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V.3. Anticipated Announcement and 

Award Dates 

October 30, 2005. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

VI.1. Award Notices 

Successful applicants will receive a 

Notice of Award (NoA) from the HHS/ 

CDC Procurement and Grants Office. 

The NoA shall be the only binding, 

authorizing document between the 

recipient and HHS/CDC. An authorized 

Grants Management Officer will sign the 

NoA, and mail it to the recipient fiscal 

officer identified in the application. 

Unsuccessful applicants will receive 

notification of the results of the 

application review by mail. 

VI.2. Administrative and National 

Policy Requirements 

45 CFR Part 74 as Appropriate 

For more information on the Code of 

Federal Regulations, see the National 

Archives and Records Administration at 

the following Internet address: http:// 

www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-tablesearch.html. 

The following additional 

requirements apply to this project: 

• AR–4 HIV/AIDS Confidentiality 

Provisions 

• AR–6 Patient Care 

• AR–8 Public Health System 

Reporting Requirements 

• AR–12 Lobbying Restrictions 

• AR–14 Accounting System 

Requirements 

• AR–15 Proof of Non-Profit Status 

• AR–23 States and Faith Based 

Organization 

Applicants can find additional 

information on these requirements on 

the HHS/CDC Web site at the following 

Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/ 

od/pgo/funding/ARs.htm. 

You need to include an additional 

Certifications form from the PHS 5161–

1 application in your Grants.gov 

electronic submission only. Please refer 

to http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/ 

PHS5161–11Certificates.pdf. Once you 

have filled out the form, please attach it 

to the Grants.gov submission as Other 

Attachments Form. 

VI.3. Reporting Requirements 

You must provide HHS/CDC with an 

original, plus two hard copies of the 

following reports: 

1. In year one, quarterly progress 

reports, due 30 days after the end of 

each quarter. In subsequent years, a 

semi-annual progress report is required 

no later than 30 days after the reporting 

period. 

2. Interim progress report, no less 

than 90 days before the end of the 

budget period. The progress report will 

serve as the non-competing 

continuation application, and must 

contain the following elements: 

a. Current Budget Period Activities 

Objectives. 

b. Current Budget Period Financial 

Progress. 

c. New Budget Period Program 

Proposed Activity Objectives. 

d. Budget. 

e. Measures of Effectiveness, 

including progress against the 

numerical goals of the President’s 

Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief for 

Southern Sudan. 

f. Additional Requested Information. 

3. Financial status report, no more 

than 90 days after the end of the budget 

period. 

4. Final financial and performance 

reports, no more than 90 days after the 

end of the project period. 

5. Annual progress report, due no 

more than 60 days after the end of the 

budget period. Reports should include 

progress against the numerical goals of 

the President’s Emergency Plan for 

AIDS Relief for Southern Sudan. 

Recipients must mail these reports to 

the Grants Management or Contract 

Specialist listed in the ‘‘Agency 

Contacts’’ section of this announcement. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

We encourage inquiries concerning 

this announcement. 

For general questions, contact: 

Technical Information Management 

Section, CDC Procurement and Grants 

Office, U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services, 2920 Brandywine 

Road, Atlanta, GA 30341. Telephone: 

770–488–2700. 

For program technical assistance, 

contact: Thomas Boo, Medical Officer, 

GAP, CDC-Kenya, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention, HHS/CDC 

Global AIDS Program, P.O. Box 606 

Village Market, 00621 Nairobi, Kenya. 

Telephone: 254–20–271–3008, ext. 149 

or Mobile: +254–722–200–189. E-mail: 

tboo@ke.cdc.gov. 

For financial, grants management, or 

budget assistance, contact: Diane 

Flournoy, Grants Management 

Specialist, CDC Procurement and Grants 

Office, U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services, 2920 Brandywine 

Road, Atlanta, GA 30341. Telephone: 

770–488–2072. E-mail: dmf6@cdc.gov. 

VIII. Other Information 

Applicants can find this and other 

HHS funding opportunity 

announcements on the HHS/CDC Web 

site, Internet address: www.cdc.gov 

(Click on ‘‘Funding’’ then ‘‘Grants and 

Cooperative Agreements’’), and on the 

Web site of the HHS Office of Global 

Health Affairs, Internet address: 

www.globalhealth.gov. 

Dated: August 31, 2005. 

