[Federal Register: March 30, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 61)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Public Health Capacity Development for International
Organizations Engaged in War-Related Injuries and Mine Action
Announcement Type: New.
Funding Opportunity Number: 04121.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.283.
Key Dates:
Application Deadline: June 1, 2004.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Authority: Sections 301, 307, and 317 of the Public Health
Service Act, [42 U.S.C., Sections 241, 242l, and 247(b)], as
amended.
Purpose: The purpose of the program is to increase the public
health capacity of United Nations Organizations mandated with
addressing and coordinating responses to and prevention of war-related
injuries in less developed countries. This program addresses the
``Healthy People 2010'' focus area of Injury and Violence Prevention
and Environmental Health.
Measurable outcomes of the program will be in alignment with the
following performance goal for the National Center for Environmental
Health (NCEH): Increase the understanding of the relationship between
environmental exposures and health effects.
Activities: Awardee activities for this program are as follows:
Use a public health approach to evaluate
standard methods of mine risk education (MRE) and develop a best
practices approach for MRE.
Design, implement, evaluate, and disseminate
information from surveillance systems for injuries in post-conflict
settings.
Develop mechanisms for assessing the impact of
sexual violence in conflict settings, and mitigating its impact on
affected populations.
Develop public health training curricula and
conduct training courses for war-related injury and mine action field
staff.
Work with CDC staff to plan dissemination
strategies of lessons learned from this program to inform the war-
related injury community.
Establish and document the utility of a
comprehensive public health approach to war-related injuries and mine
action.
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:
Provide technical assistance in the design and
implementation of evaluation of MRE programs, MRE strategies and
assessing sexual violence.
Collaborate on the synthesis and dissemination
of lessons learned from the program.
Provide instructors for training courses and
other capacity building programs.
Provide technical assistance and guidance for
designing, implementing and maintaining surveillance systems.
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: $400,000.
Approximate Number of Awards: Three.
Approximate Average Award: $75,000 (This amount is for the first
12-month budget period, and includes both direct and indirect costs.)
Floor of Award Range: $20,000.
Ceiling of Award Range: None.
Anticipated Award Date: August 1, 2004.
Budget Period Length: 12 months.
Project Period Length: Five 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 United Nations organizations
mandated by United Nations member-states with the global coordination
of war-related injury and mine action activities.
III.2. Cost Sharing or Matching
Matching funds are not required for this program.
III.3. Other
If your application is incomplete or non-responsive to the
requirements listed below, it will not be entered into the review
process. You will be notified that your application did not meet the
submission requirements.
Eligibility is limited to United Nations organizations because
these organizations are mandated by United Nations member-states to
coordinate diverse war-related injury and mine action activities. Only
organizations with these mandates have the resources and access to
perform these activities and to assure the greatest impact on the
larger war-related injury community.
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 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
Application: You must include a project narrative with your
application forms. Your narrative must be submitted in the following
format:
Maximum number of pages: 10. 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.
Double spaced.
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:
Project plan.
Understanding of topic.
Staff.
Timeline.
Evaluation plan.
Budget justification (not counted in 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.
Organizational Charts.
Letters of Support.
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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. 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
.
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
Application Deadline Date: June 1, 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 program 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
Executive Order 12372 does not apply to this program.
IV.5. Funding Restrictions
Restrictions, which must be taken into account while writing your
budget, are as follows: Funds may be spent for reasonable program
purposes, including personnel, travel, supplies, and services.
Equipment may be purchased if deemed necessary to accomplish program
objectives, however, prior approval by CDC officials must be requested
in writing.
The costs that are generally allowable in grants to domestic
organizations are allowable to foreign institutions and international
organizations, with the following exception: With the exception of the
American University, Beirut, and the World Health Organization,
Indirect Costs will not be paid (either directly or through sub-award)
to organizations located outside the territorial limits of the United
States or to international organizations regardless of their location.
The applicant may contract with other organizations under this
program; however the applicant must perform a substantial portion of
the activities (including program management and operations, and
delivery of prevention services for which funds are required).
All requests for funds contained in the budget, shall be stated in
U.S. dollars. Once an award is made, CDC will not compensate foreign
grantees for currency exchange fluctuations through the issuance of
supplemental awards.
You must obtain annual audit of these CDC funds (program-specific
audit) by a U.S.-based audit firm with international branches and
current licensure/authority in-country, and in accordance with
International Accounting Standards or equivalent standard(s) approved
in writing by CDC.
A fiscal Recipient Capability Assessment may be required, prior to
or post award, in order to review the applicant's business management
and fiscal capabilities regarding the handling of U.S. Federal funds.
If you are a domestic organization and 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
Application Submission Address: Submit the original and two hard
copies of your application by mail or express delivery service to:
Technical Information Management-PA 04121, 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:
Project plan (30 points) Will the project plan
meet the objectives of this cooperative agreement?
Understanding of topic (20 points) Is the
applicant's understanding of the program sufficient for implementation?
Staff (20 points) Does the applicant's staff
have sufficient experience and skill for the program?
Timeline (15 points) Is the timeline appropriate
for the scope of proposed activities?
Evaluation plan (15 points) Is the proposed
evaluation protocol for the proposed activities sufficient?
Budget justification (not counted in page
limit).
V.2. Review and Selection Process
Applications will be reviewed for completeness by the Procurement
and Grants Office (PGO) staff, and for responsiveness by NCEH.
Incomplete applications and applications that are non-responsive to the
eligibility criteria will not advance through the process. Applicants
will be notified that their application did not meet submission
requirements.
An objective review panel will evaluate your application according
to the criteria listed in the ``V.1. Criteria'' section above.
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V.3. Anticipated Announcement Award Date
August 1, 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-1 Human Subjects Requirements.
AR-8 Public Health System Reporting
Requirements.
AR-9 Paperwork Reduction Act Requirements.
AR-10 Smoke-Free Workplace Requirements.
AR-11 Healthy People 2010.
AR-12 Lobbying Restrictions.
AR-14 Accounting System Requirements.
AR-16 Security Clearance Requirement.
AR-25 Release and Sharing of Data.
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, 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. Detailed Line-Item Budget and Justification.
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 end of the project period.
These reports must be sent 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: Michael Gerber, Project
Officer, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, Mailstop F-48, Atlanta, Georgia 30341,
Telephone: 770-488-3520, E-mail: mcg9@cdc.gov.
For budget assistance, contact: Steward Nichols, Contract
Specialist, CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 2920 Brandywine Road,
Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: 770-488-2788, E-mail: shn8@cdc.gov.
Dated: March 24, 2004.
Edward Schultz,
Acting Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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