Opportunity Information: Apply for RFI 675 21 HFECA 01
The Guinea Health Facility Electrification and Connectivity Activity (HFECA) is a USAID/Guinea (USAID-Conakry) Request for Information (RFI) that asks stakeholders to share ideas and practical recommendations for a potential future activity focused on improving basic infrastructure services at health facilities in Guinea. The core concept is to combine USAID support with private sector resources to encourage, test, and potentially scale sustainable public-private investment models that can reliably deliver three critical enabling services for healthcare delivery: electricity, water provision, and telecommunications services (especially data and internet connectivity). The intent is to strengthen the impact of USAID's broader health and development programs by addressing foundational service gaps that often limit the quality, reach, and continuity of care.
This notice is not a funding solicitation or a commitment to make an award. It is explicitly an information-gathering step designed to shape an upcoming activity by learning what approaches might work in the Guinean context, what risks and constraints need to be planned for, and which organizations have the capacity and interest to participate. USAID is using the RFI to understand market readiness and to explore innovative partnership structures, including ways to work more effectively with private companies and other actors that could help deliver or finance electrification solutions, water services, and connectivity for health facilities.
The opportunity is categorized under discretionary funding and linked to the energy sector (Funding Activity Category: Energy), reflecting the central role of reliable power in enabling health services, even though the scope also includes water and telecommunications. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning a wide range of organizations could submit information in response to the RFI, including local and locally registered entities, international implementers, private sector firms, and other stakeholders with relevant experience. A key emphasis of the RFI is assessing the interest and capacity of local and locally registered organizations to contribute to improving health service delivery, which signals USAID's interest in solutions that are locally grounded and potentially sustainable beyond donor support.
The listing provides administrative details that reinforce its market-research nature: the instrument type is "Other," the award ceiling is listed as 0, and the number of expected awards is not specified, all consistent with an RFI rather than a competitive procurement or assistance award. The RFI was created on May 5, 2021, with an original closing date of June 28, 2021. The opportunity is identified by Funding Opportunity Number RFI 675 21 HFECA 01 and is associated with CFDA 98.001. In practical terms, USAID is asking respondents to help answer the "how" of making health facility electrification and connectivity work at scale: what delivery models are viable, how public and private financing could be blended, what technologies or service arrangements are most reliable, and how partnerships could be structured to meet mission needs while remaining affordable and maintainable in Guinea.Apply for RFI 675 21 HFECA 01
- The Guinea USAID-Conakry in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Guinea Health Facility Electrification and Connectivity Activity (HFECA)" 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 2021-05-05.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-06-28. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Guinea Health Facility Electrification and Connectivity Activity (HFECA) - USAID/Guinea RFI
1) What is the Guinea Health Facility Electrification and Connectivity Activity (HFECA)?
HFECA is a USAID/Guinea (USAID-Conakry) Request for Information (RFI) seeking ideas and practical recommendations for a potential future activity to improve basic infrastructure services at health facilities in Guinea. The concept focuses on strengthening healthcare delivery by improving three enabling services: electricity, water provision, and telecommunications (especially data and internet connectivity).
2) Is this a funding opportunity or a grant solicitation?
No. This notice is explicitly not a funding solicitation and not a commitment by the U.S. Government to make an award. It is an information-gathering step (an RFI) intended to help USAID shape a possible upcoming activity.
3) What is USAID trying to learn through this RFI?
USAID is using the RFI to gather input on approaches that might work in Guinea, including what models are viable, what risks and constraints should be planned for, and which organizations have the interest and capacity to participate. The RFI is also intended to help USAID assess market readiness and identify innovative partnership structures.
4) What kinds of services are in scope for this potential activity?
The RFI highlights three critical infrastructure services that enable healthcare delivery: reliable electricity, water provision, and telecommunications services, with a particular emphasis on data and internet connectivity.
5) Why is the opportunity categorized under the energy sector if it also includes water and telecommunications?
The listing is connected to the energy sector (Funding Activity Category: Energy) because reliable power is central to enabling health services. However, the described scope also includes improving water services and telecommunications/connectivity at health facilities.
6) What is the main goal behind improving these infrastructure services at health facilities?
The intent is to strengthen the impact of USAID's broader health and development programs by addressing foundational service gaps that can limit the quality, reach, and continuity of care.
7) What kinds of solutions or approaches is USAID interested in hearing about?
Based on the description, USAID is looking for input on the "how" of delivering electrification and connectivity at scale in Guinea, such as viable delivery models, technologies or service arrangements that are reliable, and ways to structure partnerships so services remain affordable and maintainable.
8) Does the RFI mention public-private partnerships?
Yes. The core concept is to combine USAID support with private sector resources to encourage, test, and potentially scale sustainable public-private investment models to deliver electricity, water provision, and telecommunications services to health facilities.
9) What does "blended financing" mean in the context of this RFI?
The RFI indicates USAID is interested in understanding how public and private financing could be blended to support electrification solutions, water services, and connectivity for health facilities, including how partnerships could be structured to meet mission needs while staying affordable and maintainable in Guinea.
10) Who is eligible to respond to this RFI?
Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning a wide range of organizations may submit information in response. This includes local and locally registered entities, international implementers, private sector firms, and other stakeholders with relevant experience.
11) Is USAID especially interested in local participation?
Yes. A key emphasis is assessing the interest and capacity of local and locally registered organizations to contribute to improving health service delivery, signaling interest in solutions that are locally grounded and potentially sustainable beyond donor support.
12) What is the instrument type for this notice?
The instrument type is listed as "Other," which is consistent with an RFI and its market-research purpose rather than a standard grant or contract competition.
13) Why is the award ceiling listed as 0?
The award ceiling is listed as 0 because this is an RFI, not a funding solicitation. The listing details reflect that USAID is gathering information rather than offering immediate funding through this notice.
14) How many awards will be made under this opportunity?
The number of expected awards is not specified, which aligns with the notice being an RFI (information collection) rather than a competitive procurement or assistance award.
15) What is the Funding Opportunity Number for this RFI?
The Funding Opportunity Number is RFI 675 21 HFECA 01.
16) What CFDA number is associated with this opportunity?
The opportunity is associated with CFDA 98.001.
17) When was this RFI created, and when did it close?
The RFI was created on May 5, 2021, and the original closing date was June 28, 2021.
18) What types of organizations does USAID want to hear from?
USAID is seeking input from stakeholders with relevant experience and capacity, including private companies and other actors that could help deliver or finance electrification solutions, water services, and connectivity for health facilities in Guinea.
19) What makes this notice different from a typical USAID procurement or assistance opportunity?
This notice is designed for market research and planning. It is meant to gather ideas, understand constraints and risks, and explore partnership structures. It is not a competitive solicitation and does not represent a commitment to award funding.
20) What kinds of constraints or risks is USAID trying to identify?
The RFI states that USAID wants to understand risks and constraints that need to be planned for in the Guinean context, as part of shaping a future activity around electrification, water, and connectivity in health facilities.
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