United States Division of State
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL)
Discover of Funding Alternative (NOFO): DRL Supporting Free and Impartial Media Globally
That is the announcement of funding alternative quantity SFOP0009493
Catalog of Federal Home Help Quantity: 19.345
Kind of Solicitation: Open Competitors
Software Deadline: 11:59 PM EST on Might 3, 2023
Whole Funding Flooring: $1,000,000
Whole Funding Ceiling: $1,000,000
Anticipated Variety of Awards: 1
Kind of Award: Cooperative Settlement
Interval of Efficiency: 36-48 months
Anticipated Time to Award, Pending Availability of Funds: September 30, 2023
A. Challenge Description
The U.S. Division of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) broadcasts an open competitors for organizations interested by submitting purposes for a mission that can assist civil society and impartial media to advocate and maintain governments accountable by selling and strengthening the power of people to train their elementary freedoms of expression, affiliation, and peaceable meeting free from harassment, intimidation, and bodily hurt.
This system ought to promote and shield open and resilient data ecosystems by 1) selling the long-term adaptive capacities and sustainability of impartial journalists, together with free lancers, and media shops, and a couple of) bolstering the resilience of journalists and impartial media shops to authorized and regulatory challenges. The awarded mission will function one element of a bigger DRL initiative to guard impartial journalism globally.
DRL will award an overarching cooperative settlement to a consortium of not less than three NGOs with each world attain (“Consortium”) and experience to deal with a number of elements of an enabling media atmosphere, together with: supporting exiled journalists, together with free lancers, and media shops; responding to authorized and regulatory challenges; and mitigating on-line and offline dangers dealing with journalists and impartial media shops in a wide range of contexts. For the needs of this mission, DRL defines “world attain” as having an present track-record of implementing applications in not less than 4 of the six geographical regions used by the U.S. Department of State, although proposals ought to give attention to two geographic areas in the course of the preliminary pilot part with a brief description of potential regional growth following a pilot-phase (pending funding availability). Inside the Consortium, one group should function the lead group and the first applicant (“Major Applicant” or “Lead Group”). It’s envisioned that Consortium members could implement particular person initiatives, two or extra may match on particular person however collaborative initiatives, or two or extra may match collectively on one mission. This system could search to develop partnerships with different donor governments and/or the non-public sector to bolster this work.
Significant partnerships with native organizations, together with these serving and led by members of marginalized communities, should be demonstrated in funds and narrative software elements: not less than 25% of funds needs to be made accessible for this function. As this can be a cooperative settlement, each the Consortium and DRL could current potential mission concepts for implementation underneath this program.
Challenge actions ought to deal with the targets above for journalists and media shops working in a spread of environments, together with in quickly closing contexts; contexts during which rising strain forces journalists to flee and the place journalists are working in exile or in migratory host nations; and in nations seen as regional leaders whose actions have affect past their borders, and which can be a welcoming atmosphere for exiled journalists. Illustrative actions could embrace, however should not restricted to:
- Enhance the adaptiveness and operational sustainability of impartial journalists and media, together with these working in exile and people who are members of marginalized communities;
- Present authorized and psychosocial assist companies to journalists underneath risk;
- Improve the power of media organizations to handle response to and face up to repressive legal guidelines and laws;
- Strengthen threat mitigation and administration methods of impartial journalists and media shops working in exile;
- Present impartial journalists, in all their variety,the talents and sources wanted to scale back their vulnerability to, enhance their responsiveness to, and mitigate the potential impression of threats and assaults, on-line and offline;
- Foster connections and exchanges, notably amongst exiled impartial journalists and media practitioners– together with by means of peer coaching and mentorship – to strengthen coordination and data sharing, together with for media working in third nations.
Within the full proposal submission the Lead Group and Consortium members should:
- Present a framework for a way the Consortium would consider nation/regional situations and draw on present expertise, proof and classes realized from earlier initiatives to design modern, efficient, and scalable applications inside its respective areas of experience as new alternatives and challenges unfold on the bottom;
- Articulate how the approaches underneath this cooperative settlement would construct on and be told by earlier initiatives and institutional classes realized from these initiatives;
- Determine how the Consortium will leverage partnerships with native organizations, together with native civil society organizations, to tell proposal design, mission implementation and mission sustainability;
- Clarify the way it will successfully and effectively handle particular person initiatives underneath this cooperative settlement;
- Mirror how the Consortium will design programming to keep away from duplication and in any other case replicate complementarity with different organizations;
- Describe its method to implementing initiatives in a number of nations all over the world concurrently in addition to exhibit world attain; and
- Reveal the way it will monitor each particular person mission and cooperative settlement implementation and consider the relevance, effectivity, effectiveness and impression of particular person initiatives whereas, in partnership with DRL, studying from monitoring and analysis knowledge to tell course corrections and future initiatives.
A profitable mission will embrace the strengthening and/or improvement of networks which can encourage collaborating impartial journalists and media shops to change finest practices concerning a wide range of subjects, comparable to efficient media administration, growing viewership, and bettering content material to satisfy viewers’ wants, in addition to revenue-generation and operational sustainability.
Candidates are requested to offer applicable sources and assist for the security and psychosocial well-being of mission workers and companions. Accordingly, proposals should embrace a bit within the narrative and funds to replicate these sources and assist. Actions can vary from entry to instructional supplies and coaching alternatives to counseling companies, in addition to different types of contextually related assist.
This discover is topic to availability of funding.
B. Federal Award Data
Major organizations can submit one software in response to the NOFO.
The U.S. authorities could: (a) reject all or any purposes, (b) settle for aside from the bottom price software, (c) settle for a couple of software, and (d) waive irregularities in purposes acquired.
The U.S. authorities could make award(s) on the premise of preliminary purposes acquired, with out discussions or negotiations. Due to this fact, every preliminary software ought to include the applicant’s finest phrases from a value and technical standpoint. The U.S. authorities reserves the precise (although it’s underneath no obligation to take action), nonetheless, to enter into discussions with a number of candidates in an effort to acquire clarifications, extra element, or to counsel refinements within the mission description, funds, or different features of an software.
DRL anticipates awarding both a grant or cooperative settlement relying on the wants and threat components of this system. The ultimate dedication on award mechanism might be made by the Grants Officer. The excellence between grants and cooperative agreements revolves across the existence of “substantial involvement.” Cooperative agreements require better Federal authorities participation within the mission. If a cooperative settlement is awarded, DRL will undertake affordable and programmatically vital substantial involvement. Examples of considerable involvement can embrace, however should not restricted to:
- Energetic participation or collaboration with the recipient within the implementation of the award;
- Assessment and approval of 1 stage of labor earlier than one other can start;
- Assessment and approval of substantive provisions of proposed sub-awards or contracts past present Federal coverage;
- Approval of the recipient’s funds or plan of labor previous to the award.
