GHS RFA Amendment No. 1 - fully executed.pdf

December 17, 2024

Subject: Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)

Request for Application (RFA) Number 72052025RFA00002 Amendment No. 1

Program Title: USAID/Guatemala Global Health Security Activity

Federal Assistance Listing Number: 98.001 - Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas

Dear All, The purpose of this Amendment No. 1 to RFA in subject is to: (1) respond to all questions received and (2) modify the sections of the RFA accordingly.

Issuance of this NOFO does not constitute an award commitment on the part of the Government nor does it commit the Government to pay for any costs incurred in preparation or submission of comments/suggestions or an application. Applications are submitted at the risk of the applicant. All preparation and submission costs are at the applicant’s expense.

All other terms and conditions of the original RFA remain the same and in full force.

Sincerely, Anthony R. Raneses Supervisory Agreement Officer

Attachment No. 1: Questions and Answers Document

Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)

USAID/Guatemala Global Health Security Activity

1. Cover Letter, page 1, and wherever else it appears, the closing date to submit applications in response to this RFA is extended from January 6, 2025, to January 14, 2025, 10:00am Guatemala time.

2. Section B: Eligibility, line item 2. Cost Sharing, Page 7.

Remove the first sentence in paragraph No. 1 and replace it with the following: USAID has set a minimum required cost share for the recipient, ranging from 10% to 15% of the total estimated amount of the award.

3. Section D: Application Content and Format, Page 23, 2. Technical Application Format, 6.

Technical Application Annexes.

Remove: c. CVs of key personnel (maximum of 2 pages per CV) and replace it with c. CVs of key personnel (maximum of 3 pages per CV).

4. Annex 2: Standard Provisions, Page 59.

Delete the Required as Applicable Standard Provisions for U.S. Nongovernmental Organizations table and replace it with the following:

Required Not

Required

REQUIRED AS APPLICABLE STANDARD PROVISIONS

U.S. NGOs

Determined at award

RAA1. Negotiated Indirect Cost Rates – Predetermined (August 2024)

Determined at award

RAA2. Negotiated Indirect Cost Rates – Nonprofit Provisional & Final (August 2024)

Determined at award

RAA3. Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate – For-Profit Provisional & Final (August 2024)

Determined at RAA4. Indirect Costs – De Minimis Rate (August 2024)

Not

Required

REQUIRED AS APPLICABLE STANDARD PROVISIONS

U.S. NGOs award

RAA5. Reserved

X

RAA6. Voluntary Population Planning Activities – Supplemental Requirements (January 2009)

X RAA7. Protection of the Individual As A Research Subject (April 1998)

X RAA8. Care of Laboratory Animals (March 2004)

X RAA9. Title to and Care of Property (Cooperating Country Title) (August 2024)

X RAA10. Cost Sharing (August 2024)

X RAA11. Prohibition of Assistance to Drug Traffickers (June 1999)

X RAA12. Investment Promotion (December 2022)

X RAA13. Reporting Host Government Taxes (December 2022)

X RAA14. Foreign Government Delegations to International Conferences (June 2012)

X RAA15. Conscience Clause Implementation (Assistance) (February 2012)

X RAA16. Condoms (Assistance) (September 2014)

X RAA17. Prohibition on the Promotion or Advocacy of the Legalization or Practice of Prostitution or Sex Trafficking (Assistance) (September 2014)

Not

Required

REQUIRED AS APPLICABLE STANDARD PROVISIONS

U.S. NGOs

RAA18. Reserved

X RAA19. Standards for Accessibility for the Disabled in USAID Assistance Awards Involving Construction (September 2004)

X RAA20. Statement for Implementers of Anti-Trafficking Activities on Lack of Support for Prostitution (June 2012)

X RAA21. Eligibility of Subrecipients of Anti-Trafficking Funds (June 2012)

X RAA22. Prohibition on the Use of Anti-Trafficking Funds to Promote, Support, or Advocate for the Legalization or Practice of Prostitution (June 2012)

RAA23. Reserved

X RAA24. Reporting Subawards and Executive Compensation (August 2024)

X RAA25. Patent Reporting Procedures (December 2022)

X RAA26. Access to USAID Facilities and USAID’s Information Systems (August 2013)

X RAA27. Contract Provision for DBA Insurance under Recipient Procurements (December 2022)

RAA28. Reserved

RAA29. Reserved

X RAA30. Program Income (August 2024)

Not

Required

REQUIRED AS APPLICABLE STANDARD PROVISIONS

U.S. NGOs

X RAA31. Never Contract with the Enemy (August 2024)

5. Annex 1: Summary Budget Template, Page 58

Footnote No. 1 at the bottom of the page. Remove the following: (1) * Per the Standard Provision entitled “LIMITATION ON SUBAWARDS TO NONLOCAL ENTITIES” at least fifty

(50) percent of the cost of award performance incurred for personnel must be expended for employees of the prime/local entity.

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