SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Georgia Enterprise Growth Initiative (GEGI)
- Notice Date
- 11/1/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Agency for International Development, Overseas Missions, Georgia USAID-Tibilisi, Dept. of State, Washington, DC, 20521-3180
- ZIP Code
- 20521-3180
- Solicitation Number
- 114-03-044
- Archive Date
- 1/7/2003
- Point of Contact
- Valeri Elizbarashvili, Acquisition Specialist, Phone 995-32-922547, Fax 995-32-001013, - Valeri Elizbarashvili, Acquisition Specialist, Phone 995-32-922547, Fax 995-32-001013,
- E-Mail Address
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velizbarashvili@usaid.gov, velizbarashvili@usaid.gov
- Description
- The goal of the Georgia Enterprise Growth Initiative (GEGI) is to create a free market business environment, further develop the financial sector infrastructure and to facilitate the rate of enterprise growth in Georgia. The activity outlined is planned to be implemented over five years, with an IQC buy-in mechanism to address the needs of Georgian enterprises to grow. USAID estimates the total cost of GEGI not to exceed $45 million, including up to $25 million for the main activity and up to $20 million for the IQC buy-in mechanism. The activity will have a two-year base period and three one-year options for extension. The activity is so structured so as to allow the Mission to revalidate the applicability of the design in light of a new strategy to be completed in 2003, and to make annual determinations as to whether the activity remains a funding priority after the expiration of the base period. The three components of this activity will address the enabling environment for enterprise growth through improved policy reform, increased access to finance and increased market-oriented production. These three components reflect the three Intermediate Results of USAID/Caucasus Strategic Objective 1.3 Accelerated Development and Growth of Private Enterprises. A key thrust of this activity is to support the development and growth of private sector mechanisms and institutions to achieve enterprise growth. USAID/Caucasus encourages the contractor to take an innovative approach to the implementation of program activities, bringing to bear international best practices and new ways of doing development business. Also, consistent with USAID/Washingtons recently announced Global Development Alliance (GDA), the contractor should seek appropriate opportunities to use GEGI as a catalyst to mobilize the resources of private corporations, foundations, universities, and other non-government organizations interested in working in Georgia. For more information on the GDA, see http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2001/fs010515.html. This could be accomplished through strategic alliances, and leveraging additional resources consistent within USAID policies and regulations. GEGI will be managed and implemented in a politically unstable region. Georgia is important to U.S. foreign policy interests and objectives in Eurasia. Accordingly, the contractor must be cognizant of the imperative for GEGI to be a highly successful and responsive economic growth program. As a five-year program, GEGI will include the following three components: 1) Demand Driven Policy Reform; 2) Increased Access to Finance through Institutional Strengthening; 3) Georgia Competitiveness Initiative. The contractor shall provide technical assistance, training, management information systems, grant management, public awareness and donor coordination services, in such a professional, timely and culturally appropriate manner as to achieve the agreed upon results defined below. The agreed results shall be achieved in the areas of: 1) Improved implementation of policy reforms through a strengthened demand side private sector capacity to drive economic policy coupled with improved Government of Georgia implementation of policy reforms by strengthening the GOGs market-orientation (approximately 70% of Activity Budget); 2) Increased access to finance through institutional strengthening (approximately 10% of Activity Budget); and 3) Increased market-oriented production through improved competitiveness, international best practices, and quality standards (approximately 20% of Activity Budget).
- Record
- SN00196755-W 20021102/021101073431 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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