Opportunity Information: Apply for RFI SSN 388 24 000099
This notice is a Request for Information (RFI) and sources sought market research announcement from USAID in Bangladesh for a planned effort called the Bangladesh Digital Development Activity (BDDA). It is not a funding opportunity or solicitation, and it is mainly intended to gather input from Bangladeshi organizations so USAID/Bangladesh can understand local capacity, experience, and technical strengths ahead of designing a future activity. The RFI is issued under Funding Opportunity Number RFI SSN 388 24 000099 by USAID Bangladesh (Dhaka), with an original response deadline of July 25, 2024.
The opportunity is grounded in Bangladeshs national digital ambitions, including Vision 2021 and Smart Bangladesh Vision 2041, and aligns with USAIDs Digital Strategy (2020-2024), which emphasizes building open, secure, and inclusive digital ecosystems and promoting responsible use of digital technology in development and humanitarian work. USAID frames this as part of broader democratic and development objectives, pointing to the importance of digital ecosystems that protect rights and enable safe participation online.
USAID/Bangladesh describes earlier work and analysis that shaped this direction. During the COVID-19 period, USAID ran the Bangladesh Digital Ecosystem Activity (BDEA) from June 2020 to February 2021, which created a digital application to detect COVID-19 related rumors and supported a mass communication campaign to counter misinformation. Later, USAID commissioned a Digital Ecosystem for Country Assessment (DECA) from June 2022 to February 2023 to map Bangladeshs digital ecosystem across areas such as digital infrastructure and adoption, digital society, online rights and freedoms, and the digital economy. The DECA produced a set of internal and external recommendations, with two key themes highlighted here: (1) USAID should improve integration and sustainability of digitally enabled interventions across its entire Bangladesh portfolio, and (2) Bangladesh needs stronger cybersecurity capacity through awareness, workforce development, better practices, and targeted research.
A major driver for the upcoming BDDA concept is the DECA finding that Bangladesh underperforms on protection of digital services and personal data. The notice points out that as of 2022 Bangladesh did not have personal data protection policies in place, scored very low on personal data protection measures, and had not signed the Budapest Convention on cybercrime cooperation. At the same time, the Government of Bangladesh has its own Bangladesh Cybersecurity Strategy 2021-2025, and local media regularly reports cyber incidents. Taken together, USAID is signaling that cybersecurity, data privacy, and safer digital operations are not side issues but central constraints affecting development programs that increasingly depend on digital tools.
USAID indicates it is designing BDDA as a three-year activity with an estimated total value of about $5 million, expected to run from 2025 to 2028. The intended purpose is to support and expand Bangladeshs digital ecosystem by helping USAID-funded activities adopt stronger, more effective digital tools and by building capacity for digitally enabled programming across implementing partners and beneficiaries. The planned approach includes first identifying digital gaps affecting USAID/Bangladesh activities, then providing practical support to integrate appropriate digital tools in line with USAIDs Digital Strategy, and delivering cybersecurity capacity building. The activity is also expected to offer training sessions covering digital development topics and cybersecurity issues, with the overall objective of improving digitally supported programming while strengthening partners ability to maintain an inclusive, sustainable digital environment and a secure online presence.
To support its market research, USAID poses a structured set of questions for Bangladeshi organizations to answer. These questions ask respondents to (A) describe their understanding of key gaps and challenges in Bangladeshs digital ecosystem as it relates to development interventions funded or implemented by national and international actors, and explain how their organization could help address those gaps. They also ask for (B) evidence of experience delivering similar digital development work, including examples of past projects, approximate dollar values, complexity, the largest project managed (budget, location, duration), design and implementation approach, prior collaboration with international development agencies, and the internal project management structure used (key roles and reporting lines). In addition, respondents must describe (C) technical capabilities across areas such as digital data collection, digital payments, applying the Principles for Digital Development, cybersecurity, and data privacy, along with examples of tools already implemented and any research capacity related to cybersecurity gap assessments, scoping digital tool development, and assessing emerging technologies like artificial intelligence. Finally, USAID asks (D) how organizations approach capacity building and training, including whether they have created training programs or resources to strengthen digital skills and literacy.
In practical terms, this RFI is a signal that USAID/Bangladesh is preparing a future procurement or partnership activity focused on mainstreaming digital best practices across its sector programs, with a strong emphasis on cybersecurity and responsible data use. Organizations that respond are being asked to demonstrate not only technical delivery ability, but also their understanding of the broader ecosystem challenges, their experience working at scale with development partners, and their capacity to train others and institutionalize better digital and cybersecurity practices across multiple projects and stakeholders.Apply for RFI SSN 388 24 000099
- The Bangladesh USAID-Dhaka in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Request for information: Sources Sought Notice: USAID Bangladesh Digital Development 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 2024-07-03.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-25. (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 $5,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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