William P. Nichols, 

Director, Procurement and Grants Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

[FR Doc. 05–17678 Filed 9–6–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Enhancement of Laboratory Quality 

System Approach in Building the 

Capacity of Health Laboratories To 

Support HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care 

and Treatment Services in the United 

Republic of Tanzania 

Announcement Type: New. 

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC–

RFA–AA086. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 93.067. 

Key Date: Application Deadline: 

October 3, 2005. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Authority: This program is authorized 

under Sections 301(a) and 307 of the Public 

Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 241 and 242l], 

as amended, and under Public Law 108–25 

(United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, 

Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003) 

[U.S.C. 7601]. 

Background: President Bush’s 

Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has 

called for immediate, comprehensive 

and evidence-based action to turn the 

tide of global HIV/AIDS. 

The initiative aims to treat more than 

two million HIV-infected people with 

effective combination anti-retroviral 

therapy by 2008; care for ten million 

HIV-infected and affected persons, 

including those orphaned by HIV/AIDS, 

by 2008; and prevent seven million 

infections by 2010, with a focus on 15 

priority countries, including 12 in subSaharan Africa. The five-year strategy 

for the Emergency Plan is available at 

the following Internet address: http:// 

www.state.gov/s/gac/rl/or/c11652.htm. 

Over the same time period, as part of 

a collective national response, the 

Emergency Plan goals specific to 

Tanzania are to treat at least 150,000 

HIV-infected individuals, and care for 

750,000 HIV-affected individuals, 

including orphans. 

Purpose: The purpose of this 

cooperative agreement is to collaborate 

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with the National Institute for Medical 

Research (NIMR), and the Tanzanian 

Ministry of Health (MOH) to establish 

the National Laboratory Quality 

Assurance and Training Center that 

will: (1) Provide leadership in HIV/ 

AIDS related laboratory training; and (2) 

provide technical assistance and 

leadership in assuring highly functional 

and operational testing systems, and 

assuring quality systems integration, in 

building the capacity of health 

laboratories to support HIV/AIDS 

prevention, care and treatment in the 

United Republic of Tanzania. 

Measurable outcomes of the program 

will be in alignment with the 

performance goals of the President’s 

Emergency Plan and with one (or more) 

of the following performance goal(s) for 

the National Center for HIV, Sexually 

Transmitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis 

Prevention of the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) within 

the U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS): By 2010, work 

with other countries, international 

organizations, the Department of State, 

United States Agency for International 

Development (USAID), and other 

partners to achieve the United Nations 

General Assembly Special Session on 

HIV/AIDS goal of reducing prevalence 

among young persons 15 to 24 years of 

age, reducing HIV transmission, and 

improving care of persons living with 

HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). 

Activities: Applicants should describe 

activities in detail as part of a four-year 

action plan (U.S. Government Fiscal 

Years 2005–2008 inclusive) that reflects 

the policies and goals outlined in the 

five-year strategy for the President’s 

Emergency Plan. 

The grantee will produce an annual 

operational plan in the context of this 

four-year plan, which the U.S. 

Government Emergency Plan team on 

the ground in Tanzania will review as 

part of the annual Emergency Plan for 

AIDS Relief Country Operational Plan 

review and approval process managed 

by the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS 

Coordinator. HHS/CDC, under the 

guidance of the U.S. Global AIDS 

Coordinator, will approve funds for 

activities on an annual basis, based on 

documented performance toward 

achieving Emergency Plan goals, as part 

of the annual Emergency Plan for AIDS 

Relief Country Operational Plan review 

and approval process. 

Awardee activities for this program 

are as follows: 

1. Provide leadership in HIV/AIDSrelated laboratory training: 

a. Develop training materials 

(including doing educational design) for 

local training and at the peripheral 

levels. 

b. Deliver training in HIV/AIDSrelated testing and testing-specific 

quality assurance. 

c. Train trainers in a laboratoryquality systems approach. 

d. Serve as a central area for receiving 

and delivering distance-based training 

(e.g., satellite- and Internet-based 

training). 

e. Serve as liaison with international 

training efforts with the goal of 

producing standardized, harmonized 

curricula. 

2. Provide technical assistance and 

leadership in assuring highly functional 

and operational testing systems, and 

assuring quality systems integration, in 

building the capacity of health 

laboratories to support HIV/AIDS 

prevention, care and treatment: 

a. Provide assistance and leadership 

in the development of standard 

operating procedures for quality system 

components (for example: Sample 

management; process control; and 

information management). 

b. Serve as the primary resource for 

receipt of, and knowledge transfer of, 

international standards and guidelines 

for quality systems, such as those from 

the International Organization for 

Standardization (IOS) and the U.S. 

