Developing New Landscape Scale (AFOLU) GHG Calculator Tool

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ISSUANCE DATE: November 30, 2022

CLOSING DATE: December 30, 2022, 5:00 PM EST

SUBJECT: Request for Information (RFI) – “Developing New Landscape Scale

(AFOLU) GHG Calculator Tool”

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau for Democracy, Development and

Innovation (DDI) Center for Energy, Environment and Infrastructure (EEI) is seeking information and

recommendations for the development of a new tool to calculate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from

Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU). Any entity i.e., for-profit and not-for-profit

institutions, foundations, higher education institutions, governmental bodies, agencies of the United

Nations etc. may provide comments, critiques, or responses.

This RFI intends to provide USAID with technical input on the feasibility and ease of building a new

calculator tool with the capabilities described below. The tool will help USAID Missions and operating

units track and report on USAID climate indicators (13-6, 13-7, and 13-8) and align with the priorities of

the USAID Climate Strategy.

This RFI is issued solely for information, research and planning purposes and does not constitute a

Request for Proposals (RFP) or a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Responding to this RFI will

not give any advantage to or preclude any organization or individual in any subsequently issued

solicitation or NOFO. Any future development activities related to this activity will be announced

separately on https://beta.sam.gov/ and/or https://grants.gov. The RFI does not represent any award

commitment on the part of the U.S. Government, nor does it obligate the U.S. Government to pay for

costs incurred in the preparation and submission of any responses. Information received as part of this

RFI shall become the property of USAID. Therefore, proprietary information that cannot be shared should

not be sent. While verbatim responses will not be shared publicly, any submitted information may be

included in a publicly available high-level summary of the RFI results, or in other public presentations or

documents.

Responses should be submitted to USAID via email only to shwhite@usaid.gov no later than December

30th, 2022 at 5:00pm EST. Thank you for your interest in USAID’s activities. We look forward to

receiving your responses.

Sincerely,

Shannon White-Benson, M/OAA/DDI 1

Senior Contracting/Agreement Officer