[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1487.6]

[Page 778]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1487_TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SPECIALTY CROPS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1487.6  What are the criteria for evaluating proposals?

    (a) Evaluation criteria. FAS will use the following criteria in 
evaluating proposals:
    (1) The nature of the specific export barrier and the extent to 
which the proposal is likely to successfully remove, resolve, or 
mitigate that barrier;
    (2) The potential trade impact of the proposed project on market 
retention, market access, and market expansion, including the potential 
for expanding commercial sales in the targeted market;
    (3) The completeness and viability of the proposal;
    (4) The ability of the organization to provide an experienced staff 
with the requisite technical and trade experience to execute the 
proposal;
    (5) The extent to which the proposal is targeted to a market in 
which the United States is generally competitive;
    (6) The cost of the project and the amount of other resources 
dedicated to the project, including cash and goods and services of the 
U.S. industry and foreign third parties;
    (7) The degree to which time is essential to addressing specific 
export barriers;
    (8) In cases where the CCC receives multiple proposals from 
different applicants which address essentially the same barrier, the 
nature of the applicant organization will be taken into consideration, 
with a greater weight given to those organizations with the broadest 
base of producer representation.
    (b) Evaluation process. FAS will review proposals for eligibility 
and will evaluate each proposal against the factors described in 
paragraph (a) of this section. The purpose of this review is to identify 
meritorious proposals, recommend an appropriate funding level for each 
proposal based upon these factors, and submit the proposals and funding 
recommendations to the Deputy Administrator, Commodity and Marketing 
Programs. FAS may, when appropriate to the subject matter of the 
proposal, request the assistance of other U.S. government experts in 
evaluating the merits of a proposal.

[67 FR 57327, Sept. 10, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 42564, July 18, 2003]