USAID/Kenya and East Africa Private Sector Development Initiative

Reference:                   Request for Information No. 72061522RFI00002

Issue Date:                   March 7, 2022

Response Due Date:  March 28, 2022, 11.00 am, Nairobi, Kenya Time

Title:                             USAID/Kenya and East Africa Private Sector Development Initiative

USAID/Kenya and East Africa (USAID/KEA)’s Office of Economic Growth and Integration is designing a new activity. The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to request comments and recommendations related to the structure of this activity from private corporations, financial institutions, chambers of commerce, and other private-sector organizations, as well as implementing partners, development partners, government, and other relevant counterparts operating in Kenya.

The RFI is an attempt to reach out to the market in an effort to determine the scope of industry capabilities and interest and will be treated as information only. Responses (comments, suggestions and enhancements) to this notice are not applications and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding agreement. This is not a Request for Proposals (RFP) or a Request for Applications (RFA) and therefore should not be construed as a commitment by the U.S. Government or USAID to issue any solicitation or Notice of Funding opportunity, or ultimately award a contract or assistance agreement on the basis of this RFI. Do not submit any proposal/application at this time in response to this RFI.

Responses to this RFI are strictly voluntary. USAID will not pay respondents for the information provided in response to this RFI. Information, comments, and suggestions received will be reviewed and may be incorporated into a future solicitation. Responses to this RFI will not be returned and respondents will not be notified of the result of the review, but this information will be held confidential.  Responding to this RFI does not give any advantage to any firm or organization in any subsequent competition. USAID reserves the right to respond to any, all, or none of the comments and questions submitted. USAID’s responses (if any) will be posted on https://www.grants.gov/ and on https://beta.sam.gov. Please continue to monitor the sites for any updates to this RFI.

This RFI does not restrict the Government’s approach on a future solicitation. No decision has been made regarding the type of instrument that will be used (e.g., acquisition or assistance). For this reason, this RFI will be posted on the Federal grants website, https://www.grants.gov/ and the Federal Government Business Opportunities website at https://beta.sam.gov.  

Please review Attachment 1 and 2 to this RFI  and submit any arising clarifications as well as your organization’s final responses via email to Sandra Jansen at sjansen@usaid.gov with a copy to Wacu Kiragu at wkiragu@usaid.gov with the subject entitled: “RFI No.72061522RFI00002 USAID/Kenya and East Africa Private Sector Development Initiative.” If a Solicitation is issued related to this RFI, it will be announced publicly either on https://www.grants.gov/ or on https://beta.sam.gov at a later date.

Sincerely,

      /s/

Sandra Jansen,

Contracting and Agreement Officer

USAID/KEA/Office of Acquisition and Assistance (OAA)