Deadline: 18-Feb-22
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Energy Secure Philippines (ESP) Activity through its Energy Evolution Challenge grant facility seeks applications to fund, in the form of grants, qualified organizations/companies to demonstrate innovations in portable solutions to enhance the logistics chain for the delivery of essential goods.
The purpose of the grant is to demonstrate innovations and to encourage investments in green energy applications in portable energy solutions in the logistics chain anywhere in the country, including the USAID CDI sites: Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, General Santos, Iloilo, Legazpi, Puerto Princesa, Tagbilaran and Zamboanga.
The grant will support private entities that have a coherent plan to demonstrate any or a combination of the following:
- Innovations in utilizing portable energy solutions in the logistics chain such as delivery, storage, packaging and shipment-tracking of essential and temperature-sensitive goods
- Streamlined processes that result in a more sustainable, smarter, secure and more connected logistics chain;
- Multi-sectoral engagement and coordination in the effective delivery of temperaturesensitive goods to the end-users
Objectives
- Provide portable, decentralized and energy efficient cold storage solutions to strengthen the logistics chain. Compact carriers, portable and decentralized cold storage units are currently some of the effective solutions in the fast delivery of essential goods to challenging sites in both urban and rural areas.
- Ensure uninterrupted power supply by integrating clean, alternative energy sources for portable energy solutions. The effective and timely delivery of essential goods such as food and pharmaceuticals to end-users can be achieved through reliable and uninterrupted power supply from clean, alternative sources of energy.
- Streamline the delivery process to make it more energy-smart and sustainable. Applicants may propose strategies to ensure the timely and efficient movement of perishable goods and may include logistics platforms for tracking systems for a seamless coordination, transparent and intelligent data-driven logistics.
- Reduce the carbon footprint of the cold chain logistics system. Applicants may propose technological innovations with low global warming potential in the logistics chain process. This may include solutions for zero-emission distribution of goods, mobile cold storage units, decentralized energy efficient systems, natural refrigerants, or equipment replacement.
Funding Information
Amount: Up to PhP25,000,000
Expected Results
- The application of green energy technologies, particularly portable energy solutions, in the efficient and timely delivery of essential, temperature-sensitive goods
- Process and/or systems development for a more efficient and sustainable logistics chain
- A quantifiable carbon footprint reduction resulting from the deployment of green energy technologies in the logistics chain
- Technical training and skills development in green energy applications in logistics chain management
- Policy recommendations and/or policy enhancements in the use of green energy technology in the logistics chain
- A combination of any of the anticipated results of this grant
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must meet the following minimum eligibility requirements to qualify for funding under this RFA:
- USAID ESP Activity grant support may be extended to energy innovators, technology providers, enterprises, civil society organizations, community-based organizations, businesses, commercial establishments, academic institutions, and research institutions, that meet the following eligibility requirements:
- Demonstrated experience working in the energy industry in the Philippines
- Applications meet minimum evaluation criteria for:
- Soundness of technical approach
- Understanding of local context, and
- Qualifications of proposed personnel
- Demonstrated financial capacity to manage USG grants
- Cost realism of the budget
- Past performance / proven track record
- USAID ESP Activity grant support may be extended to energy innovators, technology providers, enterprises, civil society organizations, community-based organizations, businesses, commercial establishments, academic institutions, and research institutions, that meet the following eligibility requirements:
- All Energy Secure Philippines grant support may not be extended to the following:
- Organizations that are not legally registered
- Any entity that has been found to have misused USAID funds in the past (unless specifically approved by USAID contracting officer)
- Political parties, groupings, or institutions or their subsidiaries and affiliates
- Any entity that will have conflict of interest by participating in the call for grants
- Any entity whose name appears on the List of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement and Non-procurement Programs
- Any entity with a member that appears on the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) and Blocked Persons list
- Any entity with members directly or indirectly involved in money laundering, acts of terrorism, gambling, prostitution and child trafficking, drugs.
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