[Federal Register: June 14, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 113)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Building Healthcare Capacity in the United States and
Internationally
Announcement Type: New.
Funding Opportunity Number: PA 04104.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.283.
Dates:
Letter of Intent Deadline: June 29, 2004.
Application Deadline: July 14, 2004.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Authority: Sections 301(a) and 317(k)(2) of the Public Health
Service Act, (42 U.S.C. 241(a) and 247b(k)(2)), as amended.
Purpose: The purpose of the program is to assess existing
healthcare capacity in the United States and internationally and to
build capacity of healthcare settings/professionals to respond to
emerging infections and other biological threats. This program
addresses the ``Healthy People 2010'' focus area(s) of Immunization and
Infectious Diseases.
Measurable outcomes of the program will be in alignment with the
following performance goal for the National Center for Infectious
Diseases (NCID): Protect Americans from Infectious Diseases.
Activities: Awardee activities for this program are as follows:
Develop and implement a plan to rapidly assess healthcare
preparedness in a network of healthcare settings.
Address prevention and control of emerging infections and
other biological threats.
Gather and publish information that may assist local,
State and Federal partners to build preparedness and response of
healthcare delivery system to emerging threats.
Develop, implement and evaluate train-the-trainer
activities, including educational materials, to train and inform
healthcare professionals in the United States and other countries about
prevention of emerging infections and other biological threats in
healthcare settings.
In a cooperative agreement, CDC staff is substantially involved in
the program activities, above and beyond routine grant monitoring.
CDC Activities for this program are as follows:
Collaborate with the recipient to assist in the
development and implementation of a plan to rapidly assess healthcare
preparedness in a network of healthcare settings.
Provide content and format expertise in the development of
training/educational materials.
Provide expertise in identifying, selecting, and preparing
professionals to deliver train-the-trainer activities.
Provide information necessary to facilitate rapid
assessments of preparedness of healthcare facilities.
Collaborate with the recipient in all stages of the
program, and provide programmatic, scientific and technical assistance.
Collaborate with the recipient in the dissemination of
findings and information stemming from the project.
Collaborate with the recipient with improving program
performance through consultation with recipient.
Collaborate with the recipient to facilitate communication
of data and results among stakeholders.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Cooperative agreement. CDC involvement in this
program is listed in the Activities Section above.
Fiscal Year Funds: 2004.
Approximate Total Funding: $250,000.
Approximate Number of Awards: One.
Approximate Average Award: $250,000. (This amount is for the first
12-month budget period, and includes both direct and indirect costs).
Floor of Award Range: None.
Ceiling of Award Range: $250,000.
Anticipated Award Date: July 2004.
Budget Period Length: 12 months.
Project Period Length: Two years.
Throughout the project period, CDC's commitment to continuation of
awards will be conditioned on the availability of funds, evidence of
satisfactory progress by the recipient (as documented in required
reports), and the determination that continued funding is in the best
interest of the Federal government.
III. Eligibility Information
III.1. Eligible applicants
Applications may be submitted by public and private nonprofit
organizations and by governments and their agencies, such as:
Public nonprofit organizations.
Private nonprofit organizations.
Universities.
Colleges.
Research institutions.
Hospitals.
Community-based organizations.
Faith-based organizations.
Federally recognized Indian tribal governments.
Indian tribes.
Indian tribal organizations.
State and local governments or their bona fide agents
(this includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna
Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the
Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau).
Political subdivisions of States (in consultation with
States).
A bona fide agent is an agency/organization identified by the state
as eligible to submit an application under the State eligibility in
lieu of a State application. If you are applying as a bona fide agent
of a State or local government, you must provide a letter from the
State or local government as documentation of your status. Place this
documentation behind the first page of your application form.
III.2. Cost Sharing or Matching
Matching funds are not required for this program.
III.3. Other
If you request a funding amount greater than the ceiling of the
award range, your application will be considered non-responsive, and
will not be entered into the review process. You will be notified that
your application did not meet the submission requirements.
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If your application is incomplete or non-responsive to the
requirements listed in this section, it will not be entered into the
review process. You will be notified that your application did not meet
submission requirements.
This program is not designed or intended to support research,
therefore no research will be supported under this cooperative
agreement. Any applications proposing research will be considered non-
responsive.
Note:
Title 2 of the United States Code section 1611 states that an
organization described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue
Code that engages in lobbying activities is not eligible to receive
Federal funds constituting an award, grant, or loan.
IV. Application and Submission Information
IV.1. Address to Request Application Package
To apply for this funding opportunity, use application form PHS
5161. Application forms and instructions are available in an
interactive format on the CDC Web site, at the following Internet
address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/forminfo.htm. If you do not have
access to the Internet, or if you have difficulty accessing the forms
on-line, you may contact the CDC Procurement and Grants Office
Technical Information Management Section (PGO-TIM) staff at: 770-488-
2700. Application forms can be mailed to you.
IV.2. Content and Form of Submission
Letter of Intent (LOI): Your LOI must be written in the following
format:
Maximum number of pages: Two.
