72049723RFI00001_RFI_USAID_Indonesia Urban Climate Change Adaptation Activity.pdf

Subject: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) & SOURCE SOUGHT NOTICE Activity Title: USAID/Indonesia Urban Climate Change Adaptation Activity Reference Number: 72049723RFI00001 Release Date: December 01, 2022 Response Due Date and Time: February 02, 2023, 4:00 PM Jakarta Time Response Email Address: proposals-indonesia@usaid.gov

Dear Interested Parties:

The United States Agency for International Development, Indonesia Mission (USAID/Indonesia) is designing a new stand-alone program and concept to support urban climate change adaptation and resilience in Indonesia, as described in the Attachment.

USAID anticipates that this will be a five-year activity with a total estimated cost of approximately $19-20 million, subject to the availability of funds.

A. Request for Information (RFI)

USAID/Indonesia is posting this Request for Information (RFI) to provide information to any parties interested in USAID’s support for climate change adaptation in Indonesia, as well as to collect information and suggestions about needs for climate adaptation programming in Indonesia. The information contained within this RFI is intended solely as a thought-piece; ideas may change significantly during USAID/Indonesia’s activity design, consultation and approval process. In addition, any information collected through this RFI may or may not be used to help guide thinking about adaptation and resilience programming.

This is a Request for Information Only. It is not a Request for Proposals, a Request for Quotation, a Request for Application, an Invitation for Bids, a Solicitation, or an indication that USAID will contract for the items contained in this Special Notice. The RFI is an attempt to reach out to determine industry capabilities and interest and will be treated as information only.

In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responses to this RFI are strictly voluntary and USAID will not pay respondents for information provided in response to this RFI. Responses to this RFI may not be returned and respondents may not be notified of the result of the review. If a Solicitation is issued, it will be announced on the Federal Business Opportunities website www.sam.gov or www.grants.gov at a later date, and all interested parties must respond to that Solicitation announcement separately from any response to this announcement. This RFI does not restrict the Government's acquisition approach on a future solicitation.

U.S. Agency for International Development U.S. Embassy Jakarta Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan 3-5 Jakarta 10110, Indonesia USAID.gov mailto:proposals-indonesia@usaid.gov http://www.sam.gov http://www.grants.gov

B. Sources Sought Notice (SSN)

Additionally, this is an SSN to identify qualified organizations that are interested in and capable of performing the type of work described in the Attachment. Your responses to the information requested will assist USAID to plan the acquisition strategy, including whether a U.S. small business set-aside is possible.

Submission instructions for this SSN are provided in Section III of the Attachment.

USAID Indonesia is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information, answer questions, or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. Please note issuance of this RFI/SSN does not constitute an award commitment on the part of the U.S.

Government, nor does it commit the Government to pay for any costs incurred in the preparation of comments.

FOR INFORMATION OR SOLICITATION FOR PLANNING PURPOSES (OCT 1997)

(a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

(b) Although “proposal” and “offeror” are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as information only. It will not be used as a proposal.

(c) This solicitation is issued for the purpose of receiving recommendations on approaches for designing the USAID/Indonesia Urban Adaptation Activity.

We thank you for your assistance and interest in USAID programs.

Sincerely, Brian Chang Contracting/Agreement Officer USAID/Indonesia

ATTACHMENT

I. DRAFT CONCEPT PAPER

A. Background

Indonesia is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The dry season is becoming longer and drier in many provinces, while the rainy season has more rainfall in an increasingly short period, thus heightening the risk of flooding and landslides. The country’s Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) has referred to Indonesia as a “supermarket of disasters”, given the frequency and type of disasters faced throughout the year. For the last ten years, BNPB reported that more than 95 percent of disaster events in Indonesia have been weather-related, such as floods, landslides, tropical cyclones, and forest fires1. These disaster risks have social, economic, and environmental impacts, which include water shortages, crop failures, reduced fish capture, and diminished livelihoods. A 2019 assessment conducted by the National Planning Agency (Bappenas) reported that the economic loss due to climate change was estimated at $7 trillion (Rp102.3 trillion) in 2020, which is estimated to increase to approximately $8 trillion by 2024, a 12 percent increase in five years2.

