Opportunity Information: Apply for RFI 114 10 005
Apply for RFI 114 10 005
- The Georgia USAID Tbilisi in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Request for Information for USAID Assistance in the Economic Growth Sector in Georgia" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001 USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 30, 2009 and posted on Nov 30, 2009.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 4, 2009. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Opportunity Summary:
This opportunity is a USAID Request for Information (RFI) focused on shaping future assistance for the economic growth sector in Georgia. It is not a funding solicitation and does not invite applications, proposals, or statements of qualifications. Instead, USAID is asking organizations, experts, and other interested parties to submit practical recommendations on what kinds of activities would most effectively strengthen Georgias economy over the long term, including reforms and investments that continue to deliver benefits after USAID support ends. USAID emphasizes approaches that actively involve Georgian government counterparts and local institutions, organizations, and individuals, with a clear preference for ideas that build lasting local capacity rather than creating reliance on outside support.
USAID frames its interest around four broad objective areas. The first is expanding and deepening Georgias economic governance capacity and overall national competitiveness, which can include improving the policy, legal, regulatory, and institutional environment that shapes economic performance. The second is improving private sector competitiveness, meaning efforts that help firms become more productive, innovative, market-oriented, and able to compete domestically and internationally. The third objective is improving economic security for Georgian citizens, which points to actions that reduce vulnerability and strengthen household and workforce resilience in the face of shocks, job instability, or structural economic changes. The fourth is improving access to information and skills development, covering initiatives that help people and businesses obtain the knowledge, training, and market information needed to succeed, whether through formal education, vocational training, workforce development systems, or better information access and dissemination. USAID notes that assistance could span many sectors and settings, including both urban and rural areas, and could address traditional industries as well as more advanced or emerging sectors. The RFI also leaves room for both technical assistance (such as advisory services, training, regulatory reform support, and systems strengthening) and financial assistance approaches, provided they contribute to stronger governance and productive private sector capacity.
A major theme in the RFI is the need for measurable results. USAID specifically asks for approaches that can define clear benchmarks, targets, and end states. In that same vein, USAID requests feedback on whether and how global indices could be used to help identify priorities and track progress, particularly for the first two objective areas (economic governance and private sector competitiveness). As an example, USAID highlights the World Economic Forums Annual Global Competitiveness Report as a potential tool for establishing a broad reform agenda and benchmarking improvement, while acknowledging that such indicators are not perfect. To illustrate possible reform targets, the RFI includes several WEF indicator areas where Georgia ranked poorly in 2009-2010, suggesting these could represent meaningful constraints on investment and growth. These include property rights and intellectual property protection, judicial independence, protection of minority shareholders, the quality of management schools and the availability of research and training services, intensity of local competition and the effectiveness of anti-monopoly policy, agricultural policy costs, customer orientation, access to financing through local equity markets and regulation of securities exchanges, technology availability and firm-level technology absorption, the quantity and quality of local suppliers, production process sophistication and marketing, national capacity for innovation, and university-industry collaboration in research and development. In practical terms, USAID is signaling interest in recommendations that address foundational issues like rule of law and market institutions, competition policy, finance and capital markets, innovation systems, workforce and management skills, and the linkages that allow firms to upgrade and integrate into stronger supply chains.
USAID also asks respondents to recommend effective implementation mechanisms, essentially inviting ideas about the best delivery model for achieving impact. While it does not specify preferred instruments in the RFI text, the request implies openness to different structures that could maximize sustainability and results, including models that deepen local ownership and strengthen Georgian systems. Importantly, USAID is clear about the limits of this RFI: it does not obligate USAID to issue a future solicitation, does not commit the agency to fund any concept, and does not provide compensation for submitted information. Responding also does not provide any competitive advantage if a formal solicitation is later released. USAID further notes it will not provide answers to questions submitted in response to the RFI, reinforcing that the purpose is to collect input rather than run an interactive procurement process at this stage.
Administratively, the opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number RFI 114 10 005 with the title Request for Information for USAID Assistance in the Economic Growth Sector in Georgia. It was posted November 30, 2009, with comments due by December 4, 2009 at 10:00 AM Tbilisi local time, and submissions were to be emailed to the primary point of contact, Eka Gamezardashvili, Acquisition Specialist, at egamezardashvili@usaid.gov. The listing shows no expected awards and no funding amounts (award ceiling, floor, and estimated total funding are all shown as zero), which aligns with the fact that it is an information-gathering notice rather than a grant competition. Eligible applicants are described as unrestricted for purposes of providing input, meaning any type of entity could submit recommendations, subject to any clarifications in the notice. The activity categories referenced include agriculture, business and commerce, employment/labor and training, and income security, reflecting the broad, cross-cutting economic growth focus of the RFI.
FAQs: USAID Request for Information (RFI) - Economic Growth Sector in Georgia (RFI 114 10 005)
1) What is this USAID opportunity?
This notice is a USAID Request for Information (RFI) focused on shaping possible future USAID assistance for the economic growth sector in Georgia. USAID is seeking practical recommendations and input from interested parties.
2) Is this a grant competition or a request for proposals?
No. The RFI is not a funding solicitation and does not invite applications, proposals, or statements of qualifications. It is an information-gathering request only.
3) Can I apply for funding through this RFI?
No. The RFI does not accept or evaluate funding applications. It asks for recommendations on what activities could strengthen Georgia's economy over the long term.
