Global Fund Technical Support Contract under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Awarded to Management Sciences for Health

August 17, 2007 – The Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced earlier this month the award of the Global Fund Technical Support Task Order to Management Sciences for Health (MSH) and its partners: Abt Associates, Inc.; Constella Futures; International Program Assistance, Inc.; and MIDEGO.

The purpose of the technical support is to improve the functioning of grants from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria through time-limited, outcome-oriented consultancies that strengthen local capacity. Technical support offered through this contract will focus on alleviating specific bottlenecks that are causing grants to under-perform, including inadequate or poor performance in the following areas:

• Governance and leadership;
• Program and financial management;
• Procurement and supply management; and/or
• Monitoring and evaluation of performance.

The Principal Recipients (PRs) of Global Fund grants and Country Coordinating Mechanisms (CCMs), which are in-country partnerships of key stakeholders with the responsibility to oversee grant implementation, are eligible to apply for this technical support. Core funding for the first year of the project is $15 million.

In addition to the U.S. government Global Fund Technical Support contract, the U.S. government also funds technical support to Fund grantees through the following organizations: Roll Back Malaria; the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS); the Stop TB Partnership; and the Green Light Committee.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria is a public-private partnership dedicated to raising and disbursing large amounts of funding to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Since its establishment in 2002, the Global Fund has committed more than $7.75 billion to over 450 programs in 136 countries. The U.S. government is a founding member of the Global Fund, and has provided more than $2 billion in contributions. As a financing organization with no regional or country offices, the Global Fund is unable to provide hands-on technical support to improve grant performance, and grantees rely on the Fund’s international and bilateral partners for this support.

For more information:

• U.S. Government-Funded Technical Support to Global Fund Grants (PDF - 450KB) (PEPFAR.gov)

Last revised: May 30, 2008