The USAID/EGAT Energy Team is offering the Vocational Training and Education for Clean Energy (VOC TEC) Cooperative Agreement. This grant is for bolstering local stakeholders’ capacity to sustain renewable energy investments, focusing on decentralized clean energy technologies like wind, solar PV, micro-hydro, and hybrid systems. Its purpose is to develop local expertise in assembling, designing, installing, operating, and maintaining micro-grid systems. USAID estimates its contribution at $3 million over five years (FY2010-FY2015), with a $10 million total ceiling for this Leader with Associate (LWA) agreement, open to a single institution or a consortium.
Opportunity ID: 57129
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | RFA-OAA-10-000011 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Vocational Training and Education for Clean Energy (VOC TEC) |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Education Employment, Labor and Training Energy Environment |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 98.001 — USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Sep 07, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 27, 2010 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 27, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $10,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Agency for International Development |
| Description: | USAID intends to award a worldwide Leader with Associate (LWA) Cooperative Agreement for the VOCational Training and Education for Clean energy, or VOC TEC. The purpose of this program is to bolster the capacity of local stakeholders to sustain renewable energy investments, primarily in decentralized clean energy technologies and hybrid renewable energy-hydrocarbon systems. The focus of the program will be on distributed energy systems, specifically wind, solar PV, micro-hydro, and hybrid energy systems utilizing any of these three technologies along with fossil-fueled generators. Emphasis will be on developing local capacity to assemble, design, install, operate, and maintain facility-specific or community-level micro-grid systems. The LWA agreement may be with a single institution or with a consortium of institutions. USAID estimates that the USAID/EGAT Energy Team contribution to this agreement will total approximately $3 million dollars over a five-year period from approximately FY2010 to FY2015. USAID anticipates the total ceiling will be $10 million ($3 million to the Leader Award and $7 million towards the Associate Awards). |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
William Sedlak
Contracts Specialist Phone 202-712-4469 Email:vocteclwa@usaid.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 57129 Full Announcement-1 -> voc tec rfa 9-7-10.pdf
Folder 57129 Other Supporting Documents-Amendment 01 1 -> voctec amendment 01.pdf
Folder 57129 Other Supporting Documents-Response to Questions 1 -> voc tec questions.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | William Sedlak Contracts Specialist Phone 202-712-4469 Email: vocteclwa@usaid.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98.001 | PKG00020877 | Sep 07, 2010 | Oct 27, 2010 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
57129 RR_SF424_1_2-1.2.pdf
57129 RR_Budget-1.1.pdf
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