The authority for this funding alternative is discovered within the International Help Act of 1961, as amended (FAA).
C. Eligibility Data
For software data, please see the proposal submission directions (PSI), up to date December 2022 on our web site.
C.1 Eligible Candidates
DRL welcomes purposes from U.S.-based and foreign-based non-profit organizations/nongovernmental organizations (NGO) and public worldwide organizations; non-public, public, or state establishments of upper training; and for-profit organizations or companies. DRL’s desire is to work with non-profit entities; nonetheless, there could also be some events when a for-profit entity is finest suited.
Functions submitted by for-profit entities could also be topic to extra evaluate following the panel choice course of. Moreover, the Division of State prohibits revenue to for-profit or industrial organizations underneath its help awards. Revenue is outlined as any quantity in extra of allowable direct and oblique prices. The allowability of prices incurred by industrial organizations is decided in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) at 48 CFR 30, Value Accounting Requirements Administration, and 48 CFR 31 Contract Value Ideas and Procedures.
Please see 2 CFR 200.307 for laws concerning program earnings.
C.2 Value Sharing or Matching
Offering price sharing, matching, or price participation just isn’t an eligibility issue or requirement for this NOFO and offering price share won’t end in a extra favorable aggressive rating.
C.3 Different
Candidates ought to have present, or the capability to develop, energetic partnerships with thematic or in-country companions, entities, and related stakeholders, together with non-public sector companions and NGOs, and have demonstrable expertise in administering profitable and ideally related initiatives. DRL encourages purposes from foreign-based NGOs headquartered within the geographic areas/nations related to this NOFO. Candidates could kind consortia in an effort to convey collectively organizations with different experience to suggest a complete program in a single proposal. Nevertheless, one group needs to be designated within the proposal because the lead applicant, with the opposite members designated as sub-award companions. DRL reserves the precise to request extra background data on candidates that wouldn’t have earlier expertise administering federal grant awards, and these candidates could also be topic to restricted funding on a pilot foundation.
DRL is dedicated to an anti-discrimination coverage in all of its applications and actions. DRL welcomes purposes regardless of race, ethnicity, colour, creed, nationwide origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender id, incapacity, or different standing. DRL seeks purposes that exhibit that the recipient doesn’t discriminate in opposition to any beneficiaries in implementation of a possible award, comparable to, however not restricted to, by withholding, adversely impacting, or denying equitable entry to the advantages offered by means of this award on the premise of any issue not expressly said within the award. This contains, for instance, race, colour, faith, intercourse (together with gender id, gender expression, intercourse traits, sexual orientation, and being pregnant), nationwide origin, incapacity, age, genetic data, marital standing, parental standing, political affiliation, or veteran’s standing. The recipient ought to insert this provision, together with this paragraph, in all sub-grants and contracts underneath a possible award.
Any applicant listed on the Excluded Events Checklist System within the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) (www.sam.gov) and/or has a present debt to the U.S. authorities just isn’t eligible to use for an help award in accordance with the OMB tips at 2 CFR 180 that implement Govt Orders 12549 (3 CFR,1986 Comp., p. 189) and 12689 (3 CFR,1989 Comp., p. 235), “Debarment and Suspension.” Moreover, no entity or particular person listed on the Excluded Events Checklist System in SAM.gov can take part in any actions underneath an award. All candidates are strongly inspired to evaluate the Excluded Events Checklist System in SAM.gov to make sure that no ineligible entity or particular person is included of their software.
D. Software and Submission Data
D.1 Deal with to Request Software Bundle
Candidates can discover software varieties, kits, or different supplies wanted to use on www.grants.gov and SAMS Home (https://mygrants.servicenowservices.com ) underneath the announcement title “DRL Supporting Free and Impartial Media Globally,” funding alternative quantity “SFOP0009493.” Please contact the DRL level of contact listed in Part G if requesting affordable lodging for individuals with disabilities or for safety causes. Please word that affordable lodging don’t embrace deadline extensions.
D.2 Content material and Type of Software Submission
For all software paperwork, please guarantee:
- All paperwork are in English and all prices are in U.S. {Dollars}. If an authentic doc inside the software is in one other language, an English translation should be offered (please word the Division of State, as indicated in 2 CFR 200.111, requires that English is the official language of all award paperwork). If any doc is offered in each English and a international language, the English language model is the controlling model;
- All pages are numbered, together with budgets and attachments;
- All paperwork are formatted to eight ½ x 11 paper; and,
- All paperwork are single-spaced, 12-point Occasions New Roman font, with 1-inch margins. Captions and footnotes could also be 10-point Occasions New Roman font. Font sizes in charts and tables, together with the funds, might be reformatted to suit inside one web page width.
D.2.1 Software Necessities
Full purposes should embrace the next:
- Accomplished and signed SF-424, SF-424A, and SF-424B varieties. Please see SF-424 directions in Part 2B of the PSI.
- Organizations that have interaction in lobbying the U.S. authorities, together with Congress, or pay for one more entity to foyer on their behalf, are additionally required to finish the SF-LLL “Disclosure of Lobbying Actions” kind (provided that relevant). Please see SF-LLL steering in Part 2B of the PSI.
- Cowl Web page (to not exceed one (1) web page, ideally as a Phrase Doc) that features a desk with the group title, mission title, goal nation/nations, mission synopsis, and title and get in touch with data for the appliance’s predominant level of contact. Please see Cowl Web page Part 2C of the PSI for a template and extra particulars.
- Govt Abstract (to not exceed one (1) web page, ideally as a Phrase Doc) that outlines mission objectives, targets, actions, and so on.
- The Govt Abstract ought to embrace a short part that explicitly states: (1) the issue assertion addressed by the mission, (2) research-based proof justifying the distinctive mission method, and (3) quantifiable mission outcomes and impacts.
- The Govt Abstract ought to embrace a short part that explicitly states: (1) the issue assertion addressed by the mission, (2) research-based proof justifying the distinctive mission method, and (3) quantifiable mission outcomes and impacts.
- Desk of Contents (to not exceed one (1) web page, ideally as a Phrase Doc) itemizing all paperwork and attachments with web page numbers.
- Proposal Narrative (to not exceed ten (10) pages, ideally as a Phrase Doc). Please word the ten-page restrict doesn’t embrace the Cowl Web page, Govt Abstract, Desk of Contents, Attachments, Detailed Finances, Finances Narrative, Audit, or NICRA. Candidates are inspired to mix a number of paperwork right into a single Phrase Doc or PDF (i.e. Cowl Web page, Desk of Contents, Govt Abstract, and Proposal Narrative in a single file). Please see Proposal Narrative Tips in Part 2F of the PSI for extra particulars.
- Finances (ideally as an Excel workbook) that features three (3) columns containing the request to DRL, any price sharing contribution, and the whole funds. A abstract funds must also be included utilizing the OMB-approved funds classes (see SF-424A as a pattern) in a separate tab. Prices should be in U.S. {Dollars}. Detailed line-item budgets for sub-grantees needs to be included as extra tabs inside the Excel workbook (if accessible on the time of submission).Please see Finances Tips Part 2G of the PSI for extra data.
