Negotiations and Contract Award

Proposals from short-listed CSOs will be reviewed by the Grants Sub-Committee of the RAVI Steering Committee using the assessment criteria described above. The Grants Sub-Committee will use the scoring system to assess all the proposals and average marks calculated after which the applications will be ranked according to their scores.

The RAVI secretariat will then negotiate with the CSOs for selection in accordance with the ranking. The negotiation will be to seek refinement and further clarification on strategy, process and budgets. If an agreement is not reached with any CSO proposed for selection, the CSO on the reserve list with the next highest score will be contacted for negotiation.

The names, addresses and locations of successful applicants will be published in the print media and on the RAVI website. There will be an initial review of the work of Grant Partners after six months, in addition to annual reviews.