Maintenance and Operations for Herat and Balkh Universities Womenмs Dormitories

Post Date

May 8th 2015

Application Due Date

June 22nd 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

SCAKAB-15-CA-009-SCA-05072015

CFDA Number(s)

19.501

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Other

Public Diplomacy

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

Eligibility is open to all types of applicants except for 1) individuals and 2) government entities. Please refer to Section D for funding restrictions. Organizations may sub-contract with other entities, but only one entity can be the prime recipient of the award. When sub-contracting with other entities, the responsibilities of each entity must be clearly defined in the proposal.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $1200000

• Award Range:

  $1000000 - $1200000

Grant Description

The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is pleased to announce an open competition for an assistance award through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for maintaining and operating the Womenмs Dormitories on the campuses of Herat and Balkh Universities. Kabul PAS is soliciting proposals for a cooperative agreement that would provide for the operation and maintenance of a womenмs dormitory at Herat University for a period of 24 months and two womenмs dormitories at Balkh University for a period of 18 months. The successful applicant also will be responsible for providing oversight services to maintain and operate all facilities and equipment. The base period of the award will be 24 months. During that timeframe, PAS intends to provide 24 months of operations and maintenance at the Herat University womenмs dorm and 18 months of operation and maintenance at the two Balkh University womenмs dorms. Applicants should plan to begin operations and maintenance of the womenмs dormitory at Herat University immediately upon award. The operations and maintenance of the womenмs dormitories at Balkh University will commence when construction is complete, estimated to be early 2016. This award will have one 12 month option period to provide the dorms at Herat and Balkh Universities with an additional 12 months of operations and maintenance support, which will be exercised at PASмs discretion.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of State

• Office:

  U.S. Mission to Afghanistan

• Agency Contact:

  Javier Pareja, Grants Manager, Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy, Kabul, Afghanistan

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Inquiries

• Agency Email Address:

  KabulPASProposals@state.gov