- The programming method needs to be devoted to strengthening inclusive societies as a vital pillar of robust democracies. Please embrace prices related to this dedication within the Finances and Finances Narrative.
- Finances Narrative (ideally as a Phrase Doc) that features substantive explanations and justifications for every line merchandise within the detailed funds spreadsheet, in addition to the supply and an outline of all cost-share supplied. Please see Finances Tips Part 2G of the PSI for extra data.
- The group’s most up-to-date audit, if relevant. This needs to be a single audit, program-specific audit, or different audit in accordance with Typically Accepted Authorities Auditing Requirements (GAGAS). Please see Audit Part 2H of the PSI for extra data.
- Logic Mannequin (ideally as a Phrase Doc). Please see Logic Mannequin Part 2I of the PSI for extra data.
- Monitoring and Analysis Narrative (to not exceed 4 (4) pages, ideally as a Phrase Doc). Please see Monitoring and Analysis Narrative Part 2J of the PSI for extra data.
- As said inside the DRL Information to Program Monitoring and Analysis (p. 6): DRL strongly encourages candidates to think about whether or not their monitoring and analysis techniques are using human rights-based approaches, making use of a gender and fairness lens, and/or embrace the participation of sub-grantees and mission members. Inside the Monitoring and Analysis Narrative, candidates ought to exhibit their dedication to inclusive methods and take into account whether or not analysis design, knowledge assortment, evaluation, reporting and studying are carried out in an moral and accountable approach with all mission members (e.g. direct beneficiaries, sub-grantees). Candidates ought to nonetheless make enough provisions to guard the privateness of human topics when amassing knowledge from people. For example, when amassing knowledge from mission members, take into account whether or not your group could have the required knowledgeable consent varieties, confidentiality agreements, and knowledge safety protocols. Candidates needs to be conscious that, ought to an software transfer ahead for funding consideration, DRL will request an in depth Monitoring and Analysis Plan for additional evaluate and approval.
- Threat Evaluation (ideally as a Phrase Doc). Please see Threat Evaluation Part 2K of the PSI for extra data on this requirement, together with Do No Hurt ideas and Stopping Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) insurance policies/plans.
- Key Personnel (to not exceed two (2) pages, ideally as a Phrase Doc). Please embrace quick bios that spotlight related skilled expertise. Given the restricted area, CVs should not really helpful for submission.
- Timeline (to not exceed one (1) web page, ideally as a Phrase Doc or Excel Sheet). The timeline of the general proposal ought to embrace actions, analysis efforts, and program closeout.
- Gender and Inclusion Evaluation (to not exceed three (3) pages, ideally as a Phrase Doc) that gives a concise evaluation of related gender norms, fairness and equality for underserved communities and marginalized populations, energy relations, and battle dynamics in goal nations. Potential domains of research embrace institutional practices and obstacles, cultural norms, gender roles, entry to and management over belongings and sources, and patterns of energy and decision-making. Candidates ought to briefly clarify how they’ve built-in findings from their evaluation into mission design and/or different proposal paperwork, together with a plan for recurrently reviewing and updating the gender and inclusion evaluation with native companions/beneficiaries, and making any vital changes to mission implementation. A set of guiding questions might be present in Part 2L of the PSI.
- Safety Plan addressing any points involving in-person occasions and recruitment for stated occasions, and security for any on-line applications or communications, together with impartial IT safety audits (to incorporate a vulnerability evaluation) of any proposed net software or platform. Group’s Safety Plan ought to exhibit consideration of the dangers recognized within the submitted threat evaluation. Prices may additionally be recognized inside the funds and funds narrative. Candidates are additionally inspired to incorporate contingency plans for in-person or on-line actions.
- Contingency Plan for proposed actions ought to the initially deliberate actions not be capable of be applied. The Contingency Plan needs to be submitted as a further annex. Candidates ought to exhibit consideration of the dangers recognized within the submitted threat evaluation and embrace particular various actions or places as a part of the Contingency Plan. Any proposed “plan” should adjust to 2CFR200.433 – Contingency provisions. Plans should not embrace unallocable or unallowable bills and should not end in a bigger Whole Award Worth than the recognized because the “competitors ceiling.” DRL requires prior approval by the Grants Officer of the “plan” earlier than any actions can happen, or prices might be incurred in opposition to the “plan.”
- Classes Realized (to not exceed one (1) web page, ideally as a Phrase Doc) from previous applications (insert nation or theme) that exhibit how the implementer has safely operated and responded to programmatic challenges, studying from each successes and failures, within the working atmosphere. To be integrated into the ten (10) pages allowed for “Proposal Narrative.”
- Psychosocial Help (to be integrated into the ten (10) pages allowed for “Proposal Narrative,” and into “Finances” and “Finances Narrative”). A piece within the proposal, funds, and funds narrative to replicate applicable sources and assist for the psychosocial well being of workers (i.e., actions can vary from entry to instructional supplies and coaching alternatives to counseling companies to different contextually related assist).
- References: For reference to worldwide steering, please see the next: Core Humanitarian Customary Dedication 8.9 (https://corehumanitarianstandard.org/files/files/CHS-Guidance-Notes-and-Indicators.pdf ); and IASC Tips on Psychological Well being and Psychosocial Help in Emergency Settings Motion Sheet 4.4 (http://www.who.int/mental_health/emergencies/guidelines_iasc_mental_health_psychosocial_june_2007.pdf ).
- Burma Due Diligence Evaluation (to not exceed one (1) web page, ideally in Microsoft Phrase) that outlines present organizational practices for vetting program beneficiaries and capability to conduct due diligence vetting as outlined within the solicitation.
Functions that don’t embrace the weather listed above might be deemed technically ineligible.
D.2.2 Extra Software Paperwork
Sturdy purposes will even include the next:
- Particular person Letters of Help and/or Memorandum of Understanding. Letters of assist and MOUs should be particular to the mission implementation (e.g. from proposed companions or sub-award recipients) and won’t rely in the direction of the web page restrict.
Please confer with the Proposal Submission Directions (PSI), up to date December 2022, on DRL’s web site for detailed steering on the paperwork above: https://www.state.gov/bureau-of-democracy-human-rights-and-labor/programs-and-grants/. For an software guidelines and pattern templates please see the Sources web page on DRL’s web site: https://www.state.gov/resources-for-programs-and-grants/. The pattern templates offered on the DRL web site are recommended, however not obligatory.
DRL reserves the precise to request extra paperwork not included on this NOFO. Moreover, to make sure that all purposes obtain a balanced analysis, the DRL evaluate panel will evaluate from the primary web page of every part as much as the web page restrict and no additional.