National Committee for Clinical 

Laboratory Standards (NCCLS). 

c. Provide technical assistance and 

coordination support for external 

quality-assessment (proficiency testing) 

programs. 

3. Serve as a supra-reference 

laboratory for HIV-related Testing in 

Tanzania: 

a. Evaluate, provide and assist, when 

needed, with technology transfer for 

new diagnostic tests, diagnostic testing 

algorithms, tests to stage disease and 

monitor immune function, and tests for 

anti-retroviral resistance. 

b. Serve as the ultimate referral 

laboratory in Tanzania for samples that 

present unusual or unique testing. 

In a cooperative agreement, HHS staff 

is substantially involved in the program 

activities, above and beyond routine 

grant monitoring. 

CDC Activities for this program are as 

follows: 

1. Collaborate with the applicant, the 

Tanzania MOH and other in-country 

and international partners, in the 

development of plans for program 

assistance based on the country needs, 

the HHS technical assistance portfolio, 

and HIV laboratory activities conducted 

by other partners. 

2. Provide consultation and scientific 

and technical assistance based on the 

‘‘CDC Global AIDS Program (GAP) 

Technical Strategies’’ document to 

promote the use of best practices known 

at the time. 

3. Facilitate in-country planning and 

review meetings for the purpose of 

ensuring coordination of country-based 

program technical assistance activities. 

HHS will act as liaison and assist in 

coordinating activities, as required, 

between the applicant and other nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), the 

Government of the United Republic of 

Tanzania, and other Emergency Plan 

partners. 

Either HHS staff or staff from 

organizations that have successfully 

competed for funding under a separate 

HHS contract, cooperative agreement or 

grant will provide technical assistance 

and training. 

This announcement is only for nonresearch activities supported by HHS/ 

CDC. If an applicant proposes research 

activities, HHS will not review the 

application. For the definition of 

‘‘research’’, please see the HHS/CDC 

Web site at the following Internet 

address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/ads/ 

opspoll1.htm. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Cooperative 

Agreement. 

HHS involvement in this program is 

listed in the Activities Section above. 

Fiscal Year Funds: 2006. 

Approximate Total Funding: 

$3,600,000. (This amount is an estimate 

for the entire project period, and is 

subject to availability of funds.) 

Approximate Number of Awards: 

Two. 

Approximate Average Award: 

$450,000. (This amount is for the first 

12-month budget period, and includes 

indirect costs.) 

Floor of Award Range: None. 

Ceiling of Award Range: $600,000. 

(This ceiling is for the first 12-month 

budget period.) 

Anticipated Award Date: October 30, 

2005. 

Budget Period Length: 12 months. 

Project Period Length: Four years. 

Throughout the project period, HHS’

commitment to continuation of awards 

will be conditioned on the availability 

of funds, evidence of satisfactory 

progress by the recipient (as 

documented in required reports), and 

the determination that continued 

funding is in the best interest of the 

Federal Government, through the 

Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief review 

and approval process for Country 

Operational Plans, managed by the 

Office of the U.S. Global AIDS 

Coordinator. 

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III. Eligibility Information 

III.1. Eligible Applicants 

Applications may be submitted by: 

• Public nonprofit organizations. 

• Private nonprofit organizations. 

• Universities. 

• Colleges. 

• For profit organizations. 

• Small, minority, women-owned 

businesses. 

• Community-based organizations. 

• Research institutions. 

• Hospitals. 

• Faith-based organizations. 

• Federally recognized Indian tribal 

governments. 

• Indian tribes. 

• Indian tribal organizations. 

• State and local governments or their 

Bona Fide Agents (this includes the 

District of Columbia, the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 

Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of 

the Northern Mariana Islands, American 

Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of 

Micronesia, the Republic of the 

Marshall Islands, and the Republic of 

Palau). 

• Political subdivisions of States (in 

consultation with States). 

In addition, applicants must meet the 

criteria listed below: 

• Be local indigenous to Tanzania. 

• Have at least three years of 

documented HIV/AIDS related program 

implementation experience in Tanzania 

particularly related laboratory training 

and lab quality assurance. 

• Provide letters of support from the 

Tanzania Ministry of Health and the 

National Institute for Medical Research 

as evidence of having established 

working relationships that can build 

upon an existing framework. 

III.2. Cost Sharing or Matching Funds 

Matching funds are not required for 

this program. Although matching funds 

are not required, preference will go to 

organizations that can leverage 

additional funds to contribute to 

program goals. 

