Food for Progress Q & A week of April 15 2022.pdf

Food for Progress FY2022 Notice of Funding Opportunity

Questions and Answers

April 8, 2022 through April 15, 2022

NOTE: Questions are answered in the order received. FFPr recommends using the document

“Find Text” function to find specific items.

1. Q: “In the FAIS Proposal Summary section, the “file type” dropdown menu does not contain all of the necessary attachments that are listed in the NOFO on page 17, specifically the Plan of Operations and Activities, Organizational Capacity and Staffing, Org chart, In-country registration, Project Specific Commitment Letters, and the SF-LLL Disclosure of lobbying activities. Should these sections of the proposal be placed under the “generic” tag in the drop-down menu and described in the “comments” section as listed in the NOFO, or submitted as part of other sections with clear delineation of sections to preserve page counts?”

A: For any requested element of the proposal that does not have a specific dropdown menu tag, Applicants should upload with the dropdown tag of “generic” and include the document title in the comments.

2. Page 21, Section D, Application and Submission Information, c. Content, iii.

Organizational Capacity and Staffing, USDA states: A project commitment letter from each proposed subrecipient should be included as an application attachment.

Question: The offeror respectfully requests confirmation from USDA that Letters of Support can be submitted for organizations who are identified as resource partners and where an exchange of money or goods is not in consideration.

A: Applicants should only include letters of support from organizations which will receive resources under an award. Page 17 of the NOFO, under part D. Application and Submission Information: 3. Content and Form of Application Submission: b. Required Content and Forms states that “Project-Specific Commitment Letters from anticipated subrecipients (if subrecipients are proposed)” should be included. Food for Progress defines “subrecipients” on page 20 under part D. Application and Submission Information: 3. Content and Form of Application Submission: c. Content Guidance: iii. Organizational Capacity and Staffing (4 pages) as “an entity [that] would receive commodities, CCC provided funds, program income, sale proceeds, or other resources from the Applicant to use for this purpose and would be accountable to the Applicant for the use of such commodities, funds, program income, sale proceeds, or resources.”

3. How should the three (3) additional pages for regional opportunities such as Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador be applied to section IV. Monitoring and

Food for Progress FY2022 Notice of Funding Opportunity

Questions and Answers

April 8, 2022 through April 15, 2022

Evaluation? Is this at the discretion of the applicant? For example, could we use those pages for the indicator table?

A. Yes, the applicant can use the additional pages at their discretion, including for the indicator tables.