Notice: If in the end supplied with a notification of non-binding intent to make a federal award, candidates sometimes have two to 3 weeks to offer extra data and paperwork requested within the notification of intent. The deadlines could differ in every notification of intent and candidates should adhere to the said deadline within the notification of intent.
D.2.3 Extra Data Requested For These Receiving Notification of Intent
Profitable candidates should submit, after notification of intent to make a federal award, however previous to issuance of a federal award:
- Written responses and revised software paperwork addressing situations and suggestions from the DRL evaluate panel;
- A duplicate of the applicant’s newest NICRA as a PDF file, if the applicant has a NICRA and contains NICRA prices within the funds;
- A accomplished copy of the Division’s Monetary Administration Survey, if receiving DRL funding for the primary time;
- Submission of required paperwork to register within the Cost Administration System managed by the Division of Well being and Human Companies, if receiving DRL funding for the primary time (except an exemption is offered);
- Different requested data or paperwork included within the notification of intent to make a federal award or subsequent communications previous to issuance of a federal award;
- Candidates who submit their purposes by means of Grants.gov might be required to create a SAMS Home account in an effort to settle for the ultimate award. Accounts should be logged into to each 60 days in an effort to keep an energetic account.
D.3 Distinctive Entity Identifier and System for Award Administration (SAM)
All prime organizations, whether or not based mostly in the USA or out of the country, will need to have a Distinctive Entity Identifier (UEI) and an energetic registration with the SAM.gov earlier than submitting an software. DRL could not evaluate purposes from or make awards to candidates that haven’t accomplished all relevant UEI and SAM.gov necessities. A UEI is likely one of the knowledge parts mandated by Public Legislation 109-282, the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA), for all Federal awards.
Notice: As of April 2022, a DUNS quantity is not required for federal help purposes.
The two CFR 200 requires that sub-grantees acquire a UEI quantity. Please word the UEI for sub-grantees just isn’t required on the time of software however might be required earlier than the award is processed and/or directed to a sub-grantee.
Notice: The method of acquiring or renewing a SAM.gov registration could take wherever from 4-8 weeks. Please start your registration as early as doable.
- Organizations based mostly in the USA or that pay staff inside the USA will want an Employer Identification Quantity (EIN) from the Inside Income Service (IRS) and a UEI quantity previous to registering in SAM.gov. Please word that as of February 2023, organizations based mostly in the USA that don’t intend to use for U.S. Division of Protection (DoD) awards are not required to have a Industrial and Authorities Entity (CAGE) code to use for non-DoD international help funding alternatives.
- If an applicant group is mid-registration and needs to take away an NCAGE code from their SAM.gov registration, the applicant ought to submit a help desk ticket (“incident”) with the Federal Service Desk (FSD) on-line at www.fsd.gov utilizing the next language: “I don’t intend to hunt monetary help from the Division of Protection. I don’t want to acquire a CAGE code. I perceive that I might want to submit my registration after this incident is resolved in an effort to have my registration activated.”
- Organizations based mostly outdoors of the USA and that don’t pay staff inside the USA don’t want an EIN from the IRS, however do want a UEI quantity previous to registering in SAM.gov. Please word that as of December 2022, organizations based mostly outdoors of the USA that don’t intend to use for U.S. Division of Protection (DoD) awards are not required to have a NATO CAGE (NCAGE) code to use for non-DoD international help funding alternatives.
- If an applicant group is mid-registration and needs to take away an NCAGE code from their SAM.gov registration, the applicant ought to submit a help desk ticket (“incident”) with the Federal Service Desk (FSD) on-line at www.fsd.gov utilizing the next language: “I don’t intend to hunt monetary help from the Division of Protection. I don’t want to acquire an NCAGE code. I perceive that I might want to submit my registration after this incident is resolved in an effort to have my registration activated.”
Organizations based mostly outdoors of the USA and that DO NOT plan to do enterprise with the DoD ought to observe the under directions:
Step 1: Proceed to SAM.gov to acquire a UEI and full the SAM.gov registration course of. SAM.gov registration should be renewed yearly.
Organizations based mostly outdoors of the USA and that DO plan to do enterprise with the DoD ought to observe the under directions:
Step 1: Apply for an NCAGE code by following the directions on the NSPA NATO web site linked under:
NCAGE Homepage:
https://eportal.nspa.nato.int/AC135Public/sc/CageList.aspx
NCAGE Code Request Software (NCRT):
https://eportal.nspa.nato.int/Codification/CageTool/home
For NCAGE assist from inside the USA, name +1 (888) 227-2423.
For NCAGE assist from outdoors the USA, name +1 (269) 961-7766.
Or, e-mail NCAGE@dlis.dla.mil for any issues in making use of for an NCAGE code.
Step 2: After receiving an NCAGE code, proceed to SAM.gov to acquire a UEI and full the SAM.gov registration course of. SAM.gov registration should be renewed yearly.
All prime organizations should additionally proceed to keep up energetic SAM.gov registration with present data always throughout which they’ve an energetic Federal award or software into consideration by a federal award company. SAM.gov requires all entities to resume their registration annually in an effort to keep an energetic registration standing in SAM.gov. It’s the duty of the applicant to make sure it has an energetic registration in SAM.gov and to keep up that energetic registration. If an applicant has not absolutely complied with the necessities on the time of software, the applicant could also be deemed technically ineligible to obtain an award and use that dedication as a foundation for making an award to a different applicant.
Please confer with 2 CFR 25.200 for added data.
Notice: SAM.gov just isn’t the identical as SAMS Home. It is freed from cost to register in each techniques, however the registration processes are totally different.
Data is included on the SAM.gov web site to assist worldwide registrations, together with “Fast Begin Information for Worldwide Registrations” and “Useful Hints.” Navigate to www.SAM.gov, click on “HELP” within the high navigation bar, then click on “Discover” and “New to SAM.gov?” for normal data. Please word, steering on SAM.gov and the steering on GSA’s web site about requirement for registering in SAM.gov is topic to vary and is at present being up to date. Candidates ought to evaluate the web site for probably the most up-to-date steering.
The connected “AQM Steering for NCAGE-SAM.gov for Grant Candidates as of Dec. 2022” is a compilation of sources gathered by the Division’s Workplace of Acquisitions Administration (AQM). Any content material proven from SAM.gov just isn’t owned by the Division of State. This steering and instruction are to one of the best of our data based mostly on the time of posting this solicitation. The place steering in these attachments differs from the SAM.gov web site, SAM.gov prevails and the applicant is inspired to hunt and doc responses offered by the SAM.gov assist desk.
D.3.1 Exemptions
An exemption from these necessities could also be permitted on a case-by-case foundation if:
- An applicant’s id should be protected attributable to potential endangerment of their mission, their group’s standing, their staff, or people being served by the applicant.
