Government Accountability and Effectiveness in Peru

The United States Government, represented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the Republic of Peru is currently designing an activity to strengthen accountability systems for intergovernmental management of public funds and make public spending decisions more participatory and inclusive to improve the transparency and effectiveness of public services to vulnerable populations in target USAID regions.

USAID/Peru intends to restrict eligibility to Local Entities as defined in ADS 303.6 at the solicitation stage.

Any entity i.e., foundations, for profit and not-for-profit institutions, governmental bodies, agencies of the United Nations etc. may provide comments, critiques and/or participate in the Questions and Answers virtual Conference.

Only Local Entities may submit Capability Statements.

Interested entities should take in account the following key dates:

• RFI closing date: December 20, 2022.

• Q&A Conference date: November 23, 2022

• Closing date for questions: November 28, 2022

• Pre-solicitation conference: January 16, 2023.

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit:

1. Critique of, and comments on the draft Activity Description presented in Section II.
2. Capability statements from Local Entities ONLY (see Section I, Instructions).

Sincerely,

Andre-Guy Soh

Contracting/Agreement Officer

USAID/Peru

Responses to this RFI is not restricted. Submission of capability statements is restricted to local entities. Local Entity: An individual, a corporation, a nonprofit organization, or another body of persons that— (1) is legally organized under the laws of; (2) has as its principal place of business or operations in; (3) is majority owned by individuals who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of; and (4) managed by a governing body the majority of who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of a country receiving assistance from funds appropriated under title III of this Act. For purposes of this section, “majority-owned’ and “-managed by” include, without limitation, beneficiary interests and the power, either directly or indirectly, whether exercised or exercisable, to control the election, appointment, or tenure of the organization's managers or a majority of the organization's governing body by any means.” ADS 303.6.