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USAID/Ethiopia issued this Grand Challenge notice as a Request for Information (RFI) to shape a future funding opportunity focused on partnering with the private sector to improve health outcomes in Ethiopia. The main point is feedback gathering: USAID wants practical comments on how clear and workable the draft Grand Challenge concept is, how interested and capable local or locally registered private sector organizations are in applying, and what real-world barriers tend to get in the way when donors try to partner with private sector actors in the health space. Even though it sits in the “health” category and looks like an early-stage opportunity, it is not a Request for Proposals (RFP) or a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), and it does not promise that USAID will issue a solicitation later or make any award.
The Grand Challenge concept, as described, is broad and intentionally solution-driven. USAID is signaling interest in private sector-generated ideas that (1) increase demand for health services, (2) introduce new technology or other innovations that improve how services are delivered, and/or (3) improve health-related business delivery or support services, such as laboratories and other enabling services that make the health system work better. A major theme running through the questions is scalability: USAID is looking for innovations that can move beyond pilots and be absorbed into Ethiopia’s health system, rather than one-off activities that end when funding ends.
A large part of the RFI is essentially a market-sounding exercise aimed at Ethiopian and locally registered organizations, both for-profit and not-for-profit. Interested organizations are asked to provide short, specific organizational details that help USAID gauge capacity and fit, including where the organization is headquartered, which regions it has operated in, its mission, areas of technical or business expertise, staffing levels, and the scale of beneficiaries or clients reached in the past year. USAID also asks about prior experience partnering with USAID or other donors, including what challenges came up during implementation and how those barriers were handled. In addition, USAID requests information on how the organization is funded, whether it generated revenue in the past year, and a list of current and previous donors, including amounts, timing, and purpose of the support. Collectively, these questions indicate USAID is trying to understand not just health technical capacity, but also operational maturity, financial sustainability, and the ability to manage partnerships.
USAID is also explicitly inviting feedback from organizations that are not interested in applying. Those respondents are asked to explain why they would not bid and what could be improved to make the Grand Challenge more attractive to private sector actors. This is a direct attempt to surface issues that often depress private sector participation, such as overly complex compliance requirements, unrealistic reporting burdens, unclear intellectual property expectations, procurement constraints, cost-share expectations, payment timelines, or risk-sharing terms that do not match how private businesses operate.
Finally, the RFI asks a forward-looking set of questions about whether the private sector and the broader enabling environment in Ethiopia are developed enough to scale innovations, what barriers commonly prevent scale, and what other donors could do to reduce those barriers. This signals that USAID expects respondents to discuss system-level constraints (for example, regulation, financing, market access, supply chains, workforce capacity, interoperability for digital health, reimbursement and purchasing structures, and public-private coordination) and to propose practical ways donors can help innovations move from proof-of-concept to nationwide or multi-region adoption.
From an administrative standpoint, USAID emphasizes that responding is voluntary, unpaid, and offers no competitive advantage in any future procurement. Respondents bear their own costs. Submissions are electronic only and should be concise, with responses capped at 300 words per question (answering every question is optional). Responses were to be emailed with a specific subject line to the listed USAID contacts by the closing date shown in the notice. The posting also reminds organizations to monitor beta.SAM.gov and Grants.gov for any future formal opportunities that may come out of this early information-gathering step.Apply for 72066323RFI00001
- The Agency for International Development, Ethiopia USAID-Addis Ababa in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Grand Challenge" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 15, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 31, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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