Gaza Health Recovery Activity | 72029424RFA00002

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The Gaza Health Recovery Activity is a USAID West Bank and Gaza funding opportunity aimed at improving health outcomes for people across the Gaza Strip by restoring non-governmental organization (NGO) health services after the conflict. The core idea is to help rebuild and restart essential healthcare delivery where services have been disrupted, with an emphasis on bringing primary health care back online as a foundation for broader recovery. Alongside this primary care focus, the activity also allows for limited support to secondary health care services and facilities when justified by a rapid needs assessment and aligned with USAID and World Bank Group (WBG) priorities, as well as overall funding availability. In practice, this means the program is designed to be responsive to real-time health system gaps identified on the ground, while still being guided by donor priorities and constraints.

This opportunity is issued as a discretionary award under a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial involvement by the funding agency in the implementation process compared to a standard grant. The opportunity number is 72029424RFA00002, and it is categorized under the health funding activity area with CFDA number 98.001. USAID anticipates making a single award under this solicitation, with an award ceiling of up to $50,000,000, signaling a large, centralized intervention rather than multiple smaller grants spread across different implementers.

Eligibility is narrow and intentionally targeted. Applicants must be qualified U.S. organizations, and they can be either nonprofit or for-profit entities, but they must meet specific presence and experience requirements tied to Gaza. To qualify, an organization must have had an active presence in Gaza before October 7, 2023, meaning it previously operated there with staff and ongoing activities, not just remote engagement. In addition, the organization must have implemented health sector programs in Gaza during the five years leading up to October 7, 2023, and must be registered to work in the Palestinian Territories. These conditions are meant to ensure that the award goes to an organization with established operational footing, local familiarity, and demonstrated recent health programming experience in Gaza, which USAID likely views as critical for speed, access, and feasibility in a post-conflict setting.

For-profit entities are explicitly allowed to apply, but there is an important restriction on profit. Under the referenced federal regulation (22 CFR 226.81), a prime recipient cannot receive fee or profit under grants and cooperative agreements. However, the notice clarifies that profit may be allowable at the subcontract level if the prime recipient subcontracts with a for-profit firm in a buyer-seller arrangement for goods or services. In other words, a for-profit could participate either as the prime (without profit) or as a subcontractor (where profit may be permitted depending on the structure and terms).

The solicitation was created on May 17, 2024, and the original closing date for submissions was June 5, 2024. Overall, the opportunity is designed as a major, single-award effort to rapidly restore and stabilize health service delivery through NGOs across Gaza, prioritizing primary health care while leaving room to address urgent secondary care needs as assessments and donor priorities dictate.

• The West Bank, Gaza USAID-West Bank in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Gaza Health Recovery Activity" 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 2024-05-17.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-06-05. (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 $50,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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