OpportunityTitle: DCLI-NOFO 3 Data-Driven Communities Project
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: For the Data-Driven Communities Project, the focus on sub-national activities suggests the possibility of a consortium of entities (see below): One or more organizations cooperating to work at the national and/or district levels, in partnership with organizations already active at local levels working to instill greater local level impact and ownership. However, one organization must serve as the Prime Applicant (known throughout this NOFO as &#8220;Applicant&#8221;), and will be accountable for execution of the entire project by the consortium.To be eligible as an Applicant under this Cooperative Agreement, an organization must be a Non-USG Federal Entity per 2 CFR 200.69 (Non-Federal entity means a state, local government, Indian tribe, institution of higher education (IHE), or nonprofit organization that carries out a Federal award as a recipient or sub-recipient). U.S. and Non-U.S. organizations, East African (regional) and Tanzanian (local) organizations are therefore eligible to serve as the Prime Applicant under this NOFO. Competition is unrestricted, but organizations must comply with 2 CFR 200.69 &#8211; and with the budget allocation requirements (see section below).There are no eligibility restrictions for the subpartners and consortia members.
Description: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is pleased to launch this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for an exciting, innovative, and results-based project, &#8220;Data-Driven Communities.&#8221; This project seeks to empower stakeholders at in subnational areas in Tanzania (district and wards) to use data to improve lives through better decisions, budgetary alignment and citizen engagement. Specifically, this NOFO is reaching out to organizations with demonstrated interest, relevant experience, creativity and knowhow to come up with a strategy, target geographic areas and the right mix of interventions; and, then to achieve specific outcomes and optimize impact within a short period of time. The &#8220;Data-Driven Communities&#8221; Project is one among several investments under a broader Data Collaboratives for Local Impact Program (DCLI).This is the initial announcement for this new funding opportunity. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number is 85.002 MCC Foreign Assistance for Overseas Programs. For the purposes of this Notification of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) the term &quot;Grant&quot; is synonymous with &quot;Cooperative Agreement&quot;; &quot;Grantee&quot; is synonymous with &quot;Recipient&quot;; and &quot;Grant Officer&quot; is synonymous with &quot;Agreement Officer&quot;.Eligible organizations interested in submitting an application should read this NOFO thoroughly to understand the nature of the work required, eligibility and application submission requirements, and the evaluation process. The funding opportunity number is MCC-16-RFA-0006.The successful Applicant (Team of Prime and Consortium members) will be selected through a two-phase application process that will be completed consistent with the Open Contracting Principles.1 Additional notification milestones pertinent to this process will be posted on www.grants.gov and are further described in Section H.Program (Project) Name: Data-Driven Communities ProjectNotice of Funding Opportunity Number: MCC-16-RFA-0006Questions and correspondence for this NOFO should be directed to the point of contacts specified in Section D. MCC&#8217;s responses will be posted on www.grants.gov under this NOFO number.Issue of this NOFO does not constitute a commitment from MCC to award the program. All applications and submission costs are at the Applicants&#8217; expense.We encourage you to apply to this exciting new funding opportunity, working with us to increase the use of data for decision-making, at the subnational level where it is most needed, and to enable greater development impact!
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Senior Contracting Specialist
GrantorContactText: Nataliya Holl &lt;br/&gt;Senior Contracting Specialist &lt;br/&gt;Phone 2027726492
CloseDateExplanation: Deadline for Phase I Applications (Concept Paper) September 19, 2016, 5:00 pm 5:00 pm (Tanzania, Dar es Salaam time)Deadline for Phase II Applications (by MCC invitation only) October 21, 2016 5:00 pm 5:00 pm (Tanzania, Dar es Salaam time)