- For an applicant, if the federal awarding company makes a dedication that there are exigent circumstances that prohibit the applicant from receiving a UEI and finishing SAM.gov registration previous to receiving a federal award. In these situations, federal awarding businesses should require the recipient to acquire a UEI and full SAM.gov registration inside 30 days of the federal award date.
Organizations requesting exemption from UEI or SAM.gov necessities should e-mail the purpose of contact listed within the NOFO not less than two weeks previous to the deadline within the NOFO offering a justification of their request. Approval for a SAM.gov exemption should come from the warranted Grants Officer earlier than the appliance might be deemed eligible for evaluate.
Notice: As of December 2022, organizations based mostly outdoors of the USA that don’t intend to use for U.S. Division of Protection (DoD) awards are not required to have a NATO CAGE (NCAGE) code to use for non-DoD international help funding alternatives. As of February 2023, organizations based mostly in the USA that don’t intend to use for U.S. DoD awards are not required to have a Industrial and Authorities Entity (CAGE) code to use for non-DoD international help funding alternatives.
D.4 Submission Dates and Occasions
Functions are due no later than 11:59 PM Jap Customary Time (EST), on 3, Might, 2023 on https://www.grants.gov/ or SAMS Home (https://mygrants.servicenowservices.com ) underneath the announcement title “DRL Supporting Free and Impartial Media Globally,” funding alternative quantity “SFOP0009493.”
Grants.gov and SAMS Home mechanically log the date and time an software submission is made, and the Division of State will use this data to find out whether or not an software has been submitted on time. Late purposes are neither reviewed nor thought-about. Recognized system errors brought on by Grants.gov or SAMS Home (https://mygrants.service-now.com ) which can be outdoors of the applicant’s management might be reviewed on a case by case foundation. Candidates shouldn’t anticipate a notification upon DRL receiving their software.
D.5 Funding Restrictions
Previous to issuing a federal award with a complete quantity of federal share better than $250,000, the Division of State is required to evaluate and take into account any details about the applicant that’s discovered within the designated integrity and efficiency system accessible by means of SAM.gov (41 USC §2313). An applicant, at its possibility, could evaluate data within the designated integrity and efficiency techniques accessible by means of SAM.gov and touch upon any details about itself {that a} federal awarding company beforehand entered and is at present within the designated integrity and efficiency system accessible by means of SAM.gov. The Division of State will take into account any feedback by the applicant, along with the opposite data within the designated integrity and efficiency system, in making a judgment concerning the applicant’s integrity, enterprise ethics, and file of efficiency underneath federal awards when finishing the evaluate of threat posed by candidates as described in 2 CFR 200.206.
DRL won’t take into account purposes that replicate any sort of assist for any member, affiliate, or consultant of a chosen terrorist group. Please refer the hyperlink for International Terrorist Organizations: https://www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations/
Challenge actions whose direct beneficiaries are international militaries or paramilitary teams or people won’t be thought-about for DRL funding given function limitations on funding.
In accordance with Division of State coverage for terrorism, candidates are suggested that profitable passing of vetting to guage the danger that funds could profit terrorists or their supporters is a situation of award. If chosen for an award, candidates might be requested to submit data required by DS Type 4184, Threat Evaluation Data (connected to this solicitation) about their firm and its principal personnel. Vetting data can also be required for all sub-award efficiency on help awards recognized by the Division of State as presenting a threat of terrorist financing. Vetting data may additionally be requested for mission beneficiaries and members. Failure to submit data when requested, or failure to cross vetting, could also be grounds for rejecting your proposal previous to award.
The Leahy Legislation prohibits Division international help funds from supporting international safety pressure models if the Secretary of State has credible data that the unit has dedicated a gross violation of human rights. Per 22 USC §2378d(a) (2017) , “No help shall be furnished underneath this chapter [FOREIGN ASSISTANCE] or the Arms Export Management Act [22 USC 2751 et seq.] to any unit of the safety forces of a international nation if the Secretary of State has credible data that such unit has dedicated a gross violation of human rights.” Restrictions could apply to any proposed help to police or different regulation enforcement. Amongst these, pursuant to part 620M of the International Help Act of 1961, as amended (FAA), no help offered by means of this funding alternative could also be furnished to any unit of the safety forces of a international nation when there may be credible data that such unit has dedicated a gross violation of human rights. In accordance with the necessities of part 620M of the FAA, also called the Leahy regulation, mission beneficiaries or members from a international authorities’s safety forces could should be vetted by the Division earlier than the supply of any help. If a proposed grant or cooperative settlement will present help to international safety forces or personnel, compliance with the Leahy Legislation is required.
U.S. international help for Burma or Burmese beneficiaries is topic to restrictions. This contains restrictions, pursuant to part 7043(a)(3) of the Division of State, International Operations, and Associated Packages Appropriations Act, 2020 (Div. G, P.L. 116-94)(SFOAA), on funds appropriated underneath title III of the act for help for Burma. Part 7043(a)(3) offers that such funds “is probably not made accessible to any group or entity managed by the armed forces of Burma, or to any particular person or group that advocates violence in opposition to ethnic or spiritual teams or people in Burma, as decided by the Secretary of State.” As well as, funds can’t be made accessible to any particular person or group that has dedicated critical human rights abuse.
Organizations needs to be cognizant of those restrictions when growing mission proposals as these restrictions would require applicable due diligence of program beneficiaries and collaboration with DRL to make sure compliance with these restrictions. Program beneficiaries topic to due diligence vetting will embrace any people or entities which can be beneficiaries of international help funding or assist. Due diligence vetting will embrace a evaluate of open-source supplies.
Federal awards usually won’t permit reimbursement of pre-award prices; nonetheless, the Grants Officer could approve pre-award prices on a case-by-case foundation. Typically, building prices should not allowed underneath DRL awards. For extra data, please see the DRL Proposal Submission Directions (PSI) for Functions: https://www.state.gov/bureau-of-democracy-human-rights-and-labor/programs-and-grants/.
D.6 Software Submission
All software submissions should be made electronically through www.grants.gov or SAMS Home (https://mygrants.servicenowservices.com ). Each techniques require registration by the making use of group. Please word that the Grants.gov registration course of can take ten (10) enterprise days or longer, even when all registration steps are accomplished in a well timed method.
It’s the duty of the applicant to make sure that it has an energetic registration in SAMS Home or Grants.gov. Candidates are required to doc that the appliance has been acquired by SAMS Home or Grants.gov in its entirety. DRL bears no duty for disqualification that consequence from candidates not being registered earlier than the due date, for system errors in both SAMS Home or Grants.gov, or different errors within the software course of. Moreover, candidates should save a display screen shot of the guidelines displaying all paperwork submitted in case any doc fails to add efficiently.
Faxed, couriered, or emailed paperwork will not be accepted. Affordable lodging could, in applicable circumstances, be offered to candidates with disabilities or for safety causes. Candidates should observe all formatting directions within the relevant NOFO and these directions.
