Appendix_1_RFI_Response_Template.docx

Appendix 1 USAID/Lebanon/Local Development Office Request for Information (RFI) Response Template

The total length of the RFI submission cannot exceed five (5) pages and must be submitted using 12 point Arial font, 8.5 x 11-inch paper (letter-sized), single-spaced, with one-inch margins, no graphics, with each page numbered consecutively. If the submitter has produced relevant reports, those reports may be included, but only as embedded links.

Name:

Title:

Organization:

Email:

USAID/Lebanon is interested in responses to the following specific questions. With the exception of Question 1, respondents may respond to all or as many of the questions listed below as are within the bounds of their technical expertise.

RFI Questions:

1. Has your organization participated in a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) co-creation process before, and would your organization be interested in participating in a BAA on the aforementioned assistance topics for Lebanon?

2. What types of innovative, renewable, and/or low/zero pollution energy systems would you recommend to help groups of Lebanese municipalities remedy significant power outages they are experiencing? Is it possible to network or modularize these systems to create more robust means of distributing the energy they produce?

3. What innovative approaches would you recommend USAID/Lebanon consider to address Lebanon’s large-scale, solid waste management challenges?

4. How might Lebanon’s rural communities leverage the country’s historic, cultural, and natural patrimony to improve the livelihoods of its residents?

5. What does your organization consider to be the top challenges facing the ability of Lebanon to manage wastewater in an environmentally and financially sound manner and how does your organization propose the USAID/Lebanon address these challenges?

6. What does your organization consider to be the top priorities for enhancing the financial sustainability of Lebanon’s regional water establishments and what are the most effective interventions that USAID/Lebanon can undertake to address these challenges?

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