ACTION:  REQUEST FOR INDUSTRY FEEDBACK

Dear Prospective Offerors,

 The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to Zambia seeks to carry out

an activity to increase the profitability for rural agricultural SMEs by addressing their key investment constraints on access to finance, limited business management skills and technology, and access to markets, thereby increasing SMEs productivity and ability to create new jobs. 

 Offerors are advised that this pre-solicitation notice is not a RFP, and in no way obligates USAID/Zambia to issue a RFP or to award a contract. The information contained in this pre-solicitation notice is released to the public for informational purposes only and is subject to change.

 USAID/Zambia encourages prospective offerors to review the attachments and provide their feedback and comments to the mailbox listed below no later than Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 12:00pm Lusaka Time.

 USAID/Zambia encourages interested parties to register for updates on this activity via www.fbo.gov.  All inquiries concerning this notice must be directed via email to OAA Solicitations Lusaka AID [email protected]; to the attention of Elizabeth and Mohib Ahmed; and contain “EDGE” within the subject line.  Phone inquiries will not be entertained.

 Sincerely,

Mohib Ahmed

Supervisory Contracting Officer

Director, Office of Acquisition and Assistance

 ATTACHMENTS:

1. Acronym List

2. Draft Statement of Objectives (SOO)