Opportunity Information: Apply for 72048618RFI USAID RDMA ASIA EDGE
The USAID/RDMA Asia Enhancing Growth and Development through Energy (EDGE) Initiative notice (Solicitation No. 72048618RFI) is a Request for Information released by USAID's Regional Development Mission for Asia (based in Bangkok, Thailand) to collect input that will help shape a future regional energy activity under the broader Asia EDGE Initiative. It is not a call for proposals or applications for funding at this stage. Instead, USAID is using the RFI to hear from organizations and individuals that can suggest practical ways the agency could support stronger energy systems and markets across the Indo-Pacific region.
The core purpose of the RFI is to gather recommendations on approaches that (1) develop sound energy infrastructure, (2) enable energy sector reforms, and (3) expand sustainable and secure energy markets. USAID specifically asks respondents to emphasize discrete, actionable regional interventions that USAID/RDMA could realistically undertake to support Asia EDGE implementation. In other words, the agency is looking for concrete, region-wide ideas that can be turned into program components, rather than broad statements of need or general technical narratives.
Participation is voluntary, and USAID makes several standard caveats clear. The agency is not requesting technical proposals or cost applications at this time, and it will not pay respondents for preparing or submitting information. Issuing the RFI does not represent a commitment to fund anything, does not signal that an award will be made, and does not obligate the U.S. Government to cover any expenses incurred by respondents in preparing comments. Any future solicitation that results from this market research and activity design process would be announced later through official U.S. Government posting sites such as FedBizOpps (noted in the notice) and Grants.gov.
From the opportunity metadata provided, the activity area is categorized under Energy, with CFDA Number 98.001, and the opportunity category is listed as Discretionary. Eligibility is described as "Unrestricted," meaning there is no narrow applicant pool identified at the RFI stage. While the funding instrument type field references a cooperative agreement, this particular notice remains strictly an information-gathering step; it does not include an award ceiling, expected number of awards, or other typical competitive funding details because no award is being competed through the RFI itself.
Key dates are also clearly stated: the RFI was released on September 10, 2018, and responses were due by September 20, 2018 at 4:00 AM Bangkok local time. The RFI is signed by the Regional Contracting/Agreement Officer, William Sedlak, on behalf of USAID/RDMA in Bangkok, underscoring that this is an official pre-solicitation engagement intended to inform the design of a future Asia EDGE-related program rather than a funding competition in its own right.Apply for 72048618RFI USAID RDMA ASIA EDGE
- The Thailand USAID-Bangkok in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "USAID/RDMA Asia Enhancing Growth and Development through Energy (EDGE) Initiative" 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 2018-09-10.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-09-20. (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 $1.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.
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