Request for Applications for Lesotho Grants Program

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after the GSC meets. Applicants whose proposals are selected by the GSC will be notified in writing of their preliminary acceptance, informed of any revisions or concerns of the GSC and provided a date for their preaward assessment visit by the Grants Manager. Decisions made by the GSC will not be final until the pre-award assessment is conducted and the applicant is deemed responsible. 5.1.1 The Grants Selection Committee A Grant Selection Committee (GSC) comprising the Lesotho OVC Senior Advisor, a member of BLC‟s Monitoring and Evaluation team, and other members of the BLC technical staff and project partners such as the MOSD has been established. The GSC will be advised by USAID. Decisions of the GSC will be made in accordance with the Selection Criteria laid out in Section 5.1; and, each applicant will be graded against these criteria in writing. SECTION 6: AWARD ADMINISTRATION 6.1 Grant Agreement The grant agreement is the official legal document governing individual award. The BLC Project Director has been delegated with the signatory responsibility for the grants from MSH Senior Contracts Officer. The USAID Agreement Officer‟s Technical Representative (AOTR) will approve the selection of grant recipients and the substantive provisions of the grant agreement. 6.1.1 Type of Award The BLC Project will award Fixed Obligation Grants. In this respect, grant funds will be disbursed upon achievement of pre-determined milestones. Grant closeout will be accomplished by acceptance of the final milestone and approval of payment. 6.2 Reporting Requirements Specific reporting requirements will be included in individual grant agreements, tailored to the programmatic requirements of each grantee. Reporting will be designed to meet both the BLC project needs and those of project partners, particularly the MOSD. Technical and financial reporting will be done quarterly; and on a monthly basis data on beneficiaries reached will be submitted. 6.3 Monitoring and Evaluation Requirements All BLC grantees are expected to routinely monitor their activities, accomplishments, and the quality of services provided. BLC provides to its grantees training on monitoring and evaluation, reporting templates, data quality standards, indicators and other expectations on an ongoing basis. The grantees are required to report on a quarterly basis their progress against PEPFAR and BLC custom indicators using BLC‟s M&E indicator reporting template. The grantees may also develop their own indicators as well to report on, but at a minimum they are required to report against PEPFAR indicators so that BLC can accurately and in a timely 14
manner report to USAID the project‟s overall progress. In respect of this RFA, successful applicants will attend a reporting orientation where they will be trained on BLC indicators, source documentation, and reporting templates. SECTION 7: OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION MSH and USAID reserve the right to fund any or none of the applications submitted under this grants program. Grants under this program cannot be used to purchase equipment, agricultural commodities, fund infrastructure or construction projects, or for international travel. Other restricted and unallowable goods can be found in the regulations referenced in section 1.3 above. 15
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