Pre-solicitation Notice - Moderate Voices of Peace

Post Date

March 4th 2016

Application Due Date

November 30th -0001

This is a Pre-solicitation Notice Only. Nothing is required to be submitted in response to this pre-solicitation notice. USAID will not accept applications prior to the issuance of a Request for Application (RFA). The RFA will be published on the Gra

Funding Opportunity Number

PRE-SOLICITATION-624-16-000001

CFDA Number(s)

98.001

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Other

Conflict Mitigation and Prevention - Countering Violent Extremism

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

U.S. or non-U.S. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), private voluntary organizations (PVOs), for-profit companies willing to forego profit, colleges and universities, and Public International Organizations (PIOs) are eligible to submit applications. Faith-based and community organizations that fit the criteria above are also eligible to apply. U.S. or non-U.S. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), private voluntary organizations (PVOs), for-profit companies willing to forego profit, colleges and universities, and Public International Organizations are eligible to submit applications. Faith-based and community organizations that fit the criteria above are also eligible to apply. Applicant(s) must have established financial management, monitoring and evaluation, internal control systems, and policies and procedures that comply with established U.S. Government standards, laws, and regulations. All potential awardees will be subject to a responsibility determination (may include a pre-award survey) issued by a warranted Agreement Officer in USAID.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $25000000

• Award Range:

  $15000000 - $25000000

Grant Description

This is a pre-funding opportunity announcement only. No applications are requested at this time. Please hold all questions/requests for information as they will not be responded to until the full announcement (RFA) is issued. This notice in no way obligates USAID to release a solicitation or award. Issuance of a RFA will be subject to internal USAID approvals and the availability of funds. The request is expected to be available for the public in the next few weeks. Due to the competitive nature of the procurement, unsolicited applications will not be considered. All applications have to be submitted in response to the RFA. USAID/West Africa anticipates awarding a five-year cooperative agreement (CA) for a messaging and communications project to counter violent extremism and promote democracy, human rights and governance in West Africa. The project will aim to amplify moderate voices of peace and tolerance as part of a broader effort to reduce vulnerability to violent extremism in the Sahel. The project will seek to achieve this goal by: 1) strengthening positive local narratives; 2) increasing dialogue and exchange on CVE and peace concepts; 3) expanding access to information; 4) promoting citizen/government dialogue, and; 5) enhancing regional collaboration among media actors. Learning from interventions, communities, and events and adapting new approaches based on that learning will be a critical aspect of the 5-year effort. The approach of the project will blend media-development approaches with strategic communications and behavior change programming, leveraging both new and traditional media to reach populations most at risk to violent extremism in West Africa. The geographic focus of the project will initially include Burkina Faso, Chad and Niger, with a planned expansion to Cameroon in the fall of 2017. However, this project will have built-in flexibility to modify its geographic targets, messaging and scope in order to adapt and respond to fluid security situations and continuously changing VEO narratives. Dun and Bradstreet Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number and System for Award Management (SAM) Please be advised that each applicant (unless the applicant is an individual or Federal awarding agency that is excepted from those requirements under 2 CFR _25.110(b) or (c), or has an exception approved by the Federal awarding agency under 2 CFR _25.110(d)) is required to: be registered in SAM before submitting its application; provide a valid DUNS number in its application; and continue to maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times during which it has an active Federal award or an application or plan under consideration by a Federal awarding agency. The Federal awarding agency may not make a Federal award to an applicant until the applicant has complied with all applicable DUNS and SAM requirements and, if an applicant has not fully complied with the requirements by the time the Federal awarding agency is ready to make a Federal award.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Agency for International Development

• Office:

  West Africa USAID-Ghana

• Agency Contact:

  Samuel Nwanokwu
  Senior Acq. and Assist. Specialist
  Phone 233 302 74 1525

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Samuel Nwanokwu

• Agency Email Address:

  snwanokwu@usaid.gov