RFI72061121C000MRLZO USAID Zambia Request for Information to Identify Local Zambian Organizations..pdf

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Subdivision 694/Stand 100 Ibex Hill Road PO Box 320373 Lusaka, Zambia 10101 infozambia@usaid.gov USAID.gov

TO: All Prospective Offerors

ISSUANCE DATE: Wednesday, August 25, 2021

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) #: 72061121C000MRLZO

SUBJECT: Market Research to Identify Local Zambian Organizations Interested in and Capable of Partnering to Support Development Interventions, Including to Assess Local Capacity to Implement Sector-Specific Activities

DUE DATE: Wednesday, October 6, 2021, at 3:00 pm Lusaka Time

Dear Prospective Offerors:

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), represented by its Mission in Zambia, is performing market research to identify local Zambian organizations interested in and capable of partnering to support development interventions, including to assess local capacity to implement sector-specific activities.

This is a Request for Information (RFI). This is not a request for proposals, proposal abstracts, applications or concept notes, or quotations.

USAID/Zambia seeks to build partnerships with influential local partners, including non-governmental and local government partners. USAID/Zambia recognizes that local leadership and local partnerships make our work sustainable and effective, and that through partnerships with local actors, we become more context aware and better partners to Zambians, as we strive to support Zambians and Zambian organizations to advance their ambitions for their country. For these reasons, USAID/Zambia has prioritized local capacity development as critical to achieving its goals.

To inform our processes and consider new partnerships, USAID/Zambia is performing market research to identify local Zambian organizations (definition below) interested in and capable of partnering to support development interventions, including to assess local capacity to implement sector-specific activities. Should your organization wish to submit information, please follow the below submission guidelines. Please note that USAID will not share any information provided outside of the U.S. Government without prior consent from your organization.

Submission Guidelines:

Local organizations interested in responding to this RFI should provide the following information:

Name of your organization and contact information.

Sectoral areas of expertise ranked in order, indicating your strongest sector capabilities to other areas of interest

RFI #: 72061121C000MRLZO

Request for Information to Identify Local Zambian Organizations

Whether you are a private sector partner, CSO, academic institution or traditional or other type of organization.

How long has your organization been operating in Zambia?

In what provinces/districts does your organization work?

How many staff does your organization employ or otherwise include?

Have you received USG funding previously?

Name two other local organizations with which you are strongly affiliated and aligned, either through resource partnerships or other ties.

Have you received grants and sub-grants or entered resource partnerships with other sources, including USG, private sector, foundations, or others?

Please provide information of ongoing resource partnerships with other sources, including resources you receive from other development partners and what those grants and sub-grants support your organization to do.

If you are not currently receiving resources from sources that supported your organization in the past, please describe the resources that your organization received in the past, and the purpose and partnerships those resources intended to support.

In addition to the above, please briefly describe your organiza

Strengthen the organizational, management capacity, and know-how of other local organizations.

Expand tools for broadening citizen and community awareness and engagement and skills for influencing change and/or promoting investment.

Build local networks with greater depth for achieving fast and widespread results.

Award sub-grants to other local counterparts Build linkages between research and development Use and maintain communications and information sharing techniques including community information and engagement campaigns.

Responses to this RFI should not exceed three (3) single-sided pages (including attachments and charts) using 11-point font size minimum. Please send all responses to OAA Solicitations Lusaka AID at (oaa-solicit-lusaka@usaid.gov) to the attention of Michael Capobianco and Doreen Muleya, under the title RFI # 72061121C000MRLZO, Request for Information to Identify Local Zambian Organizations by October 6, 2021, at 1500 Lusaka local time.

Sincerely, Michael Capobianco Supervisory Contracting Officer Director, Office of Acquisition and Assistance USAID/Zambia

RFI #: 72061121C000MRLZO

Request for Information to Identify Local Zambian Organizations

ATTACHMENT I LOCAL ORGANIZATION/FIRM DEFINITION

organization/firm is defined as follows:

Is organized under the laws of Zambia.

Has its principal place of business in Zambia.

Is majority-owned by individuals who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of Zambia, or is managed by the governing body, the majority of whose members are citizens or lawful permanent residents of Zambia; and is not controlled by a foreign entity or by an individual or individuals who are not citizens or permanent residents of Zambia.

majority ownership or beneficiary interest, or the power, either directly or indirectly, whether exercised or exercisable, to control the election, appointment, body by any means, e.g., ownership, contract, or operation of law.

organization that fails to meet any part of the