Posted: Feb. 3, 2025, 5:51 a.m. EST
Dear USAID/Egypt Implementing Partners:
This to inform you that USAID/Egypt is suspending acceptance and review of all inquiries and concept papers from interested private sector parties until further notice.
This is in accordance with the Executive Order dated January 20, 2025, and entitled
Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid. as well as subsequent guidance.
Thank you for your understanding.
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Please see https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/354400 for further information.
Through the Private Sector Collaboration Pathway (PSCP) Annual Program Statement (APS) addendum, USAID/Egypt seeks private sector partnerships that support one or more Development Objectives (DOs), as listed under the current Egypt Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS, 2020-2025). The addendum creates a mechanism for USAID/Egypt to receive concept papers for collaboration and partnerships with private sector entities. The APS outlines a phased co-creation process that entails exploring interests, submitting a concept; if successful, the parties will continue co-creation toward a potentially funded award.
For the purposes of this Addendum, and in accordance with the PSCP APS, the core requirement for a private sector partner must be met by one or more of the following types of entities:
Private for-profit, commercial entities such as a business, corporation, or small or medium enterprise or private firm;- Private foundations affiliated with private for-profit, commercial entities;
Private finance providers, intermediaries, or financial institutions, including banks, private investment firms, mutual funds, private equity funds, pension funds, and insurance companies;
Private business or industry associations, including but not limited to chambers of commerce and related types of entities, provided the members are entities, not individuals; or
Cooperatives.
In addition, collaborations supported under this PSCP APS must involve cooperation between USAID and the private sector. An award to an implementer cannot be issued unless the award results from direct communication and co-creation between USAID and at least one of the types of private sector entities listed above. Parastatals and government-owned companies do not qualify as private sector under this APS. Individuals are not eligible as private sector; private sector is limited to entities. With the exception of business and industry associations and cooperatives, non-profit non-governmental organizations are not eligible to satisfy the private sector partnering requirement under this APS.
USAID/Egypt will accept and review partnership concepts from applicants for an initial period of three months starting from the date of issuance of this PSCP APS Addendum. This will be followed by a one-month review period where additional concept papers will not be accepted. Thereafter, the three-month period will re-open to accept additional concept papers and then close again for one month to review submitted concept papers. See the following for more detail:
Window 1: June 1 - August 31, 2024: USAID/Egypt will receive concept papers.September 1 - September 31, 2024: USAID/Egypt will review received concepts.
Window 2:October 1 - December 31, 2024: USAID/Egypt will receive concept papers.January 1 - January 31, 2025: USAID/Egypt will review received concepts.
Window 3: February 1 - April 30, 2025: USAID/Egypt will receive concept papers.May 1 - May 31, 2025: USAID/Egypt will review received concepts.
Background
The Private Sector Collaboration Pathway (PSCP) Annual Program Statement (APS) addendum seeks private sector partnerships that support one or more Development Objectives (DOs) listed under the current Egypt Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS, 2020-2025). The APS outlines a phased co-creation process that entails exploring interests, submitting a concept, and continuing co-creation toward a potentially funded award.
Work Details
The APS provides a modernized process through which the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) can award funding in support of activities and collaborations co-created with the private sector. It emphasizes proactive engagement and collaboration with the private sector in identifying and defining key business and development problems and opportunities; the development and co-creation of market-based and market-oriented approaches to solve those problems; and the facilitation and implementation of such approaches. The APS is not a Request for Applications (RFA) or a Request for Proposals (RFP), but requests concept submissions. Based on those concept submissions, USAID will determine whether to continue with the co-creation process set forth under this PSCP APS.
Period of Performance
The APS outlines three windows for accepting partnership concepts over a period of three months each, starting from the date of issuance. Each window is followed by a one-month review period where additional concept papers will not be accepted. The periods are: Window 1: June 13 - September 12, 2024; Window 2: October 13 - January 12, 2025; Window 3: February 13 - May 12, 2025.
Place of Performance
The geographic location(s) for contract performance are not explicitly provided in the solicitation.
