Agency for International Development, M/OP/CC/P, Office of Procurement, Room 1420, SA-14, Washington, D.C. 20523-1426

B -- THE POLICY PROJECT SOL M/OP/A/P-95-003 POC Contact Point, John Griffin, 703/875-1405, Contracting Officer, Thomas S. Bordone, 703/875-1023 The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is issuing a solicitation for a five-year contract for facilities, materials, and personnel necessary to help build a supportive policy environment for family planning and related health programs. The contract shall cover activities in four areas: policy-relevant research and dissemination, broadened participation in the policy process, increased and improved policy dialogue and formulation, and improved national strategic planning and resource allocation. The contract shall have two options to increase the overall level of effort and contract cost, with the options to be exercised at the discretion of USAID. Subcontracting with Gray Amendment entities: No less than 10 percent of the total value of the contract will have to be subcontracted to Gray Amendment entities (U.S. socially and economically disadvantaged, including women-owned businesses; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; U.S. colleges and Universities with at least 40 percent Hispanic American students; and U.S. Private Voluntary Organizations controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals including women. To help identify potential subcontractors, a list of all organizations requesting a copy of the solicitation will be sent with each solicitation document. Organizations are encouraged to indicate whether they are Gray Amendment entities when requesting the solicitation and may indicate that they do not wish to be included on the list. By providing the list, USAID does not endorse the listed organization as being capable of carrying out the activity, nor does USAID verify the claimed status of the organizations. Necessarily the list will contain the names of only those organizations known prior to the issuance of the solicitation document. RFP will be issued no less than 15 days after publication of this synopsis and will close May 1, 1995. Those interested in receiving a Request for Proposal should send a letter referencing this notice along with 3 self-addressed mailing labels. Telephone or fax requests for RFP's will not be honored. All RFPs will be mailed through the U.S. postal service. RFPs will not be expressed mailed. Address requests to Mr. J. Griffin, Contracts Specialist, Office of Procurement, USAID, M/OP/A/P, Washington D.C. 20523-1426. During the first 15 days of the response period, USAID will accept written requests for clarification regarding the solicitation. The responses to these queries will be disseminated to all parties who request the solicitation. This CBD notice can be viewed and down loaded 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/AP5003.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 (0039)

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