Since a growing majority of the population lives in cities near the country’s 80,000 km coastline, the increased prevalence of climate-related disasters makes urban life increasingly precarious for many Indonesians. In fact, climate change and the accompanying increase in sea level are expected to put at risk, nearly 60 percent of the country’s population residing in low-lying coastal cities such as Jakarta and Surabaya3. Based on projections from the United Nations Population Fund, two-thirds of Indonesians - over 200 million people - will live in cities by 2035. Thus, in order for Indonesia to successfully adapt to climate change, concerted effort must be applied towards improving resilience in its growing cities.

Policy Context

The Government of Indonesia (GOI) has actively engaged in international negotiations on climate adaptation and has already begun to integrate climate change into its development plans.

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry’s (MOEF) Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap targets Indonesia adaptation interventions that will reduce potential losses by building resilience and increasing the adaptive capacity in the food, energy, water and health sectors.

Addressing climate change is also one of the development priorities in the Medium-Term National Development Plan (RPJMN), Priority No. 6, with the target of reducing GDP loss by 0.34% in 2020 and 1.15% in 2024. Considering these data, the Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas) launched the Climate Resilience Development Policy in March 2021 that focuses on four sectors: marine and coastal, agriculture, health, and water.

3 The impact of global climate change in Indonesia: Jakarta as a case study by Yara Ven Holtan, 2019

2 Bappenas Executive Summary Climate Resilience Development Policy 2020-2045

1 BNPB Strategic Plan 2020-2024

At the same time, the government of Indonesia is strengthening the legal and policy basis for disaster risk reduction, response, and recovery. The Disaster Management Law No. 24/2007 represents a stepping stone in shifting the paradigm from response to a wider risk management perspective, viewing disasters as “everybody’s business”, and not simply as the government’s responsibility. This allows for the establishment of the National and Local Agencies for Disaster Management (BNPB and BPBD).

Additionally, at the November 2022 COP27 conference in Sharm-El-Sheikh, the United States further emphasized its commitment to supporting climate change adaptation, including through nature-based solutions and mobilizing climate finance. Accordingly, USAID is seeking to support Indonesia’s efforts to advance urban resilience and develop tailored solutions to address the impacts of climate change.

B. Link to USAID/Indonesia Country Development Cooperation Strategy and Agency Goals

The activity aims to improve the resilience of urban populations through climate change adaptation and disaster preparedness. Accordingly, the activity will contribute to USAID’s Climate Change Strategy launched on April 21, 2022 and USAID/Indonesia’s 2020-2025 Country Development Strategy under DO3 Environmental Sustainability Improved, IR 3.2.

Urban Environmental Management Strengthened, with a focus on IR 3.2.2 Urban Resilience to Disaster Increased.

Relationship with the GOI’s Medium-term Development Plan -- The activity is also well-aligned with the GOI’s Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN 2020 - 2024), which identifies improvement of environment, disaster management, and climate change resilience as a key national priority.

The activity is also aligned with:

1. The aim of the 2016 Paris Agreement of increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development

2. The 2021 Updated Indonesian Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) on climate change adaptation to reduce risks, enhance adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change in all development sectors with focus on economic resilience, social and livelihood resilience, and ecosystem and landscape resilience.

3. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, and SDG 13: Climate Action

4. The goal of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030: Prevent new and reduce existing disaster risk through the implementation of integrated and inclusive economic, structural, legal, social, health, cultural, educational, environmental, technological, political, and institutional measures that prevent and reduce hazard exposure and vulnerability to disasters, increase preparedness for response and recovery, and thus strengthen resilience.