III.3. Other 

If applicants request a funding 

amount greater than the ceiling of the 

award range, HHS/CDC will consider 

the application non-responsive, and it 

will not enter into the review process. 

We will notify you that your application 

did not meet the submission 

requirements. 

Special Requirements: If your 

application is incomplete or nonresponsive to the special requirements 

listed in this section, it will not enter 

into the review process. We will notify 

you that your application did not meet 

submission requirements. 

• HHS/CDC will consider late 

applications non-responsive. See 

section ‘‘IV.3. Submission Dates and 

Times’’ for more information on 

deadlines. 

• Note: Title 2 of the United States Code 

Section 1611 states that an organization 

described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal 

Revenue Code that engages in lobbying 

activities is not eligible to receive Federal 

funds constituting a grant, loan, or an award. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

IV.1. Address To Request Application 

Package 

To apply for this funding opportunity 

use application form PHS 5161–1. 

Electronic Submission: HHS strongly 

encourages you to submit your 

application electronically by using the 

forms and instructions posted for this 

announcement on www.Grants.gov, the 

official Federal agency wide E-grant 

Web site. Only applicants who apply 

on-line are permitted to forego paper 

copy submission of all application 

forms. 

Paper Submission: Application forms 

and instructions are available on the 

HHS/CDC Web site, at the following 

Internet address: www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/ 

forminfo.htm. 

If you do not have access to the 

Internet, or if you have difficulty 

accessing the forms on-line, contact the 

HHS/CDC Procurement and Grants 

Office Technical Information 

Management Section (PGO–TIM) staff at 

770–488–2700. We can mail application 

forms to you. 

IV.2. Content and Form of Submission 

Application: You must submit a 

project narrative with your application 

forms. You must submit the narrative in 

the following format: 

• Maximum number of pages: 35. If 

your narrative exceeds the page limit, 

we will only review the first pages 

within the page limit. 

• Font size: 12 point unreduced. 

• Double-spaced. 

• Paper size: 8.5 by 11 inches. 

• Page margin size: One inch. 

• Printed only on one side of page. 

• Held together only by rubber bands 

or metal clips; not bound in any other 

way. 

• You MUST submit your application 

in English. 

Your narrative should address 

activities to be conducted over the 

entire project period, and must include 

the following items in the order listed: 

• Executive Summary. 

Provide a clear and concise summary 

of the proposed goals, major objectives 

and activities required for achievement 

of program goals, the amount of funding 

requested for budget year one of this 

cooperative agreement, and the project’s 

contribution to the Goals and Objectives 

of the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. 

• Needs Assessment and Capacity 

Describe the documented need for the 

proposed activities; current activities 

that provide relevant experience and 

expertise to perform the proposed 

activities; and collaborative 

relationships with other agencies and 

organizations that will be involved in 

the proposed activities. 

• Year One Operational and 

Evaluation Plan 

Provide specific, measurable, and 

time-phased year one objectives for each 

proposed project; the specific activities 

proposed to achieve the year one 

objectives; and a projected timetable for 

completion that displays dates for the 

accomplishment of tasks and identifies 

responsible parties. For each year one 

objective, specify how achievement will 

be measured and documented. 

• Four-Year Plan 

Describe realistic four-year goals and 

measurable, time-phased objectives for 

each proposed project; the major 

activities to achieve each objective; 

plans for collaboration with partners, 

including the CDC; and the evaluation 

process that will be used to determine 

effectiveness and initiate modifications, 

as needed. 

• Management and Staffing Plan 

Describe how the program will be 

effectively managed. Include the 

following: 

a. Management structure, including 

the lines of authority and plans for fiscal 

control. 

b. The staff positions responsible for 

implementation of the program. 

c. Qualifications and experience of 

the designated staff. 

• Budget and Justification 

Provide a detailed 12-month budget 

request and line item justification that is 

consistent with the purpose of the 

program and the proposed objectives 

and activities. The budget must be 

included within the 35 pages. 

You may include additional 

information in the application 

appendices. The appendices will not 

count toward the narrative page limit. 

This additional information includes 

the following: 

• Curriculum Vitas. 

• Resumes. 

• Organizational Charts. 

• Letters of Support. 

You must have a Dun and Bradstreet 

Data Universal Numbering System 

(DUNS) number to apply for a grant or 

cooperative agreement from the Federal 

government. The DUNS number is a 

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nine-digit identification number, which 

uniquely identifies business entities. 

