[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 22875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8754]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Request for Application (RFA) 05069]


Administrative and Technical Support for HIV Laboratory 
Activities in Brazil and Other Lusophone-Speaking Countries; Notice of 
Intent To Fund Single Eligibility Award

A. Purpose

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the 
intent to fund fiscal year (FY) 2005 funds for a cooperative agreement 
program to: (1) provide administrative and technical support for HIV 
laboratory activities to the Brazilian National AIDS Program; and (2) 
to coordinate and implement new and ongoing laboratory activities 
initiated through the South-to-South Regional Collaboration, through 
which Brazil provides HIV technical assistance to Lusophone-speaking 
African countries. The purpose of the program is to build the capacity 
of the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Brazil in HIV laboratory technology 
for improved diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS, and to provide 
technical expertise from Brazil to other Lusophone-speaking countries. 
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program is 
93.067.

B. Eligible Applicant

    Applications will only be solicited from the Funda[ccedil][atilde]o 
Universataria Jose Bonifacio (FUJB) [The Jose Bonifacio University 
Foundation of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro], a private, 
non-profit foundation, dedicated to serving the interests of society in 
the areas of education, research, and extension, insofar as the Federal 
University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) performs these activities. The FUJB 
is empowered to manage contracts and agreements drawn up for the 
support of research projects and services executed by the University, 
and to assist in the maintenance of University activities in the 
National and international arenas.
    UFRJ has state of the art research/clinical laboratory facilities 
and has the only laboratory in Brazil with laboratory staff highly-
specialized in advanced molecular biology and HIV serology techniques 
for HIV/AIDS diagnostics. UFRJ has longstanding experience and a 
tradition of training technicians in these technologies, domestically, 
regionally (Latin America and the Caribbean), and internationally. UFRJ 
personnel have been subcontracted for the past year to serve as 
laboratory consultants in both Mozambique and Angola through the CDC 
Global AIDS Program (GAP) Brazil's cooperative agreement with 
Funda[ccedil][atilde]o Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), as part of the USG 
South-to-South Collaboration. Increased demand for trainings in these 
specialized areas has prompted CDC GAP Brazil to develop an agreement 
with the UFRJ's Foundation to formalize these trainings as USG South-
to-South Collaboration activities. As the management body for UFRJ, the 
Funda[ccedil][atilde]o Universataria Jose Bonifacio is the only 
organization with the capability to administer and manage UFRJ 
laboratory research and training activities.

C. Funding

    Approximately $75,000 is availble in FY 2005 to fund this award. It 
is expected that the award will begin on or before July 1, 2005, and 
will be made for a 12-month budget period within a project period of up 
to 3 years. Funding estimates may change.

D. Where To Obtain Additional Information

    For general comments or questions about this announcement, contact: 
Technical Information Management, CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 
2920 Bradywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341-4146, Telephone: 770-488-2700.
    For program technical assistance, contact: William Brady, Project 
Officer, CDC-AIDS, Unit 3500, APO AA, 34030, Telephone: 55-61-273-4851, 
E-mail: [email protected].
    For financial, grants management, or budget assistance, contact: 
Shirley Wynn, Contract Specialist, CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 
2920 Bradywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: 770-488-1515, E-
mail: [email protected].

    Dated: April 26, 2005.
William P. Nicols,
Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-8754 Filed 5-2-05; 8:45 am]
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