5. Goal 5 of the 2022 Indo-Pacific Strategy Build Regional Resilience to 21st-Century Transnational Threats.

C. Strategic Approach

This project will be designed to support USAID/Indonesia’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy4 (CDCS) and the GOI’s goals for reducing the risk of natural disasters and adapting to climate change. This project will aim to improve climate and disaster resilience in Indonesia by:

supporting the GOI at local, district, provincial, and national levels; working directly with communities and the private sector; and helping key stakeholders to mobilize financing and develop, disseminate, and utilize better climate change information. When possible, the project will build upon successful efforts and partner with others to leverage expertise and good practices in the disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation fields. The following are key tenets of the program’s strategic approach:

● Strengthen climate-responsive urban planning and management and municipal governance.

The process of decentralization has given the authority and responsibility to local governments for many of the key functions that influence resilience, including land-use planning, permitting, service delivery, etc. However, in many cases the capacity and resources are insufficient to fully execute those duties. This project expects to support sub-national government entities in mainstreaming climate and disaster risk into government planning, programming, and budgeting, while also helping to strengthen information and resource flows from the national government. This complements USAID’s support for decentralized government through its Local Governance Enabling Environment Activity (ERAT).

● Appropriate linkages between disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation There are very close linkages between disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in Indonesia, so a combined approach that helps focus stakeholders on reducing their risks to, and prepare for, rapid-onset disasters in the short term while working within the context of longer-term adaptation capacity-building. However, while there is significant overlap between the two disciplines, they are not exactly the same so it will also be important to take a tailored approach when necessary. The project will aim to create a positive feedback cycle by working both with the government as well as with communities and the private sector in order to link top-down and bottom-up approaches.

● Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion USAID will center its actions in the context of the diverse communities in which we work and will engage local, marginalized, and underrepresented groups as agents of change. Worldwide experience has demonstrated that climate change has the severest impact upon those who are least able to adapt, often because of poverty, lack of education or access to information, disabilities, gender power dynamics, sexual orientation or any other factor that may impact their ability to access the resources that would allow them to

4 https://www.usaid.gov/indonesia/cdcs adapt to climactic conditions or natural disasters. Through this new climate adaptation program, USAID intends to place an emphasis on improving the adaptive capacity of Indonesia’s most vulnerable people, through enhanced access to relevant climate data, design and implementation of better policy, and education about and piloting of appropriate adaptation options. Interventions focused on delivering services should ensure that equitable access is provided across social groups.

D. Development Hypothesis

Natural disasters and climate change are already slowing Indonesia’s economic and human development, and this negative impact is likely to increase in the future given current trends. By strengthening GOI and private sector capacity to integrate climate and disaster risk management into decision-making processes, by improving the capacity of Indonesian stakeholders to participate in adaptation planning processes and to understand and communicate climate information, and by assisting cities in mobilizing financing for climate-resilient infrastructure and deploying nature-based solutions, USAID will improve resilience to natural disasters and climate change in Indonesia’s vulnerable cities.

E. Geographic Focus

USAID has identified eight priority provinces: North Sumatra, Banten, East Java, DKI Jakarta, East Nusa Tenggara, South Sulawesi, West Kalimantan and Papua.

The selection of targeted jurisdictions (city or district) will be based on vulnerability to natural hazards, dense populations, climate risks, and/or their lack of access to social and economic infrastructure. The implementer will be expected to focus its work at the local and provincial level in some of the targeted provinces. USAID is also considering organizing interventions around a geographic boundary such as a watershed, in order to explore linkages between urban and rural community resilience, integration of upstream and downstream area management, collaboration across jurisdictions, and the interactions between multiple climatic hazards.

In addition, the project may support the GOI’s plans to establish a new capital in East Kalimantan province, and/or in secondary cities in the province that are expected to experience short-term population growth while the new capital is being developed.

F. Program Objectives

The program's objectives may comprise the following four areas:

1. Support GOI efforts to integrate disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation in sub-national core development plans and investments;

2. Mobilize financing to advance urban climate resilience;

3. Strengthen systems for collection and application of climate data, services and decision support tools to improve planning processes in target cities;

4. Advance Urban Nature-Based Solutions to Promote Climate Resilience.

Task 1: Support GOI efforts to integrate disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation in sub-national core development plans and investments.

