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72038821RFI00001: Request for Information (RFI) USAID/Bangladesh, Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Office Potential Advancing Good Governance and Accountability Activity

Closed Closed February 8, 2021 Opportunity 72038821RFI00001

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Bangladesh USAID-Dhaka notices from 2021.

Bangladesh USAID-Dhaka offered grants of up to $10 (at least $1) to any type of organization. It expected to make about 100,000 awards. Applications closed on February 8, 2021.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed January 19, 2021. Checked November 7, 2026.

Key dates

PostedJanuary 19, 2021
DeadlineFebruary 8, 2021
Archived by Grants.govMarch 10, 2021

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

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What the grant funds

Posting Date: January 18, 2021 Response Due Date: February 08, 2021 Closing time: 16:30 Hours Bangladesh Local Time Request for Information (RFI) USAID/Bangladesh, Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Office Potential Advancing Good Governance and Accountability Activity To: All Interested Respondents/Parties: Pursuant to FAR 52.215-3 Request for Information (Oct. 1997), the United States Government, represented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bangladesh Mission, is issuing the subject Request for Information (RFI) from all interested public and private entities on key areas of engagement and opportunities to support the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) in improving good governance processes and accountability initiatives. Please note that FAR 52.215-3 provides as follows: (a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (b) Although "proposal" and "offeror" are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal. (c) This solicitation is issued for the purpose of conducting market research and request comments and recommendations from stakeholders and to identify ways to strengthen good governance and accountability and improve government responsiveness to citizens needs and key priorities over the next 5 years. Through this RFI, USAID/Bangladesh seeks to understand the challenges and opportunities to promote good governance and accountability within the public sector, including in the open governance space. USAID welcomes information on these topics and any relevant general feedback and comments that partners may wish to share. This RFI is issued solely for gathering information and innovative ideas for new design planning purposes and does not constitute a Request for Applications (RFA). Responses to this RFI are not applications and will not in any way be deemed to form any binding agreement with the RFI issuing authority. This RFI will not be construed as the U.S. Government commitment to issue any solicitation, award any other instrument, or pay for any information submitted in response to this RFI request.

Category: Law, Justice and Legal Services.

Who has won USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (98.001) awarded $37 billion across 4,233 grant awards, an average of $8.7 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Miscellaneous Foreign AwardeesDistrict of Columbia489$6.9 billion
Family Health InternationalNorth Carolina91$2.1 billion
Catholic Relief Services - United States Conference of Catholic BishopsMaryland128$1.2 billion
Save the Children Federation, Inc.Connecticut100$814 million
Research Triangle InstituteNorth Carolina33$756 million

Top states: District of Columbia ($13 billion), Maryland ($3.8 billion), North Carolina ($3.2 billion), New York ($1.9 billion), Massachusetts ($1.3 billion).

Applying now

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Questions people ask

Is 72038821RFI00001 still open?

No. It closed on February 8, 2021.

Who can apply for Request for Information (RFI) USAID/Bangladesh, Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Office Potential Advancing Good Governance and Accountability Activity?

Bangladesh USAID-Dhaka accepted applications from any type of organization.

What is the deadline for Request for Information (RFI) USAID/Bangladesh, Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Office Potential Advancing Good Governance and Accountability Activity?

Closed February 8, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $10 each.

Who has won USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, Family Health International, Catholic Relief Services - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The program made 4,233 awards worth $37 billion in that time.

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