Innovation and Challenge Programs Support Services

Added: Jun 14, 2018 4:25 pm United States Agency for International Development's Center for Development Innovation (USAID/CDI) is seeking to procure technical assistance to support the design and implementation of innovation and challenge programs within USAID/CDI and partner USAID Missions, Bureaus, and Independent Offices (M/B/IO). The contractor will be responsible for providing a suite of staffing, technical assistance, and implementation capabilities to USAID that will bolster its efforts to support and implement innovation and challenge programs.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and its partners have been working to tackle the world's toughest development challenges for more than 50 years. Today's global development landscape is rapidly evolving. Driven by scientific breakthroughs, disruptive innovation, and rapid advancements in information and communication technologies, coupled with growing contributions by the private sector, these changes offer unprecedented opportunities to leverage the world's best thinking to solve critical global challenges.

To support CDI's role in leading USAID's open innovation programming, CDI anticipates the following service areas but specific areas of focus will be determined based on identified needs and available funding. USAID anticipates the prime recipient of this contract to provide:

Sourcing and due diligence services of innovation and challenge fund applicants;
Technical assistance and acceleration support to innovation and challenge program grantees;
Partner facilitation, communications and engagement, and program design support; and,
Monitoring, evaluation, and learning support.