Amendment 0011 for the NOFO APS to respond to questions and announce POCs final signed by AO.pdf

Amendment 0011 for the NOFO APS No: 95332418N0002

NOFO APS Name: “PARTNERSHIPS with MCC Program”

The purpose of Amendment 0011 is to:

I. Respond to the questions received;

II. Announce Window 4 applications:

i. for the Technical Area #2 Urban Economic and Social Context Analysis, for the Technical Area

#3 Agribusiness in Niger, for the Technical Area #4 Data Collaboratives for Local Impact (DCLI) in Tanzania and Cote d’Ivoire, and for the Technical Area #5 High Frequency Monitoring Data;

ii. for the Technical Area #8: National Infrastructure Master Planning and to announce the applicants invited to participate in a Co-Creation Session and Phase II application;

III. Announce the new Points of Contact for each technical area; and IV. Remove the Technical Area #3 Agribusiness in Niger from further consideration.

I. General Questions and Answers:

1. Is it possible to apply under the evaluation trainings and capacity building category?

A – The technical area #7 Long-Term Evaluation Capacity Building was recently added in Amendment

0009 and it is open for applications.

2. As for the timing of a submission, is there a difference between submitting ahead of the July deadline or the final deadline? Are the awards made on a rolling basis, and if so, will there still be funds available for the final window?

A – There are two more submission windows left until November 2018, the APS end date, the closest one being on July 31, 2018. You can see the complete list of the deadlines on page 2 of the base NOFO APS.

See Amendment 0006 for additional information on the application review and selection process.

II. The following applicants submitted Concept Papers for Window 4 for:

a. Technical Area #2 Urban Economic and Social Context Analysis

The Brookings Institution, Global Economy and Development Program, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20036, Ms. Molly Sugrue, Senior Development Officer, msugrue@brookings.edu

b. Technical Area #3 Agribusiness in Niger

Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture/Syngenta Stiftung für Nachhaltige

Landwirtschaft

Schwarzwaldallee 215, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland Mr. Robert Berlin, Head Agricultural Services, robert.berlin@syngenta.com

International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)

P.O. Box 2040, Muscle Shoals, Alabama 35662 U.S.A.

Dr. Oumou Camara, Regional Director, IFDC North & West Africa ocamara@ifdc.org mailto:msugrue@brookings.edu mailto:robert.berlin@syngenta.com mailto:ocamara@ifdc.org

c. Technical Area #4 Data Collaboratives for Local Impact (DCLI) in Tanzania and Cote d’Ivoire

PsySiP: Psychology of Science in Policy

Washington, DC www.psysip.org Dr. Pamela Flattau, flattau@psysip.org

d. Technical Area #5 High Frequency Monitoring Data

Research Triangle Institute

3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Mr. David M. Stratton; Sr. Contracting Officer, stratton@rti.org

e. Technical Area #8: National Infrastructure Master Planning. Both applicants were invited to participate in a Co-Creation Session and Phase II application.

Bechtel Corporation

12011 Sunset Hills Road

Reston, Virginia 20190 USA Mr. Andrew Patterson, Region President for Africa, ajpatter@bechtel.com

NRECA International 4301 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22203

Mr. Dan Waddle, Senior Vice President, dbwaddle@nreca-intl.org

III. The list of new Points of Contact and Agreement Officers for each technical area is below:

N/N Program Areas Agreement Officer Agreement Specialist

Department of Policy and Evaluation (DPE)

Growth Diagnostics and Economic

Policy Reform

Jacqueline Naranjo, naranjoj@mcc.gov Yembeka Kapakasa, kapakasay@mcc.gov

5 High Frequency Monitoring Data

Data Collection and Analysis in Sri

Lanka (technical area was removed from further consideration)

Long-Term Evaluation Capacity Building

Department of Compact Operations (DCO)

Urban Growth Analysis and Urban Management

Taylor Wolf, wolftj@mcc.gov Nataliya Holl, hollna@mcc.gov, Britni Jones, jonesbm@mcc.gov

Agribusiness in Niger (technical area is removed from further consideration)

4 DCLI in Tanzania and Cote d’Ivoire

MCC Infrastructure Master Planning http://www.psysip.org/ mailto:flattau@psysip.org mailto:stratton@rti.org mailto:ajpatter@bechtel.com mailto:dbwaddle@nreca-intl.org

IV. Remove the technical area #3, Agribusiness in Niger from all sections in the APS. MCC’s partnership need in this space has been fulfilled.

MCC is looking forward to receiving applications for Window 5. Concept Papers for all technical areas that remain open are due on July 31, 2018. Organizations are invited to submit Concept

Papers for any of the Technical Areas that remain open in the APS.

Taylor Wolf

Agreement Officer

End of Amendment 0011