USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is offering this cooperative agreement to enhance the Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) capabilities. This grant is specifically for establishing and maintaining a secure communication and collaboration portal. This vital portal will furnish FERN with essential data on network member laboratories’ capabilities, capacities, and readiness for threat agent testing. Furthermore, the portal will facilitate crucial network functions, including registration and historical tracking for training events and proficiency tests. It will also provide just-in-time training through video and webinar functionalities for multi-agency participants, alongside maintaining and enhancing the public webpage. All collected data must be organized and reported according to FERN’s specifications.
Opportunity ID: 54224
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | USDA-FSIS-05032010 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | FSIS FERN Cooperative Agreement |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | CategoryExplanation |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Agriculture Food and Nutrition |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 10.479 — Food Safety Cooperative Agreements |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 03, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 21, 2010 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 21, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | Jun 20, 2010 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $400,000 |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Public and State controlled institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Food Safety Inspection Service |
| Description: | The Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) currently comprises federal, state, and local government regulatory laboratories with varying capacities to perform threat agent testing. The FERN division in USDAs Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is seeking to award a cooperative agreement for providing and maintaining a secure communication and collaboration portal which will provide the FERN with capability, capacity and readiness data for the network member laboratories. In addition, this portal will provide for: (1) training event registration and historical tracking of attendees; (2) Just in time training with video and webinar capability to multi-agency participants; (3) proficiency test event registration and historical tracking of participants; (4) public webpage maintenance and enhancement and each (1-4) data set will be organized and output/reported in the format and manner specified by FERN. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Michael Myers
Staff Officer Phone 706-546-3664 Email:michael.myers1@fsis.usda.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
Related Documents
Folder 54224 Full Announcement-1 -> 2010 fsis cap announcement fern website announcement.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Michael Myers Staff Officer Phone 706-546-3664 Email: michael.myers1@fsis.usda.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.479 | PKG00018436 | May 21, 2010 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
54224 SF424-2.0.pdf
54224 SF424A-1.0.pdf
Share This Post, Choose Your Platform!
About the Author: osnqt
