Post-Compact Data Collection Services

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	Federal Grant Title:	Post-Compact Data Collection Services
	CFDA Number:	Information not provided
	CFDA Description:	Information not provided
	Federal Agency Name:	Millennium Challenge Corporation
	Category of Funding Activity:	Environment
	Category Explanation:	Post-Compact Monitoring and Evaluation of the 2005-2010 Watershed Management and Agricultural Support Project.
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	MCC-11-0041-RFA-26
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	May 26, 2011
	Creation Date:	May 26, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 02, 2011
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 02, 2011
	Archive Date:	Jun 03, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	256,918
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: This is a "Notice of Intent" of a single source cooperative agreement award to The National Statistics Institute (INE) of Cape Verde. The National Statistics Institute (INE) of Cape Verde was selected to complete critical data collection activities during the Compact period. Now the firm's services are needed for post-Compact data collection services. Upon completion of joint USGS and MCC due diligence studies of the Watershed Management and Agricultural Support Project, it was determined that there was a potentially high risk of salt water intrusion into Cape Verde fresh water aquifers of the project intervention zones due to the number and placement of planned production wells for the provision of water in support of drip irrigation activities to participating farmers. In order to mitigate this risk, the Project was re-programmed to construct twenty-eight reservoirs throughout the three intervention watersheds for the capture and distribution of rain, spring and well fed fresh water resources. The re-scoping of programmed activities from the drilling of production wells to the construction of reservoirs introduced an approximate two year delay in project implementation. Accordingly, two warm season agricultural cyclical surveys, two cool season agricultural cyclical surveys and one close out socio-economic survey in all three participating watersheds will need to be conducted following the October 17, 2010 compact end date in order to support the impact evaluation of MCC funded program interventions. The National Statistics Institute (INE) will conduct thorough impact evaluations for assessing Compact outcomes and documenting lessons learned. The cooperator for this project was chosen because of unique ability. INE maintains a permanent in-the-field presence of survey enumerators offering a unique opportunity for cost effective, culturally sensitive, high data quality program support. The required work is a continuation of surveys already launched under the Implementing Entity Agreement. INE is uniquely qualified to continue executing these same surveys, both in terms of efficiency and technical expertise. The Cooperative Agreement will comprise only of survey work that was previously agreed to be conducted by INE under the Compact, but was not completed during the Compact term due to implementation delays.
Grant Description: The National Statistics Institute (INE) will conduct thorough impact evaluations for assessing Compact outcomes and documenting lessons learned.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: Patrice Lopez Contract Specialist Phone 202-521-2635

lopezpa@mcc.gov [lopezpa@mcc.gov]