Font size: 12-point unreduced.
Double spaced.
Paper size: 8.5 by 11 inches.
Page margin size: One inch.
Printed only on one side of page.
Written in plain language, avoid jargon.
Your LOI must contain the following information:
Descriptive title of the proposed project.
Name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the
Principal Investigator.
Names of other key personnel.
Participating institutions.
Number and title of this Program Announcement (PA).
Application: You must submit a project narrative with your
application forms. The narrative must be submitted in the following
format:
Maximum number of pages: 20. (If your narrative exceeds
the page limit, only the first pages, which are within the page limit,
will be reviewed.)
Font size: 12 point unreduced.
Paper size: 8.5 by 11 inches.
Page margin size: One inch.
Printed only on one side of page.
Held together only by rubber bands or metal clips; not
bound in any other way.
Your narrative should address activities to be conducted over the
entire project period, and must include the following items in the
order listed:
Background and need.
Capacity.
Operational Plan.
Evaluation Plan
Measures of effectiveness.
Budget.
The budget justification will be counted in the stated page limit.
Additional information may be included in the application
appendices. The appendices will not be counted toward the narrative
page limit. This additional information includes:
Curriculum Vitaes.
Resumes.
Organizational Charts.
Letters of Support.
You are required to have a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal
Numbering System (DUNS) number to apply for a grant or cooperative
agreement from the Federal government. Your DUNS number must be entered
on line 11 of the face page of the PHS 398 application form. The DUNS
number is a nine-digit identification number, which uniquely identifies
business entities. Obtaining a DUNS number is easy and there is no
charge. To obtain a DUNS number, access http://www.dunandbradstreet.com
or call 1-866-705-5711.
For more information, see the CDC Web site at: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/pubcommt.htm
.
For more information, see the CDC Web site at: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/pubcommt.htm
.
If your application form does not have a DUNS number field, please
write your DUNS number at the top of the first page of your
application, and/or include your DUNS number in your application cover
letter.
Additional requirements that may require you to submit additional
documentation with your application are listed in section ``VI.2.
Administrative and National Policy Requirements.''
IV.3. Submission Dates and Times
LOI Deadline Date: June 29, 2004.
CDC requests that you send a LOI if you intend to apply for this
program. Although the LOI is not required, not binding, and does not
enter into the review of your subsequent application, the LOI will be
used to gauge the level of interest in this program, and to allow CDC
to plan the application review.
Application Deadline Date: July 14, 2004.
Explanation of Deadlines: Applications must be received in the CDC
Procurement and Grants Office by 4 p.m. eastern time on the deadline
date. If you send your application by the United States Postal Service
or commercial delivery service, you must ensure that the carrier will
be able to guarantee delivery of the application by the closing date
and time. If CDC receives your application after closing due to: (1)
carrier error, when the carrier accepted the package with a guarantee
for delivery by the closing date and time, or (2) significant weather
delays or natural disasters, you will be given the opportunity to
submit documentation of the carriers guarantee. If the documentation
verifies a carrier problem, CDC will consider the application as having
been received by the deadline.
This announcement is the definitive guide on application submission
address and deadline. It supersedes information provided in the
application instructions. If your application does not meet the
deadline above, it will not be eligible for review, and will be
discarded. You will be notified that your application did not meet the
submission requirements.
CDC will not notify you upon receipt of your application. If you
have a question about the receipt of your application, first contact
your courier. If you still have a question, contact the PGO-TIM staff
at: 770-488-2700. Before calling, please wait two to three days after
the application deadline. This will allow time for applications to be
processed and logged.
IV.4. Intergovernmental Review of Applications
Your application is subject to Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs, as governed by Executive Order (EO) 12372. This order sets up
a system for state and local governmental review of proposed Federal
assistance applications. You should contact your state single point of
contact (SPOC) as early as possible to alert the SPOC to prospective
applications, and to receive instructions on your state's process.
Click on the following link to get the current SPOC list: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html
.
IV.5. Funding restrictions
Awards will not allow reimbursement of pre-award costs.
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If you are requesting indirect costs in your budget, you must
include a copy of your indirect cost rate agreement.
If your indirect cost rate is a provisional rate, the agreement
should be less than 12 months of age.
Guidance for completing your budget can be found on the CDC web
site, at the following Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/budgetguide.htm
.
IV.6. Other Submission Requirements
LOI Submission Address: Submit your LOI by express mail, delivery
service, fax, or e-mail to: Machel Forney, Division of Healthcare
Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, Building 57, Executive Park Drive
South, Room 5015, Atlanta, GA 30329. Phone: (404) 498-1174, e-mail:
MForney@cdc.gov.
Application Submission Address: Submit the original and two hard
copies of your application by mail or express delivery service to:
Technical Information Management-PA 04104, CDC Procurement and
Grants Office, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341.
Applications may not be submitted electronically at this time.
