USAID/Namibia Grant for Strengthening Community Care and Support Systems and Services (SCCSSS)

The local partner may serve as a Prime Recipient of the Cooperative Agreement who engages, through a sub-agreement or sub-contract, other local, regional or international partners. A regional partner is one who is controlled and organized in a country in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). An international partner is a non-local and non-regional partner controlled and organized in a country outside of SADC. Any individual non-local partner cannot be awarded as a sub-recipient more than 10% of the total US dollar value of the assistance award and non-local partners as a whole cannot be awarded as sub-recipients more than 25% of the total award’s US dollar value.
A local partner may be an individual or sole proprietorship, an entity, or a joint venture or other arrangement. However, to be considered a local partner in the Republic of Namibia, the partner must meet the criteria under paragraph (1), (2), (3) or (4) below within that country:
(1) an individual must be a citizen or lawfully admitted permanent resident of and have his/her principal place of business in the Republic of Namibia, and a sole proprietorship must be owned by such an individual; or
(2) a for profit entity (e.g., a corporation or partnership): (a) must be incorporated or legally organized under the laws of, and have its principal place of business in the Republic of Namibia; (b) must be at least 51% beneficially owned and controlled by individuals who are citizens or lawfully admitted permanent residents of the Republic of Namibia, per sub-paragraph (2)(a), or by other corporations, partnerships or other arrangements that are local partners under this paragraph or paragraph (3) or (4); (c) at least 51% of the entity’s staff (senior, mid-level, support) must be citizens or lawfully admitted permanent residents of the Republic of Namibia, per sub-paragraph (2)(a), and at least 51% of the entity’s senior staff (i.e., managerial and professional personnel) must be citizens or lawfully admitted permanent residents of the Republic of Namibia; and (d) where an entity has a Board of Directors, at least 51% of the members of the Board must also be citizens or lawfully admitted permanent residents of the Republic of Namibia; or
(3) a not for profit entity (e.g. social welfare organization or trust): (a) must be legally organized and recognized under the laws of, and have its principal place of business in the Republic of Namibia; (b) must be at least 51% beneficially controlled by individuals who are citizens or lawfully admitted permanent residents of the Republic of Namibia, per sub-paragraph (3)(a), or by entities that are local partners under this paragraph or paragraphs (2) or (4); and (c) at least 51% of the entity’s staff (senior, mid-level, support) must be citizens or lawfully admitted permanent residents of the Republic of Namibia, per sub-paragraph (2)(a), and at least 51% of the entity’s senior staff (i.e., managerial and professional personnel) must be citizens or lawfully admitted permanent residents of the Republic of Namibia; or
(4) a joint venture, unincorporated association, consortium, or other arrangement in which at least 75% of the funding under the PEPFAR award is or will be provided to members who are local partners under the criteria in paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) above, and a local partner is designated as the managing member of the organization or arrangement.

Partner government ministries (e.g., National Ministries), sub-units of government ministries, and parastatal organizations in the Republic of Namibia are considered local partners. A parastatal organization is defined as a fully or partially government-owned, government-controlled or government-funded organization. Such enterprises may function through a board of directors, similar to private corporations. However, ultim