Obtaining a DUNS number is easy, and 

there is no charge. To obtain a DUNS 

number, access 

www.dunandbradstreet.com or call 1–

866–705–5711. 

For more information, see the HHS/ 

CDC Web site at: http://www.cdc.gov/ 

od/pgo/funding/grantmain.htm. If your 

application form does not have a DUNS 

number field, please write your DUNS 

number at the top of the first page of 

your application, and/or include your 

DUNS number in your application cover 

letter. 

Additional requirements that could 

require you to submit additional 

documentation with your application 

are listed in section ‘‘VI.2. 

Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements.’’

IV.3. Submission Dates and Times 

Application Deadline Date: October 7, 

2005. 

Explanation of Deadlines: 

Applications must be received in the 

HHS/CDC Procurement and Grants 

Office by 4 p.m. Eastern Time on the 

deadline date. 

You may submit your applications 

electronically at www.grants.gov. We 

consider applications completed on-line 

through Grants.gov as formally 

submitted when the applicant 

organization’s Authorizing Official 

electronically submits the application to 

www.grants.gov. Electronic applications 

will be considered as having met the 

deadline if the applicant organization’s 

Authorizing Official has submitted the 

application electronically to Grants.gov 

on or before the deadline date and time. 

If you submit your application 

electronically through Grants.gov, your 

application will be electronically time/ 

date stamped, which will serve as 

receipt of submission. You will receive 

an e-mail notice of receipt when HHS/ 

CDC receives the application. 

If you submit your application by the 

United States Postal Service or 

commercial delivery service, you must 

ensure that the carrier will be able to 

guarantee delivery by the closing date 

and time. If HHS/CDC receives your 

submission after the closing date 

because: (1) Carrier error, when the 

carrier accepted the package with a 

guarantee for delivery by the closing 

date and time; or (2) significant weather 

delays or natural disasters, you will 

have the opportunity to submit 

documentation of the carrier’s 

guarantee. If the documentation verifies 

a carrier problem, HHS/CDC will 

consider the submission as having been 

received by the deadline. 

If you submit a hard copy application, 

HHS/CDC will not notify you upon 

receipt of the submission. If you have a 

question about the receipt of your 

application, first contact your courier. If 

you still have a question, contact the 

PGO–TIM staff at 770–488–2700. Before 

calling, please wait two to three days 

after the submission deadline. This will 

allow time for us to process and log 

submissions. 

This announcement is the definitive 

guide on the application content, 

submission address, and deadline. It 

supersedes information provided in the 

application instructions. If your 

submission does not meet the deadline 

above, it will not be eligible for review, 

and we will discard it. We will notify 

you that you did not meet the 

submission requirements. 

IV.4. Intergovernmental Review of 

Applications 

Executive Order 12372 does not apply 

to this program. 

IV.5. Funding Restrictions 

Restrictions, which you must take 

into account while writing your budget, 

are as follows: 

• Funds may not be used for research. 

• Reimbursement of pre-award costs 

is not allowed. 

• Funds may not be used for any new 

construction. 

• Antiretroviral drugs—the purchase 

of ARVs, reagents, and laboratory 

equipment for antiretroviral treatment 

projects requires pre-approval in writing 

from HHS/CDC officials. 

• Needle exchange—No funds 

appropriated under this solicitation 

shall be used to carry out any program 

of distributing sterile needles or 

syringes for the hypodermic injection of 

any illegal drug. 

• Funds may be spent for reasonable 

program purposes, including personnel, 

travel, supplies, and services. 

Equipment may be purchased if deemed 

necessary to accomplish program 

objectives; however, prior approval by 

HHS/CDC officials must be requested in 

writing. 

• All requests for funds contained in 

the budget shall be stated in U.S. 

dollars. Once an award is made, HHS/ 

CDC will not compensate foreign 

grantees for currency exchange 

fluctuations through the issuance of 

supplemental awards. 

• The costs that are generally 

allowable in grants to domestic 

organizations are allowable to foreign 

institutions and international 

organizations, with the following 

exception: With the exception of the 

American University, Beirut and the 

World Health Organization, Indirect 

Costs will not be paid (either directly or 

through sub-award) to organizations 

located outside the territorial limits of 

the United States or to international 

organizations, regardless of their 

location. 

• The applicant may contract with 

other organizations under this program; 

however, the applicant must perform a 

substantial portion of the activities 

(including program management and 

operations, and delivery of prevention 

services for which funds are required). 