Given its focus on urban areas, the project will primarily support subnational governments at the provincial and municipal level. Recent practice has identified increasing GOI’s capacity at the provincial and district levels as important for sustainability--in particular in conducting risk assessments and mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation (DRR/CCA) into planning and budgeting. Importantly, this has to be a continuous process as many key officials rotate positions frequently. To this end, the project is likely to boost efforts developing and implementing approaches that reflect the timeframes, entry points, and opportunities at the local and provincial levels.

The project will also aim to work with national government agencies, informed by previous disaster risk reduction and climate change initiatives in Indonesia. Accordingly, the project will work with the GOI to promote disaster and climate risk management across sectors and at various levels of government. Strengthening communication and coordination between national, provincial and local level units holds enormous potential for ensuring that resources and technical assistance flow to institutions with the greatest need. In empowering local governments to pursue progressive adaptation initiatives, USAID should broadly consider the range of binding constraints inhibiting greater local action and investments such as regulatory and financial needs.

At the national level, the project expects to work alongside the Ministry of Forestry and Environment (KLHK) and the Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas), as well as with the National Disaster Response Agency (BNPB) to strengthen its capacity to integrate climate change into urban disaster risk reduction activities. This may include not only support for implementation of the National Action Plan for Climate Change Adaptation (RAN API), but also institutional support, technical assistance, and improved coordination to the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, and Ministry of Public Works, as well as other GOI institutions like the Indonesia Environment Fund (BPDLH) or PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur . The project may coordinate with sector-specific line ministries such as Marine Affairs and Fisheries, and Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR), and the national electric utility (PLN) to introduce tools and approaches to systematically consider climate and/or disaster risk planning, permitting, and investment decisions related to urban climate resilience.

Task 2: Mobilize financing to advance urban climate resilience

To build on the successes of previous USAID engagement on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, USAID expects to work with municipal actors, both public and private sector, to boost their capacity to take actions that strengthen their resilience to climate change and natural hazards. This may include support for community level interventions such as micro-credit, banking, and insurance. Assistance may also include initiating a public-private dialogue on resilience with the objective of broadening exposure to advanced risk management practices and expanding the application of innovative technology solutions for understanding and managing risk. Since many interventions require significant financial investments, USAID is also considering the feasibility and utility of conducting financial analysis for selected cities or districts to determine financial wellness.

The project will further support target municipalities in mobilizing funds for climate-resilient infrastructure. This may include analysis and technical assistance which enables local governments to secure public and private financing for climate-resilient infrastructure, potentially to include municipal bonds, loans from banks and/or development finance institutions (such as the US Development Finance Corporation), or central government funding. Activities may build local capacity to engage in climate-smart capital investment planning, helping cities to work over the long term to better analyze and mitigate risks associated with infrastructure projects, thus making commercial financing more viable. The project may further aid local municipalities in mapping out funding sources for infrastructure upgrades and planning for covering maintenance costs over the long term. Additionally, the program will work to pilot and/or scale up public-private partnerships to support disaster preparedness, private sector business continuity, and response capacity in target municipalities.

Task 3: Strengthen systems for collection and application of climate data to improve planning processes in target cities

Awareness of climate change impacts and their effect on the variability and intensity of natural disasters remains low, and the ability to respond to these disasters is hampered by the lack of data, tools, and delivery systems that would enable a successful response. In particular, government institutions, businesses, and communities need better-quality and more actionable information on the projected impacts of climate change on targeted cities. This information must be packaged and delivered in a manner and frequency that can be effectively used by policymakers. Analysis of the magnitude, frequency, rates, and patterns of extreme climate events is necessary for climate-resilient urban planning. However, analyzing records of past trends is no longer sufficient for defining current and future climate risk. Indonesian cities must build sufficient capacity to work in a dynamic manner, quickly applying new data to inform decision-making processes.

