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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 6,1995 PSA#1277Agency for International Development; Office of Procurement, Room 1437,
SA-14; Washington, D.C. 20523-1412 R -- PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES SOL
663/95/S/001 DUE 021795 POC Carolyn Eldridge, 703-875-1195 The U.S.
Agency for International Development requires a five year contract to
provide support to the Government of Ethiopia for the improvement of
its primary education system. The purpose of the contract is to assure
that the quality and equity of primary education improves in an
expanding system. To this end, USAID requires the services of a
qualified organization to provide direct assistance to Government of
Ethiopia central and regional (and sub-regional) entities responsible
for the administration, financing and conduct of primary education. The
intent of the contract is to strengthen institutional capacities to
provide on a continually expanding basis educational services and
inputs which enhance quality of learning, equity of access and
efficiency of resource utilization. Contract services will pursue this
outcome through long and short term technical assistance, in-country
and off-shore training, and limited amounts of commodity and
operational support. All of these services are to be provided in
furtherance of the objectives of Ethiopia's new education and training
policy and in accordance with the framework for primary sector reform
established by the USAID Mission to Ethiopia in its Basic Education
System Overhaul Program. Subcontracting with small business concerns
and socially and economically disadvantaged entities: USAID encourages
the participation to the maximum extent possible of US entities that
are small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns,
including women-owned concerns, historically black colleges and
universities, colleges and universities whose student body is at least
40 percent Hispanic American, and private voluntary organizations
controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals
including women, in accordance with Part 19 of the FAR and Part 726 of
the AIDAR. It is anticipated that the awardee will make maximum
practicable use of such entities. Interested parties must submit a
written request for a copy of the solicitation document with four
self-addressed mailing labels. Walk-in, oral, and facsimile requests
will not be honored. Responses not complying with the above
instructions will not be honored. In accordance with Federal
Acquisition Regulations, the solicitation document will not be released
less than fifteen calendar days from the date of publication; however
it will be issued as soon thereafter as is possible. This CBD notice
can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Gopher. Concurrent with
the release of hard copies, the RFP can be downloaded from the Agency
Gopher. The Gopher address is GOPHER.INFO.USAID.GOV. Select USAID
Procurement and Business Opportunities from the Gopher menu. The CBD
notice and the RFP text can be downloaded via Anonymous File Transfer
Protocol (FTP). The FTP address is FTP.INFO.USAID.GOV. Look under the
following directory for the RFP: pub/OP/RFP/6635001.rfp. Receipt of
this RFP through INTERNET must be confirmed by written notification to
the contact person noted above. It is the responsibility of the
recipient of this solicitation document to ensure that it has been
received from INTERNET in its entirety and USAID bears no
responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or
conversion processes.AIDWASH (0033) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0096 19950203\R-0001.SOL)
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