USAID Dom Rep- Locally Led Development ADDENDUM (#14) | 72051722APS00002

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USAID Dom Rep - Locally Led Development ADDENDUM (#14) is a USAID/Dominican Republic funding opportunity released as an addendum under the broader Locally Led Development Annual Program Statement (APS720AA19S0007). Through this addendum, the Mission is inviting eligible organizations to submit concept notes to implement activities under USAID's Local Works Program in the Dominican Republic. The overall intent is to support community-driven, locally led development approaches, where local actors play a central role in identifying priorities and shaping solutions, rather than having them primarily designed and directed by external implementers.

This opportunity is listed as a discretionary grant competition and is expected to be implemented via a cooperative agreement, which typically means USAID anticipates substantial involvement during implementation (for example, collaborating on key decisions, approvals, learning, and adaptation). The funding activity category is community development, and it is associated with CFDA number 98.001. The eligible applicant pool is described as unrestricted, meaning it is broadly open to many types of entities as long as they meet any additional eligibility conditions and clarifications included in the addendum text. In practice, this often allows a wide range of applicants such as local and international NGOs, universities, private sector entities, and potentially local organizations, depending on how USAID defines eligibility and any required registrations or compliance standards.

In terms of scale and awards, the addendum indicates an award ceiling of USD 3,000,000 and anticipates making around two awards. That combination suggests USAID may fund one or more sizable projects (potentially up to the ceiling) or may split the available resources across two implementers, depending on the strength of submissions and the Mission's program design. Applicants are not being asked for full proposals at the first stage; instead, they are being asked for concept notes, which is a common APS approach used to streamline competition by first screening ideas for fit, feasibility, and alignment with USAID objectives before inviting selected applicants to submit full applications.

Key timing details included in the notice show the opportunity was created on October 5, 2022, with an original closing date of November 4, 2022. Applicants were encouraged to read the addendum carefully, because addendum-based APS solicitations typically include very specific guidance on what USAID wants to fund under that particular round: the type of local systems or community challenges to be addressed, the geographic focus, the expected roles of local partners, how co-creation or collaboration is expected to happen, and what a competitive concept note should include. The notice also emphasizes that the addendum contains the submission requirements and the selection process, which implies that format, page limits, required attachments, and evaluation criteria are likely laid out in detail in the addendum document itself.

Overall, this addendum can be understood as a targeted call for locally led, community development concepts in the Dominican Republic under USAID's Local Works approach, with a limited number of relatively large cooperative agreement awards anticipated. The immediate action for interested applicants is to develop and submit a concept note that clearly matches the Local Works framing described in the addendum, follows the specified submission instructions, and demonstrates credible local leadership, community engagement, and an implementable pathway to results within the expected budget range.

• The Agency for International Development, Dominican Republic USAID-Santo Domingo in the community development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "USAID Dom Rep- Locally Led Development ADDENDUM (#14)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
• This funding opportunity was created on Oct 05, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 04, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $3,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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