2021-DRAFT-IFRP-TRANSPORT-RFA-DRAFT | 720BHA21RFA00004 IFRP RFA DRAFT 2021

Opportunity Information: Apply for 720BHA21RFA00004 IFRP RFA DRAFT 2021

The draft funding opportunity titled 2021-DRAFT-IFRP-TRANSPORT-RFA-DRAFT (Funding Opportunity Number 720BHA21RFA00004) is a USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) grant program focused on the transportation side of international food assistance. Its purpose is to fund activities that can rapidly move, deliver, and distribute shelf-stable, prepackaged food commodities that will be provided under the International Food Relief Partnership (IFRP) program. In practical terms, the emphasis is on logistics and last-mile delivery support that ensures these ready-to-distribute food items reach intended recipients quickly and reliably in humanitarian contexts.

This opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and uses a grant as the funding instrument. The program’s activity category is Food and Nutrition and it is associated with CFDA number 98.008, which corresponds to USAID humanitarian assistance. The overall structure indicates USAID is looking for implementers that can handle time-sensitive transport and distribution tasks for packaged commodities, typically involving supply chain coordination, shipping, warehousing, in-country transport, and distribution arrangements that can function under emergency or fragile operating conditions.

Eligibility is limited to nonprofit organizations that hold IRS 501(c)(3) status, excluding institutions of higher education. That means the intended applicants are charitable nonprofits with the operational capacity to manage humanitarian logistics and distribution systems, and to meet standard federal grant compliance requirements. The posting indicates an award ceiling of $200,000 per award and anticipates up to 20 awards, signaling multiple relatively small grants intended to support several partners rather than a single large implementer.

Key dates in the notice show a creation date of April 20, 2021 and an original closing date of May 20, 2021, but the notice also clearly states it is a draft Request for Applications (RFA) for comments only. That detail matters because it suggests USAID was circulating the RFA to gather feedback from potential applicants and stakeholders before issuing a final, official solicitation. Applicants would typically be expected to review the full Funding Opportunity Description for the detailed scope, performance expectations, geographic considerations, allowable costs, required application components, and evaluation criteria, since the summary announcement itself is brief and primarily highlights the core intent: rapid transport, delivery, and distribution of shelf-stable, prepackaged IFRP commodities.

• The Agency for International Development in the food and nutrition sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "2021-DRAFT-IFRP-TRANSPORT-RFA-DRAFT" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.008.
• This funding opportunity was created on Apr 20, 2021.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 20, 2021 This is a draft RFA for comments only.. (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 $200,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 20 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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