7200AA19APS00001 - Amendment 04.pdf

Date issued: October 1, 2019

Subject: Amendment #4 to Annual Program Statement: 7200AA19APS00001

Local Organizations Network Project (LON)

Dear Prospective Applicants:

The purposes of this Amendment #04 are to:

1. Provide responses to questions for “Philippines Round”, see attached;

2. Correct e-mail address under the submission instructions for “Philippines Round”.

Under SECTION G – Country Specific Requirements, Annex 01, III. Application Instructions and Review Process, last paragraph, change to:

“Concept Papers must be submitted to Ethan Takahashi, Agreement Officer at email address manila-roaa-rfa@usaid.gov (copy furnish mdela@usaid.gov and lon@usaid.gov).”

Under SECTION G – Country Specific Requirements, Annex 01, IV. Questions and Further Assistance, first paragraph, change to:

“Questions regarding this Addendum should be submitted via email with a subject line of “APS [Number] Annex[Number] Questions, applicant’s [Name], Philippines” to manila-roaa-rfa@usaid.gov (copy furnish mdela@usaid.gov ).”

3. All other terms and conditions of the LON APS remain unchanged.

Sincerely, Patricia Bradley, Agreement Officer Office of Acquisition and Assistance mailto:manila-roaa-rfa@usaid.gov mailto:mdela@usaid.gov mailto:lon@usaid.gov) mailto:manila-roaa-rfa@usaid.gov mailto:manila-roaa-rfa@usaid.gov mailto:mdela@usaid.gov

Questions and Responses for “Philippines Round”

(for reference see Section G, Annex 01 of the LON APS)

Question 1: My organization is not yet legally registered. May I know if we can partner with an existing organization that has an existing LON proposal?

Response: Eligibility for recipients of LON awards is restricted to local non-governmental organizations, as defined in Section C of the APS. Prime recipients are not restricted from partnering with other organizations as sub-recipients. Both prime recipients and sub-recipients must be legally registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and System for Award Management (SAM) before award can be made.

Question 2: My coalition is not yet legally registered, but we hope to be included in the proposals being made for this grant. May I know if it is mandatory to be legally registered, before we can be mobilized by the proposing organizations for LON APS?

Response: USAID welcomes Concept Papers from local non-governmental organizations which have not received USAID funding or have not yet been legally registered. Any local non-governmental organization will be required to register and meet the eligibility requirements in Section C of the APS before being eligible for an award.