USAID/South Sudan Care and Treatment Activity

Dear Interested Parties:

Pursuant to FAR 52.215-3 Request for Information (Oct. 1997), the United States Government, represented by The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) South Sudan Mission, is issuing the subject Request for Information (RFI) to all interested public and private entities on critical areas to support the delivery of integrated HIV care and treatment services for general and key populations including other disadvantaged populations such as people with disability and migrants.

The Purposes of the care and treatment activity are:

• Improve equitable access to and use of quality comprehensive HIV prevention, testing, care, and treatment services for all South Sudanese.
• Provide quality comprehensive services for key populations at the current locations and expand as needed.
• Develop local partner capacity and prepare local partners to manage direct awards.

This RFI is open for comments from any local Civil Society Organization (CSO), South Sudanese Organization, US, or non-US. Organization. This is an RFI, not a Request for Application (RFA). Do not submit any applications or proposals at this time; only the information requested per Attachment 1- RFI Questions for respondents and submission instructions- and all responses will be treated confidentially.

Responses to this RFI may be used to help determine critical areas to support the delivery of integrated HIV care and treatment services for general and key populations, including other disadvantaged populations such as people with disability and migrants. USAID may revise the structure and concept of the activity based on the comments received, but it is not obligated to do so.

All comments must be submitted electronically, with the subject of "RFI: USAID/South Sudan Care and Treatment Activity," no later than the date and time stated above.

Please note: This is NOT a solicitation. This RFI is issued solely to gather information and innovative ideas for new design and planning purposes. This RFI does not constitute a Request for Applications (RFA), Request for Proposal (RFP), Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), or a commitment to issue an RFA/RFP/NOFO in the future. USAID may release a full solicitation later through the US Government portal at beta.sam.gov or www.grants.gov. If you have issues accessing the link, please contact Michael Loro at mloro@usaid.gov for a pdf version

Thank you for your interest in sharing your views and innovative ideas with the USAID/South Sudan Mission.

Sincerely,

Lesley Stewart

Contracting and Agreement Officer USAID/South Sudan

N.B if you have issues accessing the link, please contact Michael Loro @mloro@usaid.gov for a pdf version