U.S. Agency for International Development, AMEMB. Managua USAID, Unit #2712 Box #9, APO AA 34021

H -- MUNICIPAL DECENTRALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (524-0341) SOL USAID/Nicaragua 95-07 DUE 032495 Contact Point: Mr Michael Kenyon, Contracts Officer, USAID/Nicaragua, Tel. No. 505-2-670-502/3/4. The Institutional Contractor will provide technical assistance to municipal governments in Nicaragua and project counterpart institutions in carrying out Municipal Decentralization and Development Project activities. The time period of the contract is three years. Subcontracting opportunities exist under this contract and will follow the standard subcontracting guidelines which state that ''Not 1ess than 10 percent of the total value of the contract will have to be subcontracted to Disadvantaged Enterprises (U.S. socially and economically disadvantaged, including women-owned businesses; historically Black colleges and universities; U.S. colleges and universities with more than 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 Disadvantaged Enterprises 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 organizations 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. Proposals shall include plans reflecting not less then 10 percent subcontracting with the above-defined entities. Proposals not including such plans will be considered to be non-responsive.'' All qualified responsible sources may submit an offer. Neither telephone nor fax requests will be accepted. Only written requests will be honored. Mark the outside of the envelope RFP 95-07. The RFP will be available 3/24/95. (0055)

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