Link to Draft Solicitation
THIS IS A DRAFT RFA FOR COMMENT ONLY. THIS IS NOT OPEN FOR APPLICATION - USAID/Mozambique intends to seek applications from organizations for a results-oriented four-year program to improve the health of Mozambicans by using social marketing to increase the use of life-saving commodities, services, and associated behaviors, as well as by building local capacity to carry out all aspects of social marketing programs.
Friday, April 23, 2010
USAID Kenya AphiaPlus Released
Here is a link to the full solicitation.
The purpose of this PD is to design and implement a health service delivery program that would respond to the Results as outlined in the USAID/Kenya Implementation Framework (2010-2015), whose strategic goal is “health outcomes and impact through sustainable country-led programs and partnerships.” USAID/Kenya’s new framework aims to balance ensuring health impact with strengthening the overall health system. This PD represents the service delivery component of the Implementation Framework, which builds on the successful interventions of the APHIA II program. Projects under this PD will provide critical service delivery services anchored at the district level in coordination with all national level technical assistance components envisioned in the Implementation Framework.
USAID/Kenya desires to ensure that its support to Kenyan service delivery programs is tailored to the specific needs and characteristics of distinct areas within the country. For this reason, USAID/Kenya foresees utilizing implementing agencies that will provide focused support within sub-national regions (hereafter referred to as “zones”), with approaches within each zone tailored to individual districts within provinces. The recipient will improve services at the provincial, district, facility and community levels. Because well-performing health systems are essential to provide quality health services, the recipient will be expected to collaborate and coordinate closely with implementing partners focusing on the systems strengthening components of the Implementation Framework.
The purpose of this PD is to design and implement a health service delivery program that would respond to the Results as outlined in the USAID/Kenya Implementation Framework (2010-2015), whose strategic goal is “health outcomes and impact through sustainable country-led programs and partnerships.” USAID/Kenya’s new framework aims to balance ensuring health impact with strengthening the overall health system. This PD represents the service delivery component of the Implementation Framework, which builds on the successful interventions of the APHIA II program. Projects under this PD will provide critical service delivery services anchored at the district level in coordination with all national level technical assistance components envisioned in the Implementation Framework.
USAID/Kenya desires to ensure that its support to Kenyan service delivery programs is tailored to the specific needs and characteristics of distinct areas within the country. For this reason, USAID/Kenya foresees utilizing implementing agencies that will provide focused support within sub-national regions (hereafter referred to as “zones”), with approaches within each zone tailored to individual districts within provinces. The recipient will improve services at the provincial, district, facility and community levels. Because well-performing health systems are essential to provide quality health services, the recipient will be expected to collaborate and coordinate closely with implementing partners focusing on the systems strengthening components of the Implementation Framework.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
USAID Contracting Reforms Slated for June, Shah Tells Congress
By Josh Miller on 21 April 2010
Rajiv Shah on Tuesday vowed to push ahead with controversial changes to the U.S. Agency for International Development’s procurement strategy following a review of the agency’s largest contracts. The goal is to strengthen in-house capacity and partnerships with actors in the field, the USAID administrator told Congress.
“I look and fully understand the need for change,” Shah told April 20 the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs. “The examples are everywhere.”
Leahy also prodded Shah on the timeline for the completion of the Global Acquisition and Assistance System, a software package USAID hopes will track more than $11.5 billion in acquisition and assistance transactions each year, according to a document on the agency’s website. The USAID administrator said GLAAS is scheduled for completion in June 2011.
Rajiv Shah on Tuesday vowed to push ahead with controversial changes to the U.S. Agency for International Development’s procurement strategy following a review of the agency’s largest contracts. The goal is to strengthen in-house capacity and partnerships with actors in the field, the USAID administrator told Congress.
“I look and fully understand the need for change,” Shah told April 20 the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs. “The examples are everywhere.”
Leahy also prodded Shah on the timeline for the completion of the Global Acquisition and Assistance System, a software package USAID hopes will track more than $11.5 billion in acquisition and assistance transactions each year, according to a document on the agency’s website. The USAID administrator said GLAAS is scheduled for completion in June 2011.
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