USAID Financial Innovation Program
Closed Solicitation Posted
This opportunity was awarded. See its 2 award notices in the notice history.
- Solicitation number
- 72011422R00006
- Agency
- US Mission in the Caucuses, Georgia Overseas Missions, US Agency for International Development
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541618 Other Management Consulting Services
- Place of performance
- Georgia
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This solicitation seeks proposals to implement the USAID Financial Innovation Program in Georgia over five years. The purpose is to increase investment in Georgia's private sector by strengthening financial regulation and institutions, stimulating equity markets, and connecting businesses to financing advisors. Technical and cost proposals are due February 1, 2022 and will be evaluated on technical approach, management plan, and past performance. Key requirements include facilitating 250 business transactions, mobilizing $300 million total investment including $150 million from advisors, and improving access to innovative financial products.
There is no set-aside designation. The place of performance is Georgia. The estimated value is $17-19 million for a cost-plus-fixed-fee completion contract. Offerors must describe experience delivering similar programs strengthening capital markets, stimulating alternative financing instruments, and linking businesses to capital. The selected contractor will be responsible for assessing market constraints, piloting financial technologies, establishing public-private partnerships, and working with the Government of Georgia and USAID to achieve impact targets over five years.
Notice text
2 versions
Update #2 · Latest ·
The purpose of this Amendment to the Solicitation is to:
a) provide answers to questions from the prospective offerors;
b) incorporate revisions to the Solicitation document and provide revised Solicitation;
c) extend the deadline for proposals submission to February 1, 2022, 10:00 AM, Tbilisi,Georgia time (GMT/UTC +4).
Update #1 ·
The purpose of the USAID Financial Innovation Program is to increase the flow of diversified investment resources and innovative financial products to Georgia's private sector in order to expand businesses, create jobs, and attract additional private investment. The Program will achieve this through a holistic approach that:
• Strengthens the financial market regulatory environment and infrastructure institutions
while leveraging innovations in financial technology;
• Stimulates the market for equity and quasi-equity instruments and supports finance
providers to offer an expanded set of innovative and diversified financial products and
services tailored to Georgian start-ups and high potential SMEs; and,
• Supports Georgian businesses to access fit-for-purpose financing instruments through a
network of professional transaction advisors.
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 72011422R00006 Amendment 0001 - Attachment 1 - Questions and Answers.pdf | ||
| 72011422R00006 - Amendment 0001 - SF-30.pdf | ||
| 72011422R00006 Amendment 0001 - Revised Solicitation.pdf | ||
| Attachment 4 Budget template CPFF.xls | XLS spreadsheet | |
| Attachment 1 IEE.pdf | ||
| Sol 72011422R00006.pdf | ||
| Attachment 5 Local Compensation Plan Summary.pdf | ||
| Attachment 2 Disclosure of Lobbying Activities OMB 0348-0046.pdf | ||
| Attachment 3- PAST PERFORMANCE MATRIX.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| USAID Financial Innovation Program | Award Notice | |
| USAID Financial Innovation Program | Award Notice | |
| USAID Financial Innovation Program | Solicitation | |
| USAID Financial Innovation Program | Pre-Solicitation | |
| USAID/Georgia Financial Innovation Program | Pre-Solicitation |
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