Common use of Additional Information on Eligibility Clause in Contracts

Additional Information on Eligibility. The eligible applicants to receive funding are limited to governmental public health departments that are constitutionally empowered to protect the health and welfare of their respective communities. Eligible applicants must have functional public health emergency management programs, legal authority, and already existing public health emergency management capacity, thus they are pre-positioned to act expeditiously to meet the requirements of this cooperative agreement. Administrative preparedness and existing public health emergency management capacity are integral components of the infrastructure of the entities that receive funding and this funding will give grantees additional capacity to respond to public health crises. The eligible entities are limited to the 50 state public health departments, local public health departments with current alignment to PHEP or ELC (includes Washington D.C.), and territorial governments in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Xxxxxxxx Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Xxxxxxxx Islands, and the Republic of Palau. In addition tribal governments meeting the requirements laid out in this NOFO and serving a population of at least 50,000 members are eligible to compete. Limited Source Competitions:  State governments or their bona fide agents (N=50)  Local health departments or their bona fide agents (N=6) (city or county) consistent with PHEP and ELC awardees, which include: Chicago Department of Public Health, Houston Department of Health and Human Services, L.A. County Department of Health Services - Public Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, and Washington D.C. Department of Health  American Indian or Alaska Native Federally recognized tribal governments or their bona fide agents that meet requirements listed in Section C.3 of this NOFO for Justification for Less than Maximum Competition and that serve, through their own PH infrastructure, at least 50,000 people (N~5)  Territorial governments or their bona fide agents (N=8) in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Xxxxxxxx Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Xxxxxxxx Islands, and the Republic of Palau All applicants must provide certification from the applicant’s Public Health Director that the applicant has an existing capacity, capability, and infrastructure to provide the 10 essential public health services (xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/nphpsp/essentialservices.html) and that within that public health infrastructure there currently exists an established public health emergency management program that can provide the 15 Public Health Preparedness Capabilities: National Standards for State and Local Planning (xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/phpr/readiness/00_docs /DSLR_capabilities_July.pdf ). In addition, applicants must submit: (1) an organizational chart that represents their emergency preparedness program or Incident Command System (ICS), and (2) a crisis response plan/concept of operations, that includes a provision outlining expedited business processes, including but not limited to: rapidly hiring surge staff, contracting, procuring, and travel procedures.

Additional Information on Eligibility. The eligible applicants to receive funding are limited to governmental public health departments that are constitutionally empowered to protect the health and welfare of their respective communities. Eligible applicants must have functional public health emergency management programs, legal authority, and already existing public health emergency management capacity, thus they are pre-positioned to act expeditiously to meet the requirements of this cooperative agreement. Administrative preparedness and existing public health emergency management capacity are integral components of the infrastructure of the entities that receive funding and this funding will give grantees additional capacity to respond to public health crises. The eligible entities are limited to the 50 state public health departments, local public health departments with current alignment to PHEP or ELC (includes Washington D.C.), and territorial governments in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Xxxxxxxx Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Xxxxxxxx Islands, and the Republic of Palau. In addition tribal governments meeting the requirements laid out in this NOFO and serving a population of at least 50,000 members are eligible to compete. Limited Source Competitions:  • State governments or their bona fide agents (N=50)  • Local health departments or their bona fide agents (N=6) (city or county) consistent with PHEP and ELC awardees, which include: Chicago Department of Public Health, Houston Department of Health and Human Services, L.A. County Department of Health Services - Public Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, and Washington D.C. Department of Health  • American Indian or Alaska Native Federally recognized tribal governments or their bona fide agents that meet requirements listed in Section C.3 of this NOFO for Justification for Less than Maximum Competition and that serve, through their own PH infrastructure, at least 50,000 people (N~5)  • Territorial governments or their bona fide agents (N=8) in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Xxxxxxxx Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Xxxxxxxx Islands, and the Republic of Palau All applicants must provide certification from the applicant’s Public Health Director that the applicant has an existing capacity, capability, and infrastructure to provide the 10 essential public health services (xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/nphpsp/essentialservices.html) and that within that public health infrastructure there currently exists an established public health emergency management program that can provide the 15 Public Health Preparedness Capabilities: National Standards for State and Local Planning (xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/phpr/readiness/00_docs /DSLR_capabilities_July.pdf ). In addition, applicants must submit: (1) an organizational chart that represents their emergency preparedness program or Incident Command System (ICS), and (2) a crisis response plan/concept of operations, that includes a provision outlining expedited business processes, including but not limited to: rapidly hiring surge staff, contracting, procuring, and travel procedures.

Additional Information on Eligibility. The eligible applicants to receive funding are limited to governmental public health departments that are constitutionally empowered to protect the health and welfare of their respective communities. Eligible applicants must have functional public health emergency management programs, legal authority, and already existing public health emergency management capacity, thus they are pre-positioned to act expeditiously to meet the requirements of this cooperative agreement. Administrative preparedness and existing public health emergency management capacity are integral components of the infrastructure of the entities that receive funding and this funding will give grantees additional capacity to respond to public health crises. The eligible entities are limited to the 50 state public health departments, local public health departments with current alignment to PHEP or ELC (includes Washington D.C.), and territorial governments in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Xxxxxxxx Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Xxxxxxxx Islands, and the Republic of Palau. These agencies have participated in a large number of activities in cooperation with many CDC programs for many decades. In addition tribal governments meeting the requirements laid out in this NOFO and serving a population of at least 50,000 members are eligible to compete. Limited Source Competitions:  State governments or their bona fide agents (N=50)  Local health departments or their bona fide agents (N=6) (city or county) consistent with PHEP and ELC awardees, which include: Chicago Department of Public Health, Houston Department of Health and Human Services, L.A. Los Angeles County Department of Health Services - Public Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, and Washington D.C. Department of Health  American Indian or Alaska Native Federally recognized tribal governments or their bona fide agents that meet requirements listed in Section C.3 of this NOFO for Justification for Less than Maximum Competition and that serve, through their own PH infrastructure, at least 50,000 people (N~5)  Territorial governments or their bona fide agents (N=8) in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Xxxxxxxx Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Xxxxxxxx Islands, and the Republic of Palau All applicants must provide certification from the applicant’s Public Health Director (or equivalent) that the applicant has an existing capacity, capability, and infrastructure to provide the 10 essential public health services (xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/nphpsp/essentialservices.html) and that within that public health infrastructure there currently exists an established public health emergency management program that can provide the 15 Public Health Preparedness Capabilities: National Standards for State and Local Planning (xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/phpr /readiness/00_docs/DSLR_capabilities_July.pdf ). In addition, applicants must submit: (1) an organizational chart that represents their emergency preparedness program or Incident Command System (ICS), and (2) a crisis response plan/concept of operations, that includes a provision outlining expedited business processes, including but not limited to: rapidly hiring surge staff, contracting, procuring, and travel procedures. All applicants must provide certification from the applicant’s Public Health Director that the applicant has an existing capacity, capability, and infrastructure to provide the 10 essential public health services (xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/nphpsp/essentialservices.html) and that within that public health infrastructure there currently exists an established public health emergency management program that can provide the 15 Public Health Preparedness Capabilities: National Standards for State and Local Planning (xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/phpr/readiness/00_docs /DSLR_capabilities_July.pdf ). In addition, applicants must submit: (1) an organizational chart that represents their emergency preparedness program or Incident Command System (ICS), and (2) a crisis response plan/concept of operations, that includes a provision outlining expedited business processes, including but not limited to: rapidly hiring surge staff, contracting, procuring, and travel procedures.