''''USAID/uganda is in the process of developing a multi-year country development cooperation strategy (cdcs) for 2016 - 2020. As mandated in the foreign assistance act (FAA) of 1961, as amended,…

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Uganda is developing a new Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) for 2016-2020, and as mandated by sections 117, 118, and 119 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 as amended, missions are required to assess country-specific biodiversity and tropical forest conservation needs as part of their strategic planning processes. USAID/Uganda awarded this firm fixed price delivery order contract under the Restoring the Environment through Prosperity, Livelihoods And Conserving Ecosystems (REPLACE) indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract to Ecodit LLC to conduct a country-wide Environmental Threats and Opportunities Assessment (ETOA) to inform the 2016-2020 CDCS development process by determining the potential impacts of proposed development activities on the environment and natural resources, the actions necessary to achieve sustainable management of tropical forests and conservation of biological diversity, and the extent to which the mission's ongoing and proposed programming meets the identified needs. The assessment will also inform USAID/Uganda's strategic planning and priorities and provide a primary level of analysis on relevant, proposed areas of development programming to be conducted between October 1, 2015 and December 31, 2015 in Uganda.

''''USAID/uganda is in the process of developing a multi-year country development cooperation strategy (cdcs) for 2016 - 2020. As mandated in the foreign assistance act (FAA) of 1961, as amended, missions are required to assess country-specific biodiversity and tropical forest conservation needs, and the extent to which proposed programs address those needs, as part of their strategic planning processes. USAID/uganda will procure a new etoa to inform the 2016-2020 cdcs development process via the restoring the environment for prosperity, livelihoods and conserving ecosystems (replace) indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract, managed centrally by the economic growth, education and environment (E3) bureau at USAID/washington. The successful offeror will conduct a country-wide assessment of biodiversity and tropical forest conservation needs and related issues for the purposes of complying with sections 117, 118, and 119 of the FAA of 1961, as amended, and agency guidance on cdcs development, under ADS 201.3.4.l, ADS 201.3.4.2, and ADS 204. This assessment will determine 1) the potential impacts of proposed development activities on the environment and natural resources, 2) the actions necessary to achieve sustainable management of tropical forests and conservation of biological diversity, and 3) the extent to which the mission's ongoing and proposed programming meets the needs identified in part 2 herein. The etoa will also inform USA ID/uganda strategic planning and priorities, and provide a primary level of analysis on relevant, proposed areas of development programming.