Accordingly, USAID will work to improve access to climate and disaster risk information for a variety of stakeholders in the government, private sector, and civil society, including the urban poor (defined as the bottom 40th percentile of household income distribution). The project will provide technical assistance which enables Indonesian counterparts to build long-term monitoring and analytical capacity, including GIS, to support evidence-based decision making in these areas, with a focus on disaster-related information relevant to coastal communities (e.g.

fisheries and related sectors) . In this context, there appears to be an equally great need for collaboration and technical assistance in accessing advanced remote sensing, open mapping, information management and dissemination, and decision-support technological solutions related to the acquisition and dissemination of weather and climate information, vulnerability mapping, and disaster preparedness. Design-support tools and processes will also help decision-makers understand the socio-economic implications of potential interventions, including the costs of inaction in a particular geography, and will offer a framework for local governments to consult with people affected by proposed plans and investments. To the extent practicable, interventions in this area will build upon existing planning practices and systems. New planning tools and systems should only be deployed when they meet a demand clearly expressed by local stakeholders, and when local stakeholders have or will acquire the ability to use them.

Task 4: Advance Urban Nature-Based Solutions to Promote Climate Resilience

Nature-based solutions hold great promise in helping cities adapt to the impacts of climate change. As defined in USAID’s Climate Strategy, nature-based solutions are “actions to conserve, manage, and restore ecosystems (including managed systems such as agricultural lands) that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively.” In urban and peri-urban areas, these interventions often work to simultaneously support biodiversity, conserve and/or restore natural habitats, while improving the quality of life for urban residents. For instance, poor natural vegetation and degraded soil due to the overuse of groundwater makes cities more vulnerable to the impact of flooding and rising sea levels. Efforts to improve coastal vegetation -such as peri-urban mangrove restoration - can help cities to develop natural barriers against storm surges, thus protecting coastal infrastructure and increasing the capacity of communities to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Restoration and improvement of rivers, urban drainage systems, and establishing riparian wetland areas to absorb water (in line with “sponge city” principles) can further assist cities in minimizing the harmful impacts of flooding. Additionally, green spaces, bio-parks, and urban or peri-urban forestry initiatives can help cities to cool, infiltrate rain and run-off water, increase carbon storage, conserve biodiversity, and mitigate against the negative impacts of drought and the urban heat island effect.

Accordingly, the project will provide technical assistance to target municipalities to develop, implement, and sustainably finance nature-based solutions that are most appropriate to the local urban system. Environmental issues in many urban areas are related to land management in upstream jurisdictions, so effective interventions related to water resource management and flood prevention will likely require coordination among local government stakeholders from urban and peri-urban areas within the watershed. As such, nature-based interventions that foster the resilience of urban ecosystems should be integrated with approaches that promote good governance and socio-economic resilience.

Activities under this task will likely be funded through USAID Sustainable Landscapes funding, and thus interventions must be conducive to the requisite reporting requirements.5

II. QUESTIONS

USAID is seeking public feedback on the proposed project approach (including opportunities, as well as potential pitfalls) and seeks additional information on programs, policies, research, data, activities that might be useful for the project design. USAID further seeks to learn about opportunities to leverage existing efforts and resources, gaps that need to be addressed, and hone the geographic focus.

5 https://www.usaid.gov/climate/natural-solutions

In addition to general feedback on the Draft Concept in Attachment I, USAID is particularly interested in receiving comments on this concept paper with respect to the following questions:

Collaboration with GOI Counterparts

1. What are the most promising opportunities and challenges for USAID to engage at the national level with the GOI (including which ministries/agencies and type of assistance) to advance urban climate resilience?

a. What key challenges exist with respect to policy implementation to advance urban climate change adaptation, both in terms of vertical integration (i.e. national and subnational actors) and horizontal integration (among subnational actors)?

2. What are the most promising opportunities and challenges for USAID to engage at the subnational level, particularly with local governments (including which departments or divisions), to advance urban climate resilience?

a. Given the challenges for sub-national government institutions (municipal, district, and provincial) in pursuing climate adaptation activities, what kinds of activities should USAID consider to help subnational governments overcome these constraints?

b. What incentive mechanisms exist at the subnational- and local-government levels for pursuing climate-resilient adaptation projects and what opportunities exist for leveraging and expanding on them?

