Facilitating Access for Sustainable Trade, Revenue Mobilization, and Commerce (FASTRAC)

The Facilitating Access for Sustainable Trade, Revenue and Commerce (FASTRAC) activity includes the following three components for which the Agency requires Technical Assistance Services: 1. Technical assistance services to the Palestinian Authority (PA), Government of Israel (GOI), the private sector, and civil society partners to reduce barriers to trade, movement, and access by improving trade logistics and building the capacity of Palestinian trade-related institutions. 2. Technical assistance services to identify and ease policy and institutional constraints to the business and investment enabling environment. 3. Technical assistance services to support targeted fiscal policy and administration initiates to help contain fiscal leakages, improve revenue performance, enhance fiscal sustainability and better manage macroeconomic risks. USAID/West Bank and Gaza needs to procure services to provide technical assistance to the PA, as well as the Palestinian private sector, civil society, and other entities, in order to increase private sector-led economic growth in WBG. Through the delivery of these services, USAID/WBG seeks to reduce the burden of trade-related restriction, transaction costs, and policy and institutional weaknesses, including those associated with movement and access, that undermine private sector competitiveness, discourage job creation, contribute to unsustainable trade and fiscal deficits, and threaten the foundations of macroeconomic stability in WBG, a crucial underlying driver of economic growth.

The procurement process of this anticipated project is subject to the availability of funds, as certain procedural and legislative requirements for obligating funds have not yet been met.

The Facilitating Access for Sustainable Trade, Revenue and Commerce (FASTRAC) activity includes the following three components for which the Agency requires Technical Assistance Services:

1. Technical assistance services to the Palestinian Authority (PA), Government of Israel (GOI), the private sector, and civil society partners to reduce barriers to trade, movement, and access by improving trade logistics and building the capacity of Palestinian trade-related institutions.

2. Technical assistance services to identify and ease policy and institutional constraints to the business and investment enabling environment.

3. Technical assistance services to support targeted fiscal policy and administration initiates to help contain fiscal leakages, improve revenue performance, enhance fiscal sustainability and better manage macroeconomic risks.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza needs to procure services to provide technical assistance to the PA, as well as the Palestinian private sector, civil society, and other entities, in order to increase private sector-led economic growth in WBG.

Through the delivery of these services, USAID/WBG seeks to reduce the burden of trade-related restriction, transaction costs, and policy and institutional weaknesses, including those associated with movement and access, that undermine private sector competitiveness, discourage job creation, contribute to unsustainable trade and fiscal deficits, and threaten the foundations of macroeconomic stability in WBG, a crucial underlying driver of economic growth.