[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16577-16579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7028]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Public Health Capacity Development for International 
Organizations Engaged in War-Related Injuries and Mine Action

    Announcement Type: New.
    Funding Opportunity Number: 04121.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.283.
    Key Dates:
    Application Deadline: June 1, 2004.

I. Funding Opportunity Description

    Authority: Sections 301, 307, and 317 of the Public Health 
Service Act, [42 U.S.C., Sections 241, 242l, and 247(b)], as 
amended.

    Purpose: The purpose of the program is to increase the public 
health capacity of United Nations Organizations mandated with 
addressing and coordinating responses to and prevention of war-related 
injuries in less developed countries. This program addresses the 
``Healthy People 2010'' focus area of Injury and Violence Prevention 
and Environmental Health.
    Measurable outcomes of the program will be in alignment with the 
following performance goal for the National Center for Environmental 
Health (NCEH): Increase the understanding of the relationship between 
environmental exposures and health effects.
    Activities: Awardee activities for this program are as follows:
     Use a public health approach to evaluate 
standard methods of mine risk education (MRE) and develop a best 
practices approach for MRE.
     Design, implement, evaluate, and disseminate 
information from surveillance systems for injuries in post-conflict 
settings.
     Develop mechanisms for assessing the impact of 
sexual violence in conflict settings, and mitigating its impact on 
affected populations.
     Develop public health training curricula and 
conduct training courses for war-related injury and mine action field 
staff.
     Work with CDC staff to plan dissemination 
strategies of lessons learned from this program to inform the war-
related injury community.
     Establish and document the utility of a 
comprehensive public health approach to war-related injuries and mine 
action.
    In a cooperative agreement, CDC staff is substantially involved in 
the program activities, above and beyond routine grant monitoring.
    CDC Activities for this program are as follows:
     Provide technical assistance in the design and 
implementation of evaluation of MRE programs, MRE strategies and 
assessing sexual violence.
     Collaborate on the synthesis and dissemination 
of lessons learned from the program.
     Provide instructors for training courses and 
other capacity building programs.
     Provide technical assistance and guidance for 
designing, implementing and maintaining surveillance systems.

II. Award Information

    Type of Award: Cooperative Agreement.
    CDC involvement in this program is listed in the Activities Section 
above.
    Fiscal Year Funds: 2004.
    Approximate Total Funding: $400,000.
    Approximate Number of Awards: Three.
    Approximate Average Award: $75,000 (This amount is for the first 
12-month budget period, and includes both direct and indirect costs.)
    Floor of Award Range: $20,000.
    Ceiling of Award Range: None.
    Anticipated Award Date: August 1, 2004.
    Budget Period Length: 12 months.
    Project Period Length: Five years.
    Throughout the project period, CDC's commitment to continuation of 
awards will be conditioned on the availability of funds, evidence of 
satisfactory progress by the recipient (as documented in required 
reports), and the determination that continued funding is in the best 
interest of the Federal Government.

III. Eligibility Information

III.1. Eligible Applicants

    Applications may be submitted by United Nations organizations 
mandated by United Nations member-states with the global coordination 
of war-related injury and mine action activities.

III.2. Cost Sharing or Matching

    Matching funds are not required for this program.

III.3. Other

    If your application is incomplete or non-responsive to the 
requirements listed below, it will not be entered into the review 
process. You will be notified that your application did not meet the 
submission requirements.
    Eligibility is limited to United Nations organizations because 
these organizations are mandated by United Nations member-states to 
coordinate diverse war-related injury and mine action activities. Only 
organizations with these mandates have the resources and access to 
perform these activities and to assure the greatest impact on the 
larger war-related injury community.

    Note: Title 2 of the United States Code section 1611 states that 
an organization described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal 
Revenue Code that engages in lobbying activities is not eligible to 
receive Federal funds constituting an award, grant, or loan.

IV. Application and Submission Information

IV.1. Address To Request Application Package

    To apply for this funding opportunity use application form PHS 
5161. Application forms and instructions are available on the CDC Web 
site, at the following Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/forminfo.htm.
    If you do not have access to the Internet, or if you have 
difficulty accessing the forms on-line, you may contact the CDC 
Procurement and Grants Office Technical Information Management Section 
(PGO-TIM) staff at: 770-488-2700. Application forms can be mailed to 
you.

