The USAID Climate Finance for Development Accelerator (CFDA) through the Mobilizing Finance for a Resilient Zambia Activity (MFRZA) aims to leverage USAID’s resources to create a pipeline of high-quality bankable projects that deliver meaningful climate resiliency and adaptation benefits to local communities. Through this upcoming procurement, CFDA anticipates awarding a subcontract to a local organization or consortium to design and manage a Project Preparation Facility that will empower businesses and project developers to secure public and private sector investments in locally led adaptation interventions.

Through the Project Preparation Facility, MFRZA aims to identify, enhance capacity of, and secure financing for high-quality bankable projects that will deliver meaningful climate resiliency and adaptation benefits to local communities.

CFDA anticipates releasing a request for proposals (RFP) o/a December 5, 2024 with a 60-day open call period. CFDA anticipates evaluating proposals o/a February 2025 and notifying the one apparent successful offeror o/a March 2025. 

Interested offerors are encouraged to join the Climate Finance Investment Network (CFIN). Managed by CFDA, the CFIN brings together climate finance stakeholders across a diverse set of sectors and emerging and frontier markets to partner with USAID. The objective of the network is to crowd in private sector climate financing through learning, partnership facilitation, and catalytic grants. CFDA will share all full and open solicitations, amendments, answers to questions, and other updates with contacts registered with the CFIN. There is no cost to join the CFIN and membership does not involve any commitment or obligation. 

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