Request for Information-USAID/Burundi Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, Immunization, and Malaria (RMNCI+M) Activity | 72069524RFI00001

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This opportunity is a Request for Information (RFI) issued by USAID/Burundi (USAID-Bujumbura) about a planned activity focused on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, Immunization, and Malaria (RMNCI+M). An RFI is not a funding solicitation and does not invite formal applications; instead, it is a market research and planning step USAID uses to gather input from organizations that might later compete for, or support, a future program. The purpose is typically to help the agency refine the eventual program design, implementation approach, results framework, partnership model, geographic scope, and acquisition strategy before releasing an official Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) or similar solicitation.

The listing indicates the prospective instrument type is a cooperative agreement under the health funding activity category (CFDA/Assistance Listing 98.001). Cooperative agreements are used when USAID expects to have substantial involvement in the implementation of the activity (for example, collaborating on technical direction, monitoring, learning, coordination with the Ministry of Health and other donors, or approving key workplan elements). While the RFI itself is informational, it signals that USAID is considering a substantial investment: the stated award ceiling is up to USD 45,000,000, and USAID anticipates up to five awards. That combination suggests USAID may be considering multiple implementing partners, potentially organized by technical areas (for example, separate awards for service delivery support, immunization strengthening, malaria control, health systems strengthening, community health, monitoring and evaluation, or other cross-cutting components), by geography, or by a layered approach that includes both national-level systems work and subnational implementation.

Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, which generally means a wide range of organizations may respond to the RFI (and may later be eligible to apply under a formal solicitation), including nonprofits, for-profits, universities, and potentially local organizations, depending on the eventual NOFO terms. The opportunity number is 72069524RFI00001 and the title explicitly identifies the activity scope as RMNCI+M, covering the full continuum of care from reproductive and maternal health through newborn and child health, while also incorporating immunization and malaria. In practice, USAID activities in this space often emphasize reducing preventable maternal and child mortality, improving quality and coverage of essential services, strengthening routine immunization systems (including supply chain and demand generation), improving malaria prevention and case management, and reinforcing underlying health system capacities such as workforce, data use, commodity security, community-based services, and referral systems.

The RFI was created on January 2, 2024, with an original closing date of January 16, 2024. Because this is not the actual funding announcement, the primary “action” for interested parties would have been to review the attached RFI document (not included in the text you provided) and submit requested information by the deadline. Typical RFI responses include organizational capabilities, relevant past performance, suggested technical approaches, implementation and partnership models (including how to work with government and local entities), considerations for sustainability and localization, risk management and safeguarding, monitoring, evaluation, and learning approaches, and rough resource assumptions or cost drivers. The attached RFI document would contain the specific questions USAID wanted respondents to address and the required formatting and submission instructions.

In short, this posting is an early signal that USAID/Burundi is planning a major health initiative in Burundi centered on RMNCI+M outcomes, likely structured as one or more cooperative agreements, with a potential total ceiling of up to $45 million across as many as five awards. It is not yet a call for proposals, but it is meant to shape the eventual solicitation by gathering practical, on-the-ground input from prospective partners.

• The Burundi USAID-Bujumbura in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Request for Information-USAID/Burundi Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, Immunization, and Malaria (RMNCI+M) Activity" 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 2024-01-02.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-01-16. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $45,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.

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