4) What is USAID asking respondents to submit?
USAID is asking for practical recommendations on what types of activities would most effectively strengthen Georgia's economy over the long term, including reforms and investments that continue delivering benefits after USAID support ends.
5) What is the overall emphasis of USAID's approach in this RFI?
USAID emphasizes ideas that actively involve Georgian government counterparts and local institutions, organizations, and individuals. There is a clear preference for approaches that build lasting local capacity rather than creating reliance on outside support.
6) What objective areas does USAID highlight?
USAID frames its interest around four broad objectives: (1) expanding and deepening Georgia's economic governance capacity and national competitiveness; (2) improving private sector competitiveness; (3) improving economic security for Georgian citizens; and (4) improving access to information and skills development.
7) What kinds of recommendations fit under "economic governance capacity and national competitiveness"?
This objective can include improvements to the policy, legal, regulatory, and institutional environment that shapes economic performance.
8) What does USAID mean by "private sector competitiveness"?
This refers to efforts that help firms become more productive, innovative, market-oriented, and able to compete domestically and internationally.
9) What does "economic security for Georgian citizens" cover?
This points to actions that reduce vulnerability and strengthen household and workforce resilience in the face of shocks, job instability, or structural economic changes.
10) What is included under "access to information and skills development"?
This includes initiatives that help people and businesses obtain knowledge, training, and market information needed to succeed. USAID mentions options such as formal education, vocational training, workforce development systems, and improved information access and dissemination.
11) Are recommendations expected to focus on specific sectors?
The RFI indicates assistance could span many sectors and settings, including both urban and rural areas, and could address traditional industries as well as advanced or emerging sectors.
12) What types of assistance approaches does USAID appear open to?
The RFI leaves room for both technical assistance (such as advisory services, training, regulatory reform support, and systems strengthening) and financial assistance approaches, as long as they contribute to stronger governance and productive private sector capacity.
13) Does USAID stress measurement and results?
Yes. A major theme is measurable results, including defining clear benchmarks, targets, and end states.
14) Is USAID interested in using global indices to set priorities and track progress?
Yes. USAID requests feedback on whether and how global indices could be used to identify priorities and track progress, particularly for economic governance and private sector competitiveness.
15) Which global index does USAID mention as an example?
USAID highlights the World Economic Forum's Annual Global Competitiveness Report as a potential tool for establishing a broad reform agenda and benchmarking improvement, while noting that such indicators are not perfect.
16) What kinds of constraints or reform areas does the RFI point to as examples?
The RFI cites several indicator areas where Georgia ranked poorly in 2009-2010, suggesting possible constraints on investment and growth. Examples include property rights and intellectual property protection, judicial independence, minority shareholder protection, management school quality and availability of research/training services, local competition intensity and anti-monopoly policy effectiveness, agricultural policy costs, customer orientation, access to financing via local equity markets and securities exchange regulation, technology availability and firm-level absorption, supplier quantity/quality, production process sophistication and marketing, national innovation capacity, and university-industry collaboration in R&D.
17) What foundational themes is USAID signaling interest in?
USAID signals interest in recommendations that address foundational issues such as rule of law and market institutions, competition policy, finance and capital markets, innovation systems, workforce and management skills, and linkages that help firms upgrade and integrate into stronger supply chains.
18) Does the RFI ask for suggestions on how to implement activities?
Yes. USAID asks respondents to recommend effective implementation mechanisms, meaning ideas about the best delivery models for achieving impact.
19) Does USAID specify preferred instruments or award mechanisms in the RFI?
No specific instruments are stated in the RFI text. The request implies openness to different structures that maximize sustainability and results, including models that deepen local ownership and strengthen Georgian systems.
20) Does responding to the RFI obligate USAID to fund anything?
No. USAID states the RFI does not obligate the agency to issue a future solicitation and does not commit USAID to fund any concept.
21) Will respondents be paid or compensated for submitting information?
No. The RFI states USAID will not provide compensation for submitted information.
22) Does responding to the RFI provide any competitive advantage later?
No. USAID states that responding does not provide any competitive advantage if a formal solicitation is later released.
23) Will USAID answer questions submitted in response to this RFI?
No. USAID notes it will not provide answers to questions submitted in response to the RFI.
24) What is the Funding Opportunity Number and title?
The listing is under Funding Opportunity Number RFI 114 10 005, titled "Request for Information for USAID Assistance in the Economic Growth Sector in Georgia."
25) When was it posted and when were comments due?
It was posted on November 30, 2009. Comments were due by December 4, 2009 at 10:00 AM Tbilisi local time.
26) How were submissions to be sent and to whom?
Submissions were to be emailed to the primary point of contact: Eka Gamezardashvili, Acquisition Specialist, at egamezardashvili@usaid.gov.
27) Are there expected awards or funding amounts listed?
No. The listing shows no expected awards, and the award ceiling, award floor, and estimated total funding are all shown as zero, consistent with an information-gathering RFI rather than a grant competition.
28) Who is eligible to respond?
Eligible applicants are described as unrestricted for purposes of providing input, meaning any type of entity could submit recommendations, subject to any clarifications in the notice.
29) What activity categories are referenced in the listing?
The referenced activity categories include agriculture, business and commerce, employment/labor and training, and income security.
30) Is the RFI limited to urban or rural areas?
No. USAID notes that assistance could span many settings, including both urban and rural areas.
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