DRL encourages organizations to submit purposes throughout regular enterprise hours (Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM Jap Customary Time (EST)). If an applicant experiences technical difficulties and has contacted the suitable assist desk however just isn’t receiving well timed help (e.g. when you have not acquired a response inside 48 hours of contacting the assistance desk), you could contact the DRL level of contact listed within the NOFO in Part G. The purpose of contact could help in contacting the suitable assist desk.
The Grants Officer will decide technical eligibility of all purposes.
SAMS Home Functions:
Candidates utilizing SAMS Home for the primary time ought to full their “New Group Registration.” To register with SAMS Home, click on “Login to https://mygrants.servicenowservices.com ” and observe the “create an account” hyperlink.
Organizations should keep in mind to save lots of a display screen shot of the guidelines displaying all paperwork submitted in case any doc fails to add efficiently.
SAMS Home Assist Desk:
For help with SAMS Home accounts and technical points associated to the system, please contact the ILMS assist desk by cellphone at +1 (888) 313-4567 (toll prices apply for worldwide callers) or by means of the Self Service on-line portal that may be accessed from https://mygrants.servicenowservices.com . Buyer assist is offered 24/7.
Grants.gov Functions:
Candidates who don’t submit purposes through SAMS Home could submit through www.grants.gov .
Please be suggested that finishing all the required registration steps for acquiring a username and password from Grants.gov can take ten (10) enterprise days or longer.
Please confer with the Grants.gov web site for definitions of varied “software statuses” and the distinction between a submission receipt and a submission validation. Candidates will obtain a validation e-mail from Grants.gov upon the profitable submission of an software. Validation of an digital submission through Grants.gov can take as much as two enterprise days. Moreover, organizations should keep in mind to save lots of a screenshot of the guidelines displaying all paperwork submitted in case any doc fails to add efficiently.
Grants.gov Helpdesk:
For help with Grants.gov, please name the Contact Middle at +1 (800) 518-4726 or e-mail support@grants.gov. The Contact Middle is offered 24 hours a day, seven days per week, besides federal holidays.
See https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/ for an inventory of federal holidays.
E. Software Assessment Data
E.1 Proposal Assessment Standards
The DRL evaluate panel will consider every software individually in opposition to the next standards, listed under so as of significance, and never in opposition to competing purposes. Please use the under standards as a reference, however don’t construction your software in response to the sub-sections.
High quality of Challenge Concept
Functions needs to be conscious of this system framework and coverage targets recognized within the NOFO, applicable within the nation/regional context, and will exhibit originality, substance, precision, and relevance to DRL’s mission of selling human rights and democracy. Tasks ought to have the potential to have a direct impression resulting in long-term, sustainable reforms. DRL prefers new approaches that don’t duplicate efforts by different entities. This doesn’t exclude from consideration initiatives that enhance upon or increase present profitable initiatives in a brand new and complementary approach. In nations the place related actions are already going down, an evidence needs to be offered as to how new actions won’t duplicate or merely add to present actions and the way these efforts might be coordinated. Proposals that promote inventive approaches to acknowledged ongoing challenges are extremely inspired. DRL prioritizes mission proposals with inclusive approaches for advancing these rights.
Challenge Planning/Capacity to Obtain Targets
A robust software will embrace a transparent articulation of how the proposed mission actions contribute to the general mission targets, and every exercise might be clearly developed and detailed. A complete month-to-month work plan ought to exhibit substantive undertakings and the logistical capability of the group. Targets needs to be formidable but measurable, results-focused and achievable in an inexpensive timeframe. A whole software should embrace a Logic Mannequin to exhibit how the mission actions will have an effect on its proposed targets. The Logic Mannequin ought to match the targets, outcomes, key actions, and outputs described within the narrative. Functions ought to deal with how the mission will have interaction related stakeholders and will determine native companions as applicable.
If native companions have been recognized, DRL strongly encourages candidates to submit letters of assist from proposed in-country companions. Moreover, candidates ought to describe the division of labor among the many direct applicant and any native companions. If relevant, purposes ought to determine goal geographic areas for actions, goal participant teams or choice standards for members, and the precise roles of sub-awardees, amongst different pertinent particulars.
DRL acknowledges that each one applications have some degree of threat attributable to inside/exterior variables which have the potential to adversely have an effect on a program. Threat administration ought to deal with how the mission design incorporates the identification, evaluation, and administration of key threat components. DRL will evaluate the Threat Evaluation based mostly on the group’s skill to determine dangers that would have an effect on the general program in addition to how the group will handle these dangers.
Establishment’s File and Capability
DRL will take into account the previous efficiency of prior recipients and the demonstrated potential of recent candidates. Functions ought to exhibit an institutional file of profitable democracy and human rights applications, together with accountable fiscal administration and full compliance with all reporting necessities for previous grants. Proposed personnel and institutional sources needs to be enough and applicable to realize the mission’s targets. Tasks ought to have potential for continued funding past DRL sources.
Addressing Limitations to Equal Participation
DRL strives to make sure its initiatives advance the rights and uphold the dignity of all individuals. Because the U.S. authorities’s lead bureau devoted to selling democratic governance, DRL requests a programming method devoted to strengthening inclusive societies as a vital pillar of robust democracies. Discrimination, violence, inequity, and inequality focusing on any members of society undermines collective safety and threatens democracy. DRL prioritizes inclusive and built-in program fashions that assess and deal with the obstacles to entry for people and teams based mostly on their race, ethnicity, faith, earnings, geography, gender id, sexual orientation, or incapacity. The proposal must also exhibit how the mission will additional engagement in underserved communities and with people from underserved communities. Candidates ought to describe how programming will impression all of its beneficiaries, together with assist for underserved and underrepresented communities. This method needs to be an integral a part of each the idea and express design, and implementation of all proposed mission actions, targets, and monitoring. Sturdy proposals will present particular evaluation, measures, and corresponding targets as applicable. Stakeholders shall determine the distinction between alternatives and obstacles to entry, and design initiatives accordingly to not perpetuate these inequalities, however somewhat improve programmatic impression by together with all folks in society. The objective of this method is to convey communities and people in energy collectively in assist of extra steady and safe societies.
Value Effectiveness
DRL strongly encourages candidates to obviously exhibit mission cost-effectiveness of their software, together with examples of leveraging institutional and different sources. Nevertheless, cost-sharing or different examples of leveraging different sources should not required. Inclusion of cost-sharing within the funds doesn’t end in extra factors awarded in the course of the evaluate course of. Budgets ought to have low and/or affordable overhead and administration prices, and candidates ought to present clear explanations and justifications for these prices in relation to the work concerned. All funds gadgets needs to be clearly defined and justified to exhibit necessity, appropriateness, and connection to the mission targets.