• You must obtain an annual audit of 

these HHS/CDC funds (program-specific 

audit) by a U.S.-based audit firm with 

international branches and current 

licensure/authority in-country, and in 

accordance with International 

Accounting Standard(s) or equivalent 

standards approved in writing by HHS/ 

CDC. 

• A Fiscal Recipient Capability 

Assessment may be required, prior to or 

post award, in order to review the 

applicant’s business management and 

fiscal capabilities regarding the 

handling of U.S. Federal funds. 

Prostitution and Related Activities 

The U.S. Government is opposed to 

prostitution and related activities, 

which are inherently harmful and 

dehumanizing, and contribute to the 

phenomenon of trafficking in persons. 

Any entity that receives, directly or 

indirectly, U.S. Government funds in 

connection with this document 

(‘‘recipient’’) cannot use such U.S. 

Government funds to promote or 

advocate the legalization or practice of 

prostitution or sex trafficking. Nothing 

in the preceding sentence shall be 

construed to preclude the provision to 

individuals of palliative care, treatment, 

or post-exposure pharmaceutical 

prophylaxis, and necessary 

pharmaceuticals and commodities, 

including test kits, condoms, and, when 

proven effective, microbicides. 

A recipient that is otherwise eligible 

to receive funds in connection with this 

document to prevent, treat, or monitor 

HIV/AIDS shall not be required to 

endorse or utilize a multisectoral 

approach to combating HIV/AIDS, or to 

endorse, utilize, or participate in a 

prevention method or treatment 

program to which the recipient has a 

religious or moral objection. Any 

information provided by recipients 

about the use of condoms as part of 

projects or activities that are funded in 

connection with this document shall be 

medically accurate and shall include the 

public health benefits and failure rates 

of such use. 

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In addition, any recipient must have 

a policy explicitly opposing prostitution 

and sex trafficking. The preceding 

sentence shall not apply to any ‘‘exempt 

organizations’’ (defined as the Global 

Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and 

Malaria, the World Health Organization 

and its six Regional Offices, the 

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative or 

to any United Nations agency). 

The following definition applies for 

purposes of this clause: 

• Sex trafficking means the 

recruitment, harboring, transportation, 

provision, or obtaining of a person for 

the purpose of a commercial sex act. 22 

U.S.C. 7102(9). 

All recipients must insert provisions 

implementing the applicable parts of 

this section, ‘‘Prostitution and Related 

Activities,’’ in all subagreements under 

this award. These provisions must be 

express terms and conditions of the 

subagreement, must acknowledge that 

compliance with this section, 

‘‘Prostitution and Related Activities,’’ is 

a prerequisite to receipt and 

expenditure of U.S. government funds 

in connection with this document, and 

must acknowledge that any violation of 

the provisions shall be grounds for 

unilateral termination of the agreement 

prior to the end of its term. Recipients 

must agree that HHS may, at any 

reasonable time, inspect the documents 

and materials maintained or prepared 

by the recipient in the usual course of 

its operations that relate to the 

organization’s compliance with this 

section, ‘‘Prostitution and Related 

Activities.’’

All prime recipients that receive U.S. 

Government funds (‘‘prime recipients’’) 

in connection with this document must 

certify compliance prior to actual 

receipt of such funds in a written 

statement that makes reference to this 

document (e.g., ‘‘[Prime recipient’s 

name] certifies compliance with the 

section, ‘Prostitution and Related 

Activities.’ ’’) addressed to the agency’s 

grants officer. Such certifications by 

prime recipients are prerequisites to the 

payment of any U.S. Government funds 

in connection with this document. 

Recipients’ compliance with this 

section, ‘‘Prostitution and Related 

Activities,’’ is an express term and 

condition of receiving U.S. Government 

funds in connection with this 

document, and any violation of it shall 

be grounds for unilateral termination by 

HHS of the agreement with HHS in 

connection with this document prior to 

the end of its term. The recipient shall 

refund to HHS the entire amount 

furnished in connection with this 

document in the event HHS determines 

the recipient has not complied with this 

section, ‘‘Prostitution and Related 

Activities.’’

You may find guidance for 

completing your budget on the HHS/ 

CDC Web site, at the following Internet 

address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/ 

funding/budgetguide.htm. 