IV.2. Content and Form of Submission

    Application: You must include a project narrative with your 
application forms. Your narrative must be submitted in the following 
format:
     Maximum number of pages: 10. If your narrative 
exceeds the page limit, only the first pages which are within the page 
limit will be reviewed.
     Font size: 12-point unreduced.
     Double spaced.
     Paper size: 8.5 by 11 inches.
     Page margin size: One inch.
     Printed only on one side of page.
     Held together only by rubber bands or metal 
clips; not bound in any other way.
    Your narrative should address activities to be conducted over the 
entire project period, and must include the following items in the 
order listed:
     Project plan.
     Understanding of topic.
     Staff.
     Timeline.
     Evaluation plan.
     Budget justification (not counted in page limit)
    Additional information may be included in the application 
appendices. The appendices will not be counted toward the narrative 
page limit. This additional information includes:
     Curriculum Vitaes.
     Organizational Charts.
     Letters of Support.

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    You are required to have a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal 
Numbering System (DUNS) number to apply for a grant or cooperative 
agreement from the Federal government. The DUNS number is a nine-digit 
identification number, which uniquely identifies business entities. 
Obtaining a DUNS number is easy and there is no charge. To obtain a 
DUNS number, access http://www.dunandbradstreet.com or call 1-866-705-
5711.
    For more information, see the CDC Web site at: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/pubcommt.htm.
    If your application form does not have a DUNS number field, please 
write your DUNS number at the top of the first page of your 
application, and/or include your DUNS number in your application cover 
letter.
    Additional requirements that may require you to submit additional 
documentation with your application are listed in section ``VI.2. 
Administrative and National Policy Requirements.''
    IV.3. Submission Dates and Times
    Application Deadline Date: June 1, 2004.
    Explanation of Deadlines: Applications must be received in the CDC 
Procurement and Grants Office by 4 p.m. Eastern Time on the deadline 
date. If you send your application by the United States Postal Service 
or commercial delivery service, you must ensure that the carrier will 
be able to guarantee delivery of the application by the closing date 
and time. If CDC receives your application after closing due to: (1) 
carrier error, when the carrier accepted the package with a guarantee 
for delivery by the closing date and time, or (2) significant weather 
delays or natural disasters, you will be given the opportunity to 
submit documentation of the carriers guarantee. If the documentation 
verifies a carrier problem, CDC will consider the application as having 
been received by the deadline.
    This program announcement is the definitive guide on application 
submission address and deadline. It supersedes information provided in 
the application instructions. If your application does not meet the 
deadline above, it will not be eligible for review, and will be 
discarded. You will be notified that your application did not meet the 
submission requirements.
    CDC will not notify you upon receipt of your application. If you 
have a question about the receipt of your application, first contact 
your courier. If you still have a question, contact the PGO-TIM staff 
at: 770-488-2700. Before calling, please wait two to three days after 
the application deadline. This will allow time for applications to be 
processed and logged.

IV.4. Intergovernmental Review of Applications

    Executive Order 12372 does not apply to this program.

IV.5. Funding Restrictions

    Restrictions, which must be taken into account while writing your 
budget, are as follows: Funds may be spent for reasonable program 
purposes, including personnel, travel, supplies, and services. 
Equipment may be purchased if deemed necessary to accomplish program 
objectives, however, prior approval by CDC officials must be requested 
in writing.
    The costs that are generally allowable in grants to domestic 
organizations are allowable to foreign institutions and international 
organizations, with the following exception: With the exception of the 
American University, Beirut, and the World Health Organization, 
Indirect Costs will not be paid (either directly or through sub-award) 
to organizations located outside the territorial limits of the United 
States or to international organizations regardless of their location.
    The applicant may contract with other organizations under this 
program; however the applicant must perform a substantial portion of 
the activities (including program management and operations, and 
delivery of prevention services for which funds are required).
    All requests for funds contained in the budget, shall be stated in 
U.S. dollars. Once an award is made, CDC will not compensate foreign 
grantees for currency exchange fluctuations through the issuance of 
supplemental awards.
    You must obtain annual audit of these CDC funds (program-specific 
audit) by a U.S.-based audit firm with international branches and 
current licensure/authority in-country, and in accordance with 
International Accounting Standards or equivalent standard(s) approved 
in writing by CDC.
    A fiscal Recipient Capability Assessment may be required, prior to 
or post award, in order to review the applicant's business management 
and fiscal capabilities regarding the handling of U.S. Federal funds.
    If you are a domestic organization and you are requesting indirect 
costs in your budget, you must include a copy of your indirect cost 
rate agreement. If your indirect cost rate is a provisional rate, the 
agreement should be less than 12 months of age.
    Guidance for completing your budget can be found on the CDC Web 
site, at the following Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/budgetguide.htm.