Please word: If price share is included within the funds, the recipient should keep written data to assist all allowable prices which can be claimed as its contribution to price share, in addition to prices to be paid by the Federal authorities. Such data are topic to audit. Within the occasion the recipient doesn’t meet the minimal quantity of cost-sharing as stipulated within the recipient’s funds, DRL’s contribution could also be lowered in proportion to the recipient’s contribution.
Multiplier Impact/Sustainability
Functions ought to clearly delineate how parts of the mission could have a multiplier impact and be sustainable past the lifetime of the grant. A great multiplier impact will have an effect past the direct beneficiaries of the grant (e.g. members skilled underneath a grant go on to coach different folks; workshop members use abilities from a workshop to boost a nationwide degree election that impacts your entire populace). A robust sustainability plan could embrace demonstrating persevering with impression past the lifetime of a mission or garnering different donor assist after DRL funding ceases.
Challenge Monitoring and Analysis
Full purposes will embrace an in depth M&E Narrative, which element how the mission’s progress might be monitored and evaluated. Incorporating well-designed monitoring and analysis processes right into a mission is an environment friendly technique for documenting the change (supposed and unintended) {that a} mission seeks. Functions ought to exhibit the capability to offer targets with measurable outputs and outcomes.
The standard of the M&E sections might be judged on the narrative explaining how each monitoring and analysis might be carried out and who might be accountable for these associated actions. The M&E Narrative ought to clarify how analysis(s), inside or exterior, might be integrated into the mission implementation plan or how the mission might be systematically assessed within the absence of 1. Please see the part on Monitoring and Analysis Narrative within the Proposal Submission Directions (PSI) for extra data on what’s required within the narrative.
Notice: Candidates are not required to submit an in depth Monitoring and Analysis Plan of their proposals. Nevertheless, candidates needs to be conscious that, ought to an software transfer ahead for funding consideration, DRL will request an in depth Monitoring and Analysis Plan for additional evaluate and approval.
The output and outcome-based efficiency indicators shouldn’t solely be separated by mission targets but additionally ought to match the targets, outcomes, and outputs detailed within the Logic Mannequin and Proposal Narrative. Efficiency indicators needs to be clearly outlined (i.e., defined how the indications might be measured and reported) both inside the desk or with a separate Efficiency Indicator Reference Sheet (PIRS). For every efficiency indicator, the desk must also embrace baselines and quarterly and cumulative targets, knowledge assortment instruments, knowledge sources, kinds of knowledge disaggregation, and frequency of monitoring and analysis. There must also be metrics to seize how mission actions goal those that face discrimination attributable to their faith, gender, disabilities, ethnicity or sexual orientation and gender id, the place relevant. Please see the part on Monitoring and Analysis Plan within the Proposal Submission Directions (PSI) for extra data on what’s required within the plan.
E.2 Assessment and Choice Course of
DRL strives to make sure that every software receives a balanced analysis by a DRL evaluate panel. AQM will decide technical eligibility for all purposes. All technically eligible purposes for a given NOFO are reviewed in opposition to the identical seven standards, which embrace high quality of mission concept, mission planning/skill to realize targets, institutional file and capability, inclusive programming, price effectiveness, multiplier impact/sustainability, and mission monitoring and analysis.
Moreover, the DRL evaluate panel will consider how the appliance addresses the NOFO request, U.S. international coverage objectives, and the precedence wants of DRL general. DRL may additionally think about the stability of the present portfolio of energetic initiatives, together with geographic or thematic variety, if wanted.
Generally, the DRL evaluate panel contains representatives from DRL, the suitable Division of State regional bureau (to incorporate suggestions from U.S. embassies), and U.S. Company for Worldwide Growth (USAID) (to incorporate suggestions from USAID missions). In some instances, extra panelists could take part, together with from different Division of State bureaus or workplaces; U.S. authorities departments, businesses, or boards; representatives from companion governments; or representatives from entities which can be in a public-private partnership with DRL. On the finish of the panel’s dialogue about an software, the evaluate panel votes on whether or not to advocate the appliance for approval by the DRL Assistant Secretary. If extra purposes are really helpful for approval than DRL can in the end fund, the evaluate panel will rank the really helpful purposes in precedence order for consideration by the DRL Assistant Secretary. The Grants Officer Consultant (GOR) for the eventual award doesn’t vote on the panel. All panelists should signal non-disclosure agreements and conflicts of curiosity agreements.
DRL evaluate panels could present situations and suggestions on purposes to boost the proposed mission, which should be addressed by the applicant earlier than additional consideration of the award. To make sure efficient use of DRL funds, situations or suggestions could embrace requests to extend, lower, make clear, and/or justify prices and mission actions.
F. Federal Award Administration Data
F.1 Federal Award Notices
DRL will present a separate notification to candidates on the results of their purposes. Profitable candidates will obtain a letter electronically through e-mail requesting that the applicant reply to evaluate panel situations and suggestions. This notification just isn’t an authorization to start actions and doesn’t represent formal approval or a funding dedication.
Ultimate approval is contingent on the applicant efficiently responding to the evaluate panel’s situations and suggestions; being registered in required techniques, together with the U.S. authorities’s Cost Administration System (PMS), except an exemption is offered; and finishing and offering any extra documentation requested by DRL or AQM. Ultimate approval can also be contingent on Congressional Notification necessities being met and last evaluate and approval by the Division’s warranted Grants Officer.
The discover of Federal award signed by the Division’s warranted Grants Officers is the only authorizing doc. If awarded, the discover of Federal award might be offered to the applicant’s designated Authorizing Official through SAMS Home to be electronically counter-signed within the system.
F.2 Administrative and Nationwide Coverage and Authorized Necessities
DRL requires all recipients of international help funding to adjust to all relevant Division and Federal legal guidelines and laws, together with however not restricted to the next:
The Uniform Administrative Necessities, Value Ideas and Audit Necessities for Federal Awards set forth in 2 CFR Chapter 200 (Sub-Chapters A by means of F) shall apply to all non-Federal entities, aside from help awards to People and International Public Entities. Sub-Chapters A by means of E shall apply to all international organizations, and Sub-Chapters A by means of D shall apply to all U.S. and international for-profit entities. The applicant/recipient of the award and any sub-recipient underneath the award should adjust to all relevant phrases and situations, along with the peace of mind and certifications made a part of the Discover of Award. The Division’s Customary Phrases and Circumstances might be seen at https://www.state.gov/about-us-office-of-the-procurement-executive/.
Moreover, DRL helps implementation of the Nationwide Technique on Gender Fairness and Equality; the Ladies Peace and Safety (WPS) Act of 2017, which highlights the U.S. dedication to the significant participation of ladies in battle prevention, administration, and determination; and the Division of State WPS Implementation Plan. For extra data, please confer with the next hyperlink: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1141 .
Because of the dedication made underneath the Trafficking Victims Safety Act (TVPA) for funds obligated throughout FY 2023, help that advantages the governments of the next nations could also be topic to a restriction underneath the TVPA. The Division of State determines on a case-by-case foundation what constitutes help to a authorities; the final ideas listed under apply.