IV.6. Other Submission Requirements 

Application Submission Address 

Electronic Submission: HHS/CDC 

strongly encourages you to submit 

electronically at www.Grants.gov. The 

application package can be downloaded 

from www.Grants.gov. You will be able 

to complete it off-line, and then upload 

and submit the application via the 

Grants.gov Web site. We will not accept 

e-mail submissions. If you are having 

technical difficulties in Grants.gov, 

customer service can be reached by email at support@grants.gov or by phone 

at 1–800–518–4726 (1–800–518–

GRANTS). The Customer Support 

Center is open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. 

Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. 

HHS/CDC recommends that you 

submit your application to Grants.gov 

early enough to resolve any 

unanticipated difficulties prior to the 

deadline. You may also submit a backup paper submission of your 

application. We must receive any such 

paper submission in accordance with 

the requirements for timely submission 

detailed in Section IV.3. of the grant 

announcement. You must clearly mark 

the paper submission: ‘‘BACK-UP FOR 

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION.’’

The paper submission must conform 

with all requirements for non-electronic 

submissions. If we receive both 

electronic and back-up paper 

submissions by the deadline, the 

electronic version will be considered 

the official submission. 

We strongly recommend that you 

submit the grant application by using 

Microsoft Office products (e.g., 

Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, etc.). If 

you do not have access to Microsoft 

Office products, a PDF file may be 

submitted. You may find directions for 

creating PDF files on the Grants.gov 

Web site. Use of file formats other than 

Microsoft Office or PDF could make 

your file unreadable for our staff. 

or 

Paper Submission: Submit the 

original and two hard copies of your 

application by mail or express delivery 

service to the following address: 

Technical Information ManagementAA086, CDC Procurement and Grants 

Office, U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services, 2920 Brandywine 

Road, Atlanta, GA 30341. 

V. Application Review Information 

V.1. Criteria 

Applicants must provide measures of 

effectiveness that will demonstrate the 

accomplishment of the various 

identified objectives of the cooperative 

agreement. Measures of effectiveness 

must relate to the performance goals 

stated in the ‘‘Purpose’’ section of this 

announcement. Measures must be 

objective and quantitative, and must 

measure the intended outcome. 

Applicants must submit these measures 

of effectiveness with the application, 

and they will be an element of 

evaluation. 

We will evaluate your application 

against the following criteria: 

1. Technical Approach (25 Points) 

Does the applicant describe strategies 

that are pertinent and match those 

identified in the five-year strategy of the 

President’s Emergency Plan and 

activities that are evidence-based, 

realistic, achievable, measurable and 

appropriate to achieve the goals of the 

Emergency Plan? Does the applicant’s 

proposal include an overall design 

strategy, including measurable time 

lines? Does the proposal address regular 

monitoring and evaluation, and the 

potential effectiveness of the proposed 

activities in meeting objectives? 

2. Understanding of the Problem (20 

Points) 

Does the applicant demonstrate a 

clear and concise understanding of the 

nature of the problem described in the 

Purpose section of this announcement? 

Does the proposal specifically include a 

description of the public health 

importance of the planned activities to 

be undertaken, and a realistic 

presentation of proposed objectives and 

projects? 

3. Ability To Carry Out the Project (20 

Points) 

Does the applicant document 

demonstrated capability to achieve the 

purpose of the project? 

4. Personnel (20 Points) 

Are the professional personnel 

involved in this project qualified, with 

evidence of experience in working with 

HIV/AIDS, opportunistic infections, and 

HIV/STD surveillance? 

5. Plans for Administration and 

Management of Projects (15 Points) 

Is there a plan to manage the 

resources of the program, prepare 

reports, monitor and evaluate activities 

and audit expenditures? 

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6. Budget (Not Scored) 

Is the itemized budget for conducting 

the project, along with justification, 

reasonable and consistent with stated 

objectives, the five-year strategy and 

goals of the President’s Emergency Plan 

and Emergency Plan, and planned 

program activities? 

V.2. Review and Selection Process 

The HHS/CDC Procurement and 

Grants Office (PGO) staff will review 

applications for completeness, and HHS 

Global AIDS program will review them 

for responsiveness. Incomplete 

applications and applications that are 

non-responsive to the eligibility criteria 

will not advance through the review 

process. Applicants will receive 

notification that their application did 

not meet submission requirements. 

An objective review panel will 

evaluate complete and responsive 

applications according to the criteria 

listed in the ‘‘V.1. Criteria’’ section 

above. All persons who serve on the 

panel will be external to the U.S. 

Government Country Program Office. 

The panel may include both Federal and 

non-Federal participants. 

