On Friday, January 24, the State Department ordered an immediate pause on new foreign aid spending for 90 days, as well as a stop-work order for existing grants and contracts. Stop-work orders require projects to pause all technical work immediately until an evaluation has been conducted. In adherence with these guidelines, this procurement opportunity is currently paused.
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The USAID Sustainable Investment Accelerator (SIA), through the Mobilizing Finance for a Resilient Zambia Activity (MFRZA), is seeking to identify a local firm or consortium to design and manage an Investment Facilitation Platform (IFP) that ultimately positions entrepreneurs and project developers to secure public and private sector investments for locally led climate adaptation interventions. The IFP will target small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), not-for-profits, projects and new ventures (“Projects”) that are advancing climate interventions in line with Zambia’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP), specifically the agriculture, water, resilient energy systems, and/or healthcare sectors. (SIA was formerly known as the Climate Finance Development Accelerator – CFDA)
Interested offerors are encouraged to join the Sustainable Finance Investment Network (SFIN). Managed by SIA, the SFIN 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. SIA will share all full and open solicitations, amendments, answers to questions, and other updates with contacts registered with the SFIN. There is no cost to join the SFIN and membership does not involve any commitment or obligation.