PL-480 Market Development and Technical Assistance
Active
- Assistance listing
- 10.004
- Agency
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Foreign Agricultural Service
Department of Agriculture
- Grant awards
- Not on record
Program facts
- Also known as
- Section 108
- Treasury account
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- 12-7787-0-1-999
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated .
About this program
The Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service administers the PL-480 Market Development and Technical Assistance program (CFDA 10.004), which funds U.S. agricultural industries to develop and maintain overseas markets for U.S. agricultural exports through market development and agricultural technical assistance activities using foreign currencies repaid to the United States under Section 108.
The Foreign Agricultural Service reviews proposals and awards grants on a rolling basis as long as funding remains available. The program accepts proposals continuously via Grants.gov rather than through periodic deadlines. Formal agreements with grantees specify reporting requirements, compliance with 2 CFR 200 audit standards, and project expiration dates. Recipients must document all expenditures exceeding $25.00 through purchase orders, invoices, or contracts demonstrating market competition; conduct all contracting openly and competitively; perform price or cost analysis to verify reasonableness of offered prices; and provide documentation of public advertisement for any single expenditure of $25,000 or more. Employees involved in developing specifications or statements of work are ineligible to compete for related procurements, and no employee or official may have a financial interest in awards.
The assistance type and award structure are not specified in the source material. Recent grant award activity, award magnitudes, specific recipient examples, and total obligated funding amounts are not documented in the source. Representative prior awards or currently open grant opportunities are not described.
Because the program operates on a rolling-basis solicitation model with no fixed application deadlines, prospective applicants should confirm current funding availability and proposal requirements by reviewing the funding announcement on Grants.gov. The standing solicitation remains open pending appropriated funding. Organizations representing U.S. agricultural interests seeking to support export market development should verify eligibility and review specific review criteria and terms in the formal funding announcement before proposal development.
Objective and description
- Objective
The Foreign Agricultural Service will implement a grant program using available foreign currencies repaid to the United States into the Section 108 program to provide assistance in the implementation of market development and agricultural technical assistance activities.
- Description
This program provides support to U.S. agricultural industries to develop overseas markets for U.S. agricultural exports.
Eligibility
- Applicant eligibility
The program aims to expand or maintain U.S. agricultural exports.
- Beneficiary eligibility
U.S. agricultural entities are expected to benefit from the growth of U.S. export markets.
- Credentials and documentation
The application instructions and requirements are provided in the program Notice of Funding Availability.
- Uses of assistance
Priority applicants will be U.S. agricultural non profit trade organizations who will conduct market development and technical assistance activities designed to increase or maintain U.S. agricultural exports.
- Length and time phasing of assistance
The agreement will contain an expiration date. Unless, extended, the project activities are expected to conclude by the expiration date.
How to apply
- Application procedure
The agreement will specify that the grantee will need to comply with 2 CFR 200 audit requirements.
- Criteria for selecting proposals
The review criteria are described in the funding announcement.
- Award procedure
The program will be announced in Grants.gov, inviting proposals from interested parties. The Foreign Agricultural Service will conduct proposal reviews and make funding decisions. Formal agreements will be made with grantees, outlining reporting and other program requirements, upon the awarding of funds. Proposals will continue to be accepted on a rolling basis as long as funding remains.
- Time to approval or disapproval
Additional approval information is provided in the funding announcement.
Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 10.004?
Assistance Listing 10.004 is PL-480 Market Development and Technical Assistance, a federal grant program run by Foreign Agricultural Service (Department of Agriculture).
What is the CFDA number for PL-480 Market Development and Technical Assistance?
Its CFDA number is 10.004: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
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