In addition, the following factors 

could affect the funding decision: 

While U.S.-based organizations are 

eligible to apply, we will give 

preference to existing national/ 

Tanzanian organizations. It is possible 

for one organization to apply as lead 

grantee with a plan that includes 

partnering with other organizations, 

preferably local. Although matching 

funds are not required, preference will 

be go to organizations that can leverage 

additional funds to contribute to 

program goals. 

Applications will be funded in order 

by score and rank determined by the 

review panel. HHS/CDC will provide 

justification for any decision to fund out 

of rank order. 

In addition, the following factors may 

affect the funding decision: 

• Maintaining geographic diversity 

V.3. Anticipated Announcement and 

Award Dates 

October 30, 2005. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

VI.1. Award Notices 

Successful applicants will receive a 

Notice of Award (NoA) from the HHS/ 

CDC Procurement and Grants Office. 

The NoA shall be the only binding, 

authorizing document between the 

recipient and HHS/CDC. An authorized 

Grants Management Officer will sign the 

NoA and mail it to the recipient fiscal 

officer identified in the application. 

Unsuccessful applicants will receive 

notification of the results of the 

application review by mail. 

VI.2. Administrative and National 

Policy Requirements 

45 CFR Part 74 and Part 92 

For more information on the Code of 

Federal Regulations, see the National 

Archives and Records Administration at 

the following Internet address: http:// 

www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-tablesearch.html. 

The following additional 

requirements apply to this project: 

• AR–4 HIV/AIDS Confidentiality 

Provisions. 

• AR–6 Patient Care. 

• AR–8 Public Health System 

Reporting Requirements. 

• AR–12 Lobbying Restrictions. 

• AR–14 Accounting System 

Requirements. 

Applicants can find additional 

information on these requirements on 

the HHS/CDC Web site at the following 

Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/ 

od/pgo/funding/ARs.htm. 

You need to include an additional 

Certifications form from the PHS5161–

1 application in the Grants.gov 

electronic submission only. Please refer 

to http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/ 

PHS5161–1-Certificates.PDF. Once you 

have filled out the form, please attach it 

to the Grants.gov submission as Other 

Attachment Forms. 

VI.3. Reporting Requirements 

You must provide HHS/CDC with an 

original, plus two hard copies, of the 

following reports: 

1. Interim progress report, due no less 

than 90 days before the end of the 

budget period. The progress report will 

serve as your non-competing 

continuation application, and must 

contain the following elements: 

a. Current Budget Period Activities 

Objectives. 

b. Current Budget Period Financial 

Progress. 

c. New Budget Period Program 

Proposed Activity Objectives. 

d. Budget. 

e. Measures of Effectiveness, 

including progress against the 

numerical goals of the President’s 

Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief for 

Tanzania. 

f. Additional Requested Information. 

2. Annual progress report, due no 

later than 90 days after the end of the 

budget period. 

3. Financial status report, due no later 

than 90 days after the end of the budget 

period. 

4. Final financial and performance 

reports, due no later than 90 days after 

the end of the project period. 

Recipients must mail these reports to 

the Grants Management or Contract 

Specialist listed in the ‘‘Agency 

Contacts’’ section of this announcement. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

We encourage inquiries concerning 

this announcement. 

For general questions, contact: 

Technical Information Management 

Section, CDC Procurement and Grants 

Office, U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services, 2920 Brandywine 

Road, Atlanta, GA 30341. Telephone: 

770–488–2700. 

For program technical assistance, 

contact: Cecil Threat, Project Officer, 

Global AIDS Program, c/o American 

Embassy, 2140 Dar es Salaam Place, 

Washington, DC 20521–2140. 

Telephone: 255 22 212 1407. Cell: 255 

744 222986. Fax: 255 22 212 1462. Email: Cthreat@cdc.gov. 

For financial, grants management, or 

budget assistance, contact: Diane 

Flournoy, Grants Management 

Specialist, CDC Procurement and Grants 

Office, U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services, 2920 Brandywine 

Road, Atlanta, GA 30341. Telephone: 

770–488–2072. E-mail: dmf6@cdc.gov. 

VIII. Other Information 

Applicants can find this and other 

HHS funding opportunity 

announcements on the HHS/CDC Web 

site, Internet address: www.cdc.gov 

(click on ‘‘Funding’’ then ‘‘Grants and 

Cooperative Agreements’’), and on the 

Web site of the HHS Office of Global 

Health Affairs, Internet address: 

www.globalhealth.gov. 

Dated: August 31, 2005. 

William P. Nichols, 

Director, Procurement and Grants Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

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