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Announcement of Funding Opportunity
RFP #: GC20-021

FY 2019 National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Equipment Assistance Grant for School Food Authorities (SFAs)

RECENT UPDATES

Update 1/2/20:

Please note: A modification was made to page 4 of the RFP in the “Introduction” section. The RFP now states: "The equipment purchased with the FY 2019 NSLP Equipment Assistance Grant must be used to support the federally assisted school meals programs. Equipment may not be purchased exclusively for programs outside of the federally assisted school meals programs."

Questions and Answers Adobe PDF – Posted 1/2/20

Grant Application Documents

Application in PDF Adobe PDF | Application in Word Word document
List of Previous Grantees Adobe PDF
Contract Boilerplate Word document (This is provided for informational purposes only and not required for the application submission.)
Questions and Answers Adobe PDF – Posted 1/2/20

Purpose of Grant

The School Food Service Equipment Grant is intended to improve the infrastructure of the NSLP. This will be achieved by providing the opportunity for schools to purchase equipment to serve healthier meals that meet the updated meal patterns, improve the overall quality of meals, improve efficiency of production and service and expand participation in school meals programs.

Eligible Applicants

All Recipient Agencies (RA) under a School Food Authority (SFA) participating in the NSLP in New York State are eligible (including public school districts, non-profit nonpublic schools, charter schools and residential childcare institutions). Priority will be given to RAs with 50 percent or more students eligible for free or reduced price meals and to RAs that did not receive a previous grant award through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Food Service Equipment Grant, the FY 2010, FY 2014, FY 2015, FY 2016, FY17 or the FY 2018 National School Lunch Program Equipment Assistance Grant for School Food Authorities. A list of RAs that previously received an equipment grant is available at: Previous Food Service Equipment Grant RecipientsAdobe PDF

The SFA will apply on behalf of their eligible RAs. The SFA will submit a separate application for each piece of requested equipment for an eligible RA.

Mandatory Requirements

Equipment Assistance Grant Applications will only be considered if they meet the following Mandatory Application Requirements:

  • Not-for-profit applicants must be Prequalified in the Grants Gateway by the application deadline. Additional information is provided in the Prequalification for Individual Applicants section below.
  • Applications must be submitted by an eligible applicant that is currently approved to participate in NSLP or that receives formal SED approval to operate NSLP by the application deadline.
  • Applications must request equipment that is allowable under this RFP and has a minimum award value of $1,000. See the Equipment Definition section of the RFP for details
  • Applications requesting equipment with a unit cost that is less than $5,000 must include a copy of the Capitalization Threshold Policy that demonstrates that the equipment cost equals or exceeds the capitalization threshold.
  • All non-public applicants must include a current Certificate of Occupancy from the local government authority having jurisdiction for determining compliance with applicable Building Codes of New York State and current building Fire Inspection that indicates no violations from the local government authority having jurisdiction for determining compliance with applicable Fire Codes of New York State for the RA building in which the equipment will be placed. *See Required Documents section of RFP for details

Applications that do not meet the Mandatory Application Requirements and/or that are post-marked after the application deadline will not be considered.

Funding and Project Dates

  • Funds Available: $1,692,719
  • Project Dates: 7/1/2020-6/30/2021
  • Grant Amounts: A minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum of $20,000 per Recipient Agency (RA). Separate applications must be submitted for each piece of requested equipment. Total combined awards to an SFA for an individual RA cannot exceed $20,000.

Due Date

Fully completed applications including one original and two hardcopies must be postmarked by January 24, 2020 and mailed to:

New York State Education Department
Child Nutrition Program Administration
RFP #GC20-021 NSLP Equipment Assistance Grant
89 Washington Avenue, Room 375EBA
Albany, NY 12234

Questions and Answers

Questions regarding this grant must be emailed to foodequip@nysed.gov by December 18, 2019. A Questions and Answers Summary will be posted here no later than January 4, 2020.

Non-Mandatory Notice of Intent

The Notice of Intent (NOI) is not a requirement for submitting a complete application by the application date; however, NYSED strongly encourages all prospective applicants to submit an NOI to ensure a timely and thorough review and rating process. A non-profit applicant’s NOI will also help to facilitate timely review of their prequalification materials. The notice of intent is a simple email notice stating your organization’s (use the legal name) intent to submit an application for this grant. Please also include your organization’s NYS Vendor ID. The NOI due date is 01/10/20. Please send the NOI to foodequip@nysed.gov.

Contacts

Program:
Tara Webster/Colleen Hasselbach
foodequip@nysed.gov

Fiscal:
Lucas Rodriguez
foodequip@nysed.gov

 

Grant Application Documents

Application in PDF Adobe PDF | Application in Word Word document
List of Previous Grantees Adobe PDF
Contract Boilerplate Word document (This is provided for informational purposes only and not required for the application submission.)
Questions and Answers Adobe PDF – Posted 1/2/20


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Last Updated: January 2, 2020