Private Sector Development Agriculture (PSD-Ag) Activity

Pre-Solicitation Notice

This notice shall not be interpreted as a request for proposal (RFP); please do not submit a proposal until a formal RFP is posted on the FedBizOpps website at http://www.fbo.gov. The information herein below is released for wide dissemination to all parties and is indicative only.  The information is subject to modification and is in no way binding to the government and the estimate is based on the best information available at this time.  

The United States Government (USG), represented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Private Sector Development Agriculture (PSD-Ag) Activity in Rwanda.   The primary objective of the PSD-Ag activity is to increase smallholder incomes by promoting private sector investments – internationally and domestically - that contribute to the Government of Rwanda’s (GoR’s) Vision 2020 aim of “transforming agriculture into a market-oriented, competitive, and high-value sector.”

PSD-Ag has two primary objectives:

Objective 1:  Assist the GoR to Increase Private Sector Investment, and 
Objective 2:  Facilitate Increased Private Sector Investment in Upgrading Agricultural Value Chains.

USAID anticipates issuing the solicitation on or about March 5, 2014.  

Subject to availability of funds, USAID anticipates awarding a five-year (5) Cost-Plus-Award-Fee (CPAF) contract for the implementation of this program, with a total estimated funding range of approximately $23,000,000 to $25,000,000 for the entire five year period.  USAID will conduct this procurement through full and open competition, under which any type of organization (large or small commercial [for profit] firms, educational institutions, non-profit organizations) is eligible to compete. The procedures set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15 shall apply. 

Any comment/question regarding this pre-solicitation notice should be directed to the Contracting Officer, Martin Fischer at mfischer@usaidg.gov and the Senior Acquisition and Assistance Specialist, Geraldine Kyazze, at gkyazze@usaid.gov.

Thank you for your interest in USAID Rwanda's activities.