Request for Information RFIUSAIDES2201.pdf

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

Posting Date: October 13, 2021

Closing Date: October 27, 2021

Closing Time: 17:00 Local El Salvador Time

Opportunity Number: RFI-USAID-ES-22-01

Opportunity Category: Other

This USAID/El Salvador RFI is issued for the purpose of providing industry and stakeholders an opportunity to comment, suggest, and enhance areas related to a potential new activity on Transparency and Anti-corruption in El Salvador. As appropriate, USAID/El Salvador will incorporate responses to this RFI into the development of future activity designs that may lead to a formal solicitation or announcement, however, USAID/El Salvador is not obligated to do so.

This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes, and to “Request Comments” to some key questions and seek information from companies and organizations that have the capacity and proven track record in this technical area. This RFI does not constitute a Request for Proposals (RFP) or Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Responses to this RFI shall not be portrayed as proposals or applications and will not be accepted by the U.S. Government (USG) to form a binding agreement. This RFI is not to be construed as a commitment by the USG to issue any solicitation or ultimately award of a contract/agreement on the basis of this RFI, or to pay for any information submitted as a result of this request. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.

If the requirement is released in the form of an RFP or NOFO, it may be synopsized in, but not limited to, the USG procurement information site beta.sam.gov, grants.gov, and USAID websites. It is the potential responder’s responsibility to monitor the above forums for the release of any further information.

It should be noted that responding to or providing comment on this RFI will not give any advantage to any organization in any subsequent procurement. USAID/El Salvador will not provide answers to any questions submitted in response to this request.

Your comments are requested to help refine a potential intervention and to ensure maximum development impact, resolve a clear development challenge or need as expressed by the private or public sectors, facilitate sound coordination with existing activities, improve or promote relationships with key system enablers, and share global best practices with the highest potential local impact.

Your comments must include information that is publicly available. Please do not submit any proprietary or confidential information. While there are no limits on the length of submissions accepted, we value concise, issue-specific responses. USAID is looking for responses that take into consideration the current context of El Salvador.

Areas of particular interest include, but are not limited to:

1. What are the core problems or main barriers to addressing corruption in El Salvador?

2. Who are the key institutional and individual players (both state and non-state) who can effectively advance the effort to control corruption, and how would you engage them?

3. What role can inter-institutional coordination between state actors with mandates to promote transparency and fight corruption play in reducing corruption in the current environment?

4. Has your organization achieved results that led to the reduction of corruption in environments similar to El Salvador? Please cite examples of approaches that led to the reduction of corruption or to an increase in transparency and accountability, either in El Salvador or elsewhere.

Please address your responses, either in English or Spanish, to Blanca Ibarra and send them to bibarra@usaid.gov, no later than the closing date shown above. Please include the title:

“Transparency and Anti-corruption in El Salvador” in the subject of your email.

Sincerely, Craig Riegler Contracting and Agreement Officer Regional Office of Acquisition and Assistance USAID/M/OAA Foreign Operations