Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel - Accelerated Growth (REGIS-AG)

The United States Government, represented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Senegal, intends to issue a solicitation for proposal for a project entitled Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel - Accelerated Grwoth (REGIS-AG). Project intends to increase the incomes of vulnerable households, including men and women, through the transformation of selected, high-potential value chains. Increasing the capacity of value chain actors to respond to current and future opportunities and threats will lead to improved resilience. The project is expected to run for 5 years from on/about July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2018. The overarching goal of REGIS-AG to be performed in Burkina Faso and Niger is to increase the incomes of vulnerable households, including men and women, through the transformation of selected, high-potential value chain. Increasing the capacity of value chain actors will respond to current and future opportunities and threats will lead to improved resilience. USAID will issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) around February 2013. Please do not consider this pre-solicitation announcement as a RFP and do not submit your proposals until the formal RFP is released. Award of this project shall be made subject to the availability of funds. This notice in no way obligates USAID to award a contract, nor does it commit the U.S. Government to pay for any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of proposals.