Fleming Fund offering Grant to Indonesian Entities

Deadline: 20 May 2019

Mott MacDonald, the Fleming Fund Management Agent for Country Grants, invites proposals from qualified licensed/registered entities in Indonesia to work toward strengthening antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance and response in Indonesia. Work will be carried out in collaboration with the Government of Indonesia’s National Antimicrobial Resistance Co-ordinating Committee (NARCC).

This is a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Fleming Fund Country Grant to address critical gaps in surveillance of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in Indonesia.

The objectives of the grant have been developed and agreed in partnership with the Government of Indonesia. The objectives are to:

strengthen multisectoral One Health antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and antimicrobial use (AMU) surveillance
strengthen AMR and AMU surveillance in humans
strengthen AMR and AMU surveillance in poultry
strengthen AMR and AMU surveillance in aquaculture.

Funding Information

Grant applications should be in the region of GBP 7-8 million for the full grant period, including all capital, procurement, overhead and management costs.

Grant Duration

The grant is expected to start mid-2019, and will last for approximately 23 months, ending by September 2021.

Eligibility Criteria

Potential grant applicants must satisfy the following eligibility criteria before applications will be assessed in detail. Applicants:

Must demonstrate that they are competent organisations responding to this call for proposals.
Must have an appropriate track-record in supporting laboratory capacity development, surveillance, capacity building and OH.
Must have experience of programme implementation in Indonesia.
Must demonstrate that they are registered to work within the country, including the provision of essential documents such as articles of incorporation.
Must demonstrate an understanding of the MoU process with the Government of Indonesia.
Must be prepared to accept the Grant Agreement terms.
Must be able to provide the same information and assurances for all sub-grantees, where the application is from a consortium.
Should be able to provide all information required for due diligence checks, including clear evidence of financial standing and systems of financial management and control.
Should be able to provide evidence of suitability in the form of references from clients and donors for previous work undertaken within the last three years.
Can be a single organisation or consortium, though the latter must clearly identify a Lead Grantee with the appropriate governance and coordination mechanisms to manage sub-grantees.
Can be:
- National institutes – such as a university or research institutes;
- Non-governmental organisations (NGOs);
- UN Agencies;
- Private companies; or
- Government-owned enterprises or institutions provided they can establish that they are (i) legally and financially autonomous, (ii) operate under commercial law, and (iii) are not dependent agencies of national governments.