-requisite to the obligation of Federal <br /> funds in order to ensure that their project schedule is reasonable and <br /> that there are no risks of delays in satisfying Federal requirements. <br /> 3. Unique entity identifier and System for Award Management (SAM) <br /> Each applicant must: 1)be registered in SAM before submitting its application; 2) <br /> provide a valid unique entity identifier in its application; and 3) continue to maintain <br /> an active SAM registration with current information at all times during which it has <br /> an active Federal award or an application or plan under consideration by a Federal <br /> awarding agency. The USDOT may not make an FASTLANE grant to an applicant <br /> until the applicant has complied with all applicable unique entity identifier and SAM <br /> requirements and, if an applicant has not fully complied with the requirements by the <br /> time USDOT is ready to make an FASTLANE grant, USDOT may determine that the <br /> applicant is not qualified to receive an FASTLANE grant and use that determination <br /> as a basis for making an FASTLANE grant to another applicant. <br /> 4. Submission Dates and Timelines <br /> i. Deadline <br /> Applications must be submitted by 8:00 p.m. EST on December 15, 2016. <br /> The Grants.gov"Apply" function will open by November 14, 2016. The <br /> Department has determined that an application deadline fewer than 60 days after <br /> this notice is published is appropriate because the accelerated timeline is <br /> Page 34 of 48 <br />