Opportunity Information: Apply for RFI 2023 001
This opportunity is a USAID/Sudan Request for Information (RFI) titled "Sudan Local Partner, U.S., and International Partner Outreach" (RFI Number USAID/Sudan-RFI 2023-001; Assistance CFDA 98.001). It is not a grant competition or a call for full proposals. Instead, it is a market-sounding and partner-mapping exercise meant to help USAID/Sudan identify organizations that may be interested in, and capable of, working with the Mission in future programming. The RFI sits within USAID's broader push to diversify who it partners with and how it partners, with an emphasis on locally led development and expanding opportunities for organizations that have historically been underutilized in USAID awards.
The central purpose of the RFI is twofold. First, USAID/Sudan wants to diversify its partner base by creating clearer pathways for new, non-traditional, and local actors to engage with the Mission. Second, the Mission wants to support the long-term self-reliance of partners by strengthening their capacity to lead their own development priorities and implementation approaches. The RFI is connected to USAID's New Partnerships Initiative (NPI), launched in 2019, which was designed to lower barriers that can keep non-traditional partners from working with USAID. Examples of the kinds of organizations USAID is explicitly trying to reach include local Sudanese organizations, U.S. small businesses, faith-based organizations, cooperatives, diaspora groups, civil society organizations, and other community-rooted entities, alongside more established international implementers.
In practical terms, USAID/Sudan is asking organizations to submit information about who they are, what they can do, and where they operate. The Mission is looking to better understand the range of organizational capabilities to implement development activities of different sizes, types, and technical sectors, and it also wants a clearer picture of how many local partners are active across different geographic areas of Sudan. The idea is that RFI responses will help USAID build a pipeline of potential future partners, shape upcoming solicitations, and identify candidates for potential co-creation processes (where USAID and partners collaboratively design program concepts before a formal funding opportunity is released).
A key detail is that this notice does not involve an award amount, an award ceiling, or a defined number of expected awards, because it is not an application for funding. USAID specifically states it is not requesting technical proposals or cost proposals at this stage, and it instructs respondents not to submit proposals or applications in response to the RFI. Only the specific information requested in "Attachment A" is intended to be considered, which signals that USAID wants structured organizational and capability data rather than program ideas with budgets.
The posting also references a separate but related funding mechanism: the USAID/Sudan Annual Program Statement (APS) Number 72066723APS00001 for "Support to Locally Led Development Approaches," including four addenda hosted on Grants.gov. However, an important update dated 5/3/2023 states that the call for concept papers under the APS addenda was suspended until further notice, with USAID/Sudan indicating it would continue evaluating programming options and would update the APS status later. In other words, while the APS is mentioned as part of the broader locally led development effort, the specific action requested in this RFI remains the submission of organizational information rather than concept papers or full program submissions.
Eligibility for responding is broad ("unrestricted"), and the submission window was designed to be relatively long, with responses requested as soon as practical and a closing date of June 30, 2023. USAID also emphasizes standard government caveats: issuing the RFI does not obligate USAID to make an award, does not guarantee future solicitations, and does not commit the government to pay any costs organizations incur while preparing and submitting their response. Overall, the RFI is best understood as an outreach and partner identification tool intended to expand USAID/Sudan's awareness of capable local, U.S., and international organizations and to set the stage for future locally led development opportunities once program pathways are clarified.Apply for RFI 2023 001
- The Agency for International Development in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Sudan Local Partner, U.S, and International Partner Outreach- Request for Information" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2022-12-12.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-06-30. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.
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