3. What type of technical assistance related to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction would be most useful to the Government of Indonesia in planning for its new capital city, Nusantara and/or secondary cities in East Kalimantan (Samarinda and Balikpapan)?

Disaster Information, Communication and Research

4. Which climate and weather information services readily available in Indonesia should

USAID target for strengthening over the next five years, and why?

5. What types of decision-making information, data, and tools would best support the GOI in mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into development planning and budgeting, as well as capital investment planning?

6. What are Indonesia’s main disasters or climate-induced hazards (including emerging and overlooked disasters and hazards) as outlined by GOI goals and priorities that USAID should focus on?

7. What type of research is most urgently needed to advance urban climate change adaptation in Indonesia? What type of risk information needs better communication?

And to whom? What approaches have successfully resulted in behavior change (individual and institutional)?

Climate Finance and Scaling Solutions

8. What types of technical assistance or development programming related to urban climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction have been most effective, and what opportunities exist for scaling up?

9. What private sector engagement approaches might USAID support in order to advance urban climate change adaptation?

10. Which GOI actors at the national and/or sub-national level are best poised to mobilize urban climate finance? How might USAID assistance work best to close the financing gap?

11. What are the feasible financial strategies or tools (e.g., municipal bonds, loans, or insurance) for funding climate-resilient activities and infrastructure in Indonesian cities?

12. What types of nature-based solutions would be most appropriate to address climate change in Indonesian cities?

Diversity and Inclusion

13. What development approaches have worked best to facilitate participation of underrepresented groups into climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction efforts in Indonesia?

14. What climate change adaptation strategies could most improve community resilience and livelihoods? What are the important considerations for creating enabling conditions for empowerment and leadership from poor communities and those in vulnerable situations?

III. RESPONSES SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

A. Request for Information (RFI)

Responses (comments, suggestions, and enhancements) to this RFI are due on February 02, 2023, 4:00 PM (Jakarta Time). Respondents may also include self/organization information including past experiences working in this subject area, experience working with other stakeholders, including implementing partners on the ground or host country government officials, or capacity information. Send responses to this RFI via email to proposals-indonesia@usaid.gov with the subject title “Request for Information (RFI):

USAID/Indonesia Urban Climate Change Adaptation Activity” , no later than the date/time stated above. You will only receive an electronic confirmation acknowledging receipt of your response, but will not receive individualized feedback on any suggestions. This Notice can be viewed and downloaded from the internet at both www.sam.gov and www.grants.gov.

Note: Providing general feedback on the draft concept (Attachment I) and/or responses to the questions above (Attachment II) are both acceptable. Respondents providing answers to the questions do not necessarily need to address each question.

The submitted response should include:

Reference: USAID/Indonesia Urban Climate Change Adaptation Activity Organization Name:

Point of contact name and contact information:

Size and type of organization, including U.S. small businesses or other status if applicable (optional, when applicable):

Legal registration status in Indonesia (optional, when applicable):

Attachments: Respondents may attach any documents that support your comments to the above questions.

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B. Sources Sought Notice (SSN)

Interested qualified organizations should submit a tailored capability statement to proposals-indonesia@usaid.gov with the subject title: “SSN: USAID/Indonesia Urban Climate Change Adaptation Activity”, no later than the date/time stated above.

The cover page of the capability statement should include:

Reference: USAID/Indonesia Urban Climate Change Adaptation Activity Organization Name:

Point of contact name and contact information:

Size and type of organization, including U.S. small business or other status if applicable (optional, when applicable):

UEI Number:

Legal registration status in Indonesia (optional, when applicable):

All proprietary information should be marked as such. Responses will be reviewed only by USAID personnel and will be held in a confidential manner.

No electronic confirmation acknowledging receipt of your response nor individualized feedback on any suggestions will be given. No basis for claims against the U.S. Government shall arise as a result of a response to this RFI/SSN or from the Government’s use of such information.

Specific questions about this RFI/SSN should be directed only to the email address identified above.

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