IV.6. Other Submission Requirements

    Application Submission Address: Submit the original and two hard 
copies of your application by mail or express delivery service to: 
Technical Information Management-PA 04121, CDC Procurement and 
Grants Office, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341.
    Applications may not be submitted electronically at this time.

V. Application Review Information

V.1. Criteria

    You are required to provide measures of effectiveness that will 
demonstrate the accomplishment of the various identified objectives of 
the cooperative agreement. Measures of effectiveness must relate to the 
performance goals stated in the ``Purpose'' section of this 
announcement. Measures must be objective and quantitative, and must 
measure the intended outcome. These measures of effectiveness must be 
submitted with the application and will be an element of evaluation.
    Your application will be evaluated against the following criteria:
     Project plan (30 points) Will the project plan 
meet the objectives of this cooperative agreement?
     Understanding of topic (20 points) Is the 
applicant's understanding of the program sufficient for implementation?
     Staff (20 points) Does the applicant's staff 
have sufficient experience and skill for the program?
     Timeline (15 points) Is the timeline appropriate 
for the scope of proposed activities?
     Evaluation plan (15 points) Is the proposed 
evaluation protocol for the proposed activities sufficient?
     Budget justification (not counted in page 
limit).

V.2. Review and Selection Process

    Applications will be reviewed for completeness by the Procurement 
and Grants Office (PGO) staff, and for responsiveness by NCEH. 
Incomplete applications and applications that are non-responsive to the 
eligibility criteria will not advance through the process. Applicants 
will be notified that their application did not meet submission 
requirements.
    An objective review panel will evaluate your application according 
to the criteria listed in the ``V.1. Criteria'' section above.

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V.3. Anticipated Announcement Award Date

    August 1, 2004

VI. Award Administration Information

VI.1. Award Notices

    Successful applicants will receive a Notice of Grant Award (NGA) 
from the CDC Procurement and Grants Office. The NGA shall be the only 
binding, authorizing document between the recipient and CDC. The NGA 
will be signed by an authorized Grants Management Officer, and mailed 
to the recipient fiscal officer identified in the application.
    Unsuccessful applicants will receive notification of the results of 
the application review by mail.

VI.2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements

45 CFR Part 74 and Part 92
    For more information on the Code of Federal Regulations, see the 
National Archives and Records Administration at the following Internet 
address: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html.
    The following additional requirements apply to this project:
     AR-1 Human Subjects Requirements.
     AR-8 Public Health System Reporting 
Requirements.
     AR-9 Paperwork Reduction Act Requirements.
     AR-10 Smoke-Free Workplace Requirements.
     AR-11 Healthy People 2010.
     AR-12 Lobbying Restrictions.
     AR-14 Accounting System Requirements.
     AR-16 Security Clearance Requirement.
     AR-25 Release and Sharing of Data.
    Additional information on these requirements can be found on the 
CDC web site at the following Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/ARs.htm.

VI.3. Reporting Requirements

    You must provide CDC with an original, plus two hard copies of the 
following reports:
    1. Interim progress report, no less than 90 days before the end of 
the budget period. The progress report will serve as your non-competing 
continuation application, and must contain the following elements:
    a. Current Budget Period Activities Objectives.
    b. Current Budget Period Financial Progress.
    c. New Budget Period Program Proposed Activity Objectives.
    d. Detailed Line-Item Budget and Justification.
    e. Additional Requested Information.
    f. Measures of Effectiveness.
    2. Financial status report and annual progress report, no more than 
90 days after the end of the budget period.
    3. Final financial and performance reports, no more than 90 days 
after the end of the project period.
    These reports must be sent to the Grants Management Specialist 
listed in the ``Agency Contacts'' section of this announcement.

VII. Agency Contacts

    For general questions about this announcement, contact: Technical 
Information Management Section, CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 2920 
Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: 770-488-2700.
    For program technical assistance, contact: Michael Gerber, Project 
Officer, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, Mailstop F-48, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, 
Telephone: 770-488-3520, E-mail: [email protected].
    For budget assistance, contact: Steward Nichols, Contract 
Specialist, CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 2920 Brandywine Road, 
Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: 770-488-2788, E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: March 24, 2004.
Edward Schultz,
Acting Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
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