Fiscal Year 2022 Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance Resilience Food Security Activity in Mozambique | 720BHA21RFA00001

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This opportunity is a draft Request for Applications (RFA) for a Fiscal Year 2022 Resilience Food Security Activity (RFSA) in Mozambique issued by USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA). It is being shared specifically for review and to collect public comments and questions, not to solicit full applications yet. The agency emphasizes that the full background, program rationale, and technical details are contained inside the draft RFA and its attachments, which are provided in the opportunity's Related Documents and also hosted on USAID's food assistance development activities webpage.

The planned award instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically means the selected recipient should expect substantial engagement from USAID during implementation (for example, collaboration on planning, monitoring, and adaptive management). The activity is categorized under Food and Nutrition and is associated with CFDA number 98.007. USAID indicates an expected single award (ExpectedAwards: 1) with an award ceiling of up to $75,000,000, though it explicitly reserves the right to change the number of awards, the funding level, and even the funding sources in the final version. In other words, the draft gives a sense of the scale and structure, but none of those parameters should be treated as final until the final RFA is released.

A major point in the notice is that the document is still a draft and subject to change, so USAID strongly advises potential applicants not to start building or submitting applications based on this draft. If anyone does begin preparing early, they do so entirely at their own risk, and any costs associated with preparation and submission would not be reimbursed. This is essentially a warning that the final requirements, evaluation criteria, or even core program expectations could shift, making early work potentially wasted or misaligned.

Instead of accepting applications, USAID is requesting consolidated comments and inquiries on the draft RFA. All feedback was due by Monday, April 5, 2021 at 12:00 noon Eastern Standard Time, and the agency notes it is better not to wait until the last day to submit. USAID also planned to hold a virtual solicitation briefing while the RFA remained in draft form, with briefing details to be shared later, signaling an intent to provide additional clarification and encourage informed feedback before finalizing the solicitation.

Communication rules are strict. The notice instructs that no USAID/BHA humanitarian assistance officers or field representatives should be contacted about the draft materials. All questions and comments must be directed to the designated email address: fy22.rfsa.rfa.mozambique@usaid.gov. This kind of channeling is common in competitive federal funding processes because it helps ensure fairness, consistency of information, and an auditable record of communications.

In summary, this posting functions as an early, comment-seeking release for a large, single-award USAID/BHA resilience and food security program in Mozambique, expected to be funded up to $75 million under a cooperative agreement. The key action for interested organizations at this stage was to review the draft RFA and provide feedback by the stated deadline, while waiting for the final RFA before investing heavily in application development.

• The Agency for International Development in the food and nutrition sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year 2022 Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance Resilience Food Security Activity in Mozambique" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.007.
• This funding opportunity was created on Feb 22, 2021.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 05, 2021 Comments on the draft FY 2022 RFSA RFA for Mozambique are due on Monday April 5, 2021 at noon (Eastern Standard Time).. (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 $75,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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