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RFI-625-18-RISEII-HSD
Opening date 18 May 2018, 12:00AM
Closing date N/A
Funding Opportunity Number: RFI-625-18-RISEII-HSD
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Expected Number of Awards: 1
CFDA Number(s): 98.001 -- USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Posted Date: May 18, 2018 12:00:00 AM EDT
Closing Date: N/A
Closing Date Details: Responses should be provided no later than 17:30 (local Senegal time) on June 15, 2018
Award Ceiling: none
Award Floor: none
Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: This is an RFI.
Description:
This is a Request for Information (RFI) Notice requesting comments to the draft Program Description (PD) below for the USAID/Senegal, Sahel Regional Office’s (SRO) RISE II Health Services Delivery (HSD) Activity. The purpose of this RFI is to obtain feedback from stakeholders prior to SRO potentially issuing a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Announcement. This RFI is not a Request for Application (RFA). Therefore, USAID/Senegal is not accepting applications at this time.
Please provide no more than 4 pages of comments no later than June 15, 2018 through email to sahelregional@usaid.gov.
Responses/comments received from this RFI may be used for planning purposes. Responding to this RFI will not give any advantage to any potential applicant in any subsequent procurement and will not lead to an organizational conflict of interest. You may receive an electronic confirmation acknowledging receipt of your response.
USAID will hold a Pre-Solicitation Conference on June 04, 2018 at the U.S. Embassy in Dakar from 12:30 to 15:00 local time (GMT). For convenience, another alternate site for participation through VTC may be provided in the Washington, D.C. area.
Grantor Contact Information: ABDULLAHI SADIQ A and A Specialist Phone 221.338.794.000
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