V. Application Review Information
V.1. Criteria
You are required to provide measures of effectiveness that will
demonstrate the accomplishment of the various identified objectives of
the cooperative agreement. Measures of effectiveness must relate to the
performance goals stated in the ``Purpose'' section of this
announcement. Measures must be objective and quantitative, and must
measure the intended outcome. These measures of effectiveness must be
submitted with the application and will be an element of evaluation.
Your application will be evaluated against the following criteria:
A. Background/Need (40 points)
Does the applicant demonstrate a strong understanding of the need
to build capacity to respond to threats of events in healthcare
settings? Does the applicant illustrate the need for this project? Does
the applicant present a clear goal for this project?
B. Capacity (20 points)
Does the applicant demonstrate that it has the expertise,
facilities, and other resources necessary to accomplish the program
requirements?
C. Operational Plan (20 points)
Does the applicant present clear, time-phased objectives that are
consistent with the stated program goal and a detailed operational plan
outlining specific activities that are likely to achieve the objective?
Does the plan clearly outline the responsibilities of each of the key
personnel?
D. Evaluation Plan (10 points)
Does the applicant present a plan for monitoring progress toward
the stated goals and objectives?
E. Measures of Effectiveness (10 points)
Does the applicant provide Measures of Effectiveness that will
demonstrate the accomplishment of the various identified objectives of
the cooperative agreement? Are the measures objective/quantitative and
do they adequately measure the intended outcome?
F. Budget (not scored)
Does the applicant present a detailed budget with a line-item
justification and any other information to demonstrate that the request
for assistance is consistent with the purpose and objectives of this
grant program?
V.2. Review and Selection Process
Applications will be reviewed for completeness by the Procurement
and Grants Office (PGO) staff, and for responsiveness by NCID.
Incomplete applications and applications that are non-responsive to the
eligibility criteria will not advance through the review process.
Applicants will be notified that their application did not meet
submission requirements.
An objective review panel will evaluate complete and responsive
applications according to the criteria listed in the ``V.1. Criteria''
section above.
In addition, the following factors may affect the funding decision:
Though eligible participants are encouraged to submit an
application, a funding preference will be given to potential applicants
that:
Represent a national organization or consortium with
international members and/or partners.
Have access to infection control professionals in a
percentage of U.S. hospitals large enough to be national in scope, with
representation of large and small hospitals in urban and rural areas.
Have expertise in infection control and training.
Have Information Technology (IT) resources for rapid
assessment of preparedness and response of healthcare delivery system
to emerging infections and other biological threats.
V.3. Anticipated Announcement and Award Dates
Anticipated award is July 2004.
VI. Award Administration Information
VI.1. Award Notices
Successful applicants will receive a Notice of Grant Award (NGA)
from the CDC Procurement and Grants Office. The NGA shall be the only
binding, authorizing document between the recipient and CDC. The NGA
will be signed by an authorized Grants Management Officer, and mailed
to the recipient fiscal officer identified in the application.
Unsuccessful applicants will receive notification of the results of
the application review by mail.
VI.2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements
45 CFR part 74 and part 92.
For more information on the Code of Federal Regulations, see the
National Archives and Records Administration at the following Internet
address: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html.
The following additional requirements apply to this project:
AR-7 Executive Order 12372.
AR-10 Smoke-Free Workplace Requirements.
AR-11 Healthy People 2010.
AR-12 Lobbying Restrictions.
AR-15 Proof of Non-Profit Status.
Additional information on these requirements can be found on the
CDC Web site at the following Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/ARs.htm
.
VI.3. Reporting Requirements
You must provide CDC with an original, plus two hard copies of the
following reports:
1. Interim progress report, (use form PHS 2590, OMB Number 0925-
0001, rev. 5/2001 as posted on the CDC Web site) no less than 90 days
before the end of the budget period. The progress report will serve as
your non-competing continuation application, and must contain the
following elements:
a. Current Budget Period Activities Objectives.
b. Current Budget Period Financial Progress.
c. New Budget Period Program Proposed Activity Objectives.
d. Budget.
e. Additional Requested Information.
f. Measures of Effectiveness.
2. Financial status report and annual progress report, no more than
90 days after the end of the budget period.
3. Final financial and performance reports, no more than 90 days
after the
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end of the project period. These reports must be mailed to the Grants
Management Specialist listed in the ``Agency Contacts'' section of this
announcement.
VII. Agency Contacts
For general questions about this announcement, contact: Technical
Information Management Section, CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 2920
Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341. Telephone: 770-488-2700.
For program technical assistance, contact: Denise Cardo, M.D.,
Project Officer, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National
Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Building 57, Executive Park Drive South, Room 5015,
Atlanta, GA 30329. Phone: (404) 498-1240, e-mail: dbc0@cdc.gov.
For financial, grants management, or budget assistance, contact:
Jeff Napier, Grants Management Officer, CDC Procurement and Grants
Office, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341. Telephone: (770) 488-
2861, e-mail: jkn7@cdc.gov.
Dated: June 7, 2004.
William P. Nichols,
Acting Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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