2014-25920. Notice of Intent To Award Ebola Response Outbreak Funding to Eligible Ministries of Health and Their Bona Fide Agents

AGENCY:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice provides public announcement of CDC's intent to award Ebola appropriations to select Ministries of Health and their bona fide agents for response to the Ebola outbreak funding. This award was proposed in Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 under funding opportunity announcement GH14-1418, “Protecting and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity, and Security.”

This notice replaces the Notice of Intent to award Ebola Response outbreak funding to eligible Ministries of Health and their bona fide agents which was published on October 22, 2014 (79 FR 63126, October 22, 2014). CDC is correcting the application date, award dates, amount of funding available, and one of the points of contact.

Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Number (CFDA): 93.318.

Authority: Public Health Service 301(a) and 307 as amended [42 U.S.C 241 and 242 l]. Multiple awards may be awarded to grantees totaling $300,000 to $1,500,000 per award for the Ebola response outbreak. Funding is appropriated under the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015, Public Law 113-164, 128 Stat. 1867 (2014).

DATES:

Anticipated award date is 12/11/2014.

Application Due Date: 12/1/2014.

Project Number is CDC-RFA-GH14-1418.

ADDRESSES:

CDC has waived the Grants.gov electronic submission process for this requirement. Recipients are hereby authorized to submit a paper copy application for (CDC-RFA-GH14-1418) via Express Mail (i.e. FedEx, UPS, or DHL) and send the application via email. Mailed applications must be address to Dionne Bounds, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341, telephone [phone], or email at [e-mail]. The application must include a detailed line-item budget and justification to support the Ebola activities from December 11, 2014 to September 29, 2015. Please download the following to complete the application package: http://apply07.grants.gov/​apply/​forms/​sample/​SF424_​2_​1-V2.1.pdf—Application Package; http://www.cdc.gov/​od/​pgo/​funding/​docs/​CertificationsForm.pdf—Certifications; http://www.cdc.gov/​od/​pgo/​funding/​grants/​Budget_​Preparation_​Guidelines_​8-2-12.docx—CDC-PGO Budget Guidelines; http://apply07.grants.gov/​apply/​forms/​sample/​SF424A-V1.0.pdf—SF-424A Budget Information.

All applications must be submitted to and received by the Grants Management Officer (GMO) no later than 11:59 p.m. EST on December 1, 2014 and please provide the GMO a PDF version of the application by email to the following email address: [e-mail] subject line: CDC-RFA-GH14-1418.

Applicants will be provided with the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) and additional application submission guidance via email notification. Applicants may contact the POCs listed with questions regarding the application process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For programmatic or technical assistance: Kawi Mailutha, Project Officer, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd. MS E-29, Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone: [phone], E-Mail: [e-mail].

For financial, awards management, or budget assistance: Dionne Bounds, Grants Management Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone [phone], Email: [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The purpose of this notice is to solicit applications from eligible Ministries of Health and their bona fide agents to quickly arrest the spread of the Ebola virus in West Africa and contain the disease as quickly as possible. The funding will support the impacted countries and the surrounding countries to combat this health crisis. This funding will target the following countries: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Mauritania, Mali, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Gambia, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger and Nigeria to support the responses of the CDC to the outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa. This funding will enable the U.S. to provide unified mobilization to address a crisis of this magnitude. CDC will continue to build partnerships and strengthen existing projects to respond to Ebola. CDC and its partners will help to address the need for surveillance, detection, coordination, response, and increase eligible governments' capacity to respond to the Ebola outbreak.

Award Information

Type of Award: Cooperative Agreement.

Approximate Total Current Fiscal Year Funding: $10,000,000.

Anticipated Number of Awards: Multiple.

Fiscal Year Funds: 2015.

Anticipated Award Date: December 11, 2014.

Application Selection Process: Funding will be awarded to applicant based on results from the technical review recommendation.

Dated: October 28, 2014.

Ron A. Otten,

Acting Deputy Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.