Help to the federal government contains:
- All branches of presidency (govt, legislative, judicial) in any respect ranges (nationwide, regional, native);
- Public colleges, universities, hospitals, and state-owned enterprises, in addition to authorities staff;
- Money, coaching, tools, companies, or different help offered on to the federal government, help offered to an NGO or different implementer for the advantage of the federal government, and help to authorities staff.
Topic to TVPA for funds obligated throughout FY 2023:
AF: Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, South Sudan
EAP: Burma, China (PRC), Macau, North Korea
EUR: Belarus, Russia
NEA: Iran, Syria
SCA: Afghanistan
WHA: Cuba, Curacao, Nicaragua, Sint Maarten
Extra necessities could also be included relying on the content material of this system.
F.3 Reporting
Candidates ought to pay attention to the post-award reporting necessities for federal help awards as mirrored in 2 CFR 200 Appendix XII – Award Time period and Situation for Recipient Integrity and Efficiency Issues. DRL awards require that each one studies (monetary and progress) are uploaded to the federal award file in SAMS Home on a quarterly foundation. The Federal Monetary Report (FFR or SF-425) is the required kind for monetary studies and should be submitted in PMS, and a replica of the report submitted in PMS then uploaded to the award file in SAMS Home. Progress studies uploaded to the award file in SAMS Home should embrace a story as described under in addition to Program Indicators (or different mutually agreed upon format accepted by the Grants Officer), together with commonplace (F) framework indicators and DRL framework indicators. F and DRL framework indicators might be reviewed and negotiated in the course of the last levels of issuing an award on a project-by-project foundation.
Narrative progress studies ought to replicate the give attention to measuring the mission’s progress on the overarching targets and needs to be compiled in response to the targets, outcomes, and outputs as outlined within the award’s Scope of Work (SOW) and within the Monitoring & Analysis Narrative. An evaluation of the general mission’s achievements needs to be included in every progress report. The place related, progress studies ought to embrace the next sections:
- Related contextual data (restricted);
- Clarification and analysis of great actions of the reporting interval and the way the actions replicate progress towards attaining targets, together with assembly benchmarks/targets as set within the accepted M&E Plan. As well as, connect the M&E Plan, evaluating the goal and precise numbers for the indications;
- Any qualitative impression or success tales from the mission, when doable;
- Copy of baseline, mid-term, and/or last analysis report(s) carried out by an exterior evaluator; if relevant;
- Related supporting documentation or merchandise associated to the mission actions (comparable to articles, assembly lists and agendas, participant surveys, images, manuals, and so on.) as separate attachments;
- Description of how the recipient is pursuing sustainability, together with searching for sources of follow-on funding;
- Any issues/challenges in implementing the mission and a corrective motion plan with an up to date timeline of actions;
- Explanation why established objectives weren’t met;
- Knowledge for the required F and/or DRL framework indicator(s) for the quarter in addition to combination knowledge by fiscal 12 months;
- Program Indicators or different mutually agreed upon format accepted by the Grants Officer;
- Proposed actions for the subsequent quarter; and,
- Extra pertinent data, together with evaluation and clarification of price overruns or excessive unit prices, if relevant.
International Help Knowledge Assessment: As required by Congress, the Division of State should make progress in its efforts to enhance monitoring and reporting of international help knowledge by means of the International Help Knowledge Assessment (FADR). The FADR requires monitoring of international help exercise knowledge from budgeting, planning, and allocation by means of obligation and disbursement. Profitable candidates might be required to report and draw down federal funding based mostly on the suitable FADR Knowledge Parts, indicated inside their award documentation. In instances of a couple of FADR Knowledge Aspect, sometimes program or sector and/or areas or nation, the profitable applicant might be required to keep up separate accounting data.
A last narrative and monetary report should even be submitted inside 120 days after the expiration of the award.
Please word: Delays in reporting could end in delays of fee approvals and failure to offer required studies could jeopardize the recipient’s’ skill to obtain future U.S. authorities funds. DRL reserves the precise to request any extra programmatic and/or monetary mission data in the course of the award interval.
G. Contact Data
For technical submission questions associated to this NOFO, please contact drl-rr-programinfo@state.gov.
For help with SAMS Home accounts and technical points associated to the system, please contact the ILMS assist desk by cellphone at +1 (888) 313-4567 (toll prices apply for worldwide callers) or by means of the Self Service on-line portal that may be accessed from https://afsitsm.service-now.com/ilms/home . Buyer assist is offered 24/7.
Please word that establishing an account in SAMS Home could require using smartphone for multi-factor authentication (MFA). If an applicant doesn’t have accessibility to a smartphone in the course of the time of making an account, please contact the helpdesk and request directions on MFA for Home windows PC.
For help with Grants.gov accounts and technical points associated to utilizing the system, please name the Contact Middle at +1 (800) 518-4726 or e-mail support@grants.gov. The Contact Middle is offered 24 hours a day, seven days per week, besides federal holidays.
For an inventory of federal holidays go to:
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/
Apart from technical submission questions, in the course of the NOFO interval U.S. Division of State workers in Washington and abroad shall not focus on this competitors with candidates till your entire proposal evaluate course of has been accomplished and rejection and approval letters have been transmitted.
H. Different Data
Candidates needs to be conscious that DRL understands that some data contained in purposes could also be thought-about delicate or proprietary and can make applicable efforts to guard such data. Nevertheless, candidates are suggested that DRL can’t assure that such data won’t be disclosed, together with pursuant to the Freedom of Data Act (FOIA) or different related statutes.
The data on this NOFO and “Proposal Submission Directions for Functions” is binding and is probably not modified by any DRL consultant. Explanatory data offered by DRL that contradicts this language won’t be binding. Issuance of the NOFO and negotiation of purposes doesn’t represent an award dedication on the a part of the U.S. authorities. DRL reserves the precise to scale back, revise, or improve proposal budgets.
This NOFO will seem on www.grants.gov , SAMS Domestic , and DRL’s web site https://www.state.gov/bureau-of-democracy-human-rights-and-labor/programs-and-grants/.
Background Data on DRL and Common DRL Funding
DRL has the mission of selling democracy and defending human rights and elementary freedoms globally. DRL helps initiatives designed by means of an evidence-based framework that empower native civil society companions to advertise and defend democracy globally, together with efforts to counter authoritarianism, promote human rights, and meaningfully deal with variety, fairness, and inclusion as a core factor of fine governance. DRL sometimes focuses its work in nations dealing with human rights violations and abuses, the place democracy and human rights defenders are underneath strain, and the place governance infrastructure is undemocratic, in transition, or liable to backsliding.
Extra background data on DRL and its efforts might be discovered on https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-civilian-security-democracy-and-human-rights/bureau-of-democracy-human-rights-and-labor/.