Requests for Proposals and Funding Opportunities

On this page, you will find available funding opportunities for interested members, vendors or bidders. Each link for currently open opportunities includes an overview of the project, eligibility requirements, application details and timeline for submission, as well as a link to the actual request for proposal (RFP) documentation. Links to active RFPs also contain contact information to where interested parties may submit questions regarding a specific RFP. Responses from or on behalf of APHL will be posted on the page of their respective RFP.

Once the application period is closed, a link to the official RFP documentation will remain visible but the RFP's webpage and questions and answers will no longer be available. The name of the winning app​licant(s), or a tabulation of the overall bids, is listed underneath the links to the closed funding opportunities.

There are no active RFPs at this time.

APHL has established an RFP Appeal Procedure that allows vendors/prospective venders to lodge a formal appeal concerning alleged improprieties or irregularities during the procurement process. Vendors or prospective vendors may submit an appeal at any time during the procurement process on a specific RFP, but they must do so no later than five days after APHL posts the winning bidder on that RFP or the overall bid tabulation on this site.

Any appeal must be submitted to APHL’s Legal and Compliance department via email or via overnight delivery to APHL’s headquarters office in Bethesda, Maryland. APHL’s General Counsel and Managing Director, Legal & Compliance (General Counsel) will conduct an initial assessment and review of all appeals. If an appeal provides sufficient and credible detail on alleged irregularities or improprieties, General Counsel will have the authority to determine whether to forward that appeal on to APHL’s Executive Leadership Team (ELT) (composed of the Chief Officers of the association and the Managing Director, People and Culture, Managing Director, Finance and Procurement, Managing Director, Global Health and General Counsel) or to engage one or more independent third parties to investigate the allegations. The decisions as to whether an appeal provides sufficient detail and whether to engage outside investigative resources are final and not subject to further right of appeal. 

In the event that APHL conducts an internal investigation into an appeal, the ELT will be charged with providing an objective and unbiased independent review of the appeal and its allegations. If one or more members of this team have a potential or perceived conflict of interest, those members will not participate in the internal investigation. The members of the ELT, free of a conflict of interest, will then formulate a recommended course of action—which may range from no action to a complete re-compete of the RFP—and will provide supporting evidence to the General Counsel as soon as is reasonably practicable or possible after receiving the appeal. 

If APHL engages third parties to investigate the allegations raised by an appeal, General Counsel will be responsible for coordinating the investigators’ access to needed materials and personnel and will provide ELT with updates as needed or appropriate. Once the investigation is complete, the outside investigators will deliver a summary report of their findings and will provide a recommended course of action and at least one alternative course of action to the General Counsel. The General Counsel, in turn, will send the report to the ELT and will work with team members to reach consensus on which course of action to pursue. 

Once all relevant materials have been reviewed, the final decision will be communicated to the vendor via email. The vendor can expect to receive a summary explanation of the decision. In certain cases, notification to the federal awarding agency may be required and will be issued by APHL’s General Counsel. This notification will include the initial appeal, any relevant findings, and the outcome determined by APHL.