Agency for International Development, Office of Procurement, M/OP/B/AEP, SA-14, Washington, DC 20523-1429

R -- IMPLEMENTING POLICY CHANGE SOL RFP OP/B/AEP-P-95-004 POC Contact, Angelique Crumbly, Contract Negotiator (703) 875-1863, Anne T. Quinlan, Contracting Officer Those interested in receiving the RFP, may request a copy by submitting a WRITTEN REQUEST referencing this notice along with three (3) self addressed, self-sticking mailing labels. Telephone, fax, walk-in requests, and requests without mailing labels will not be accepted or honored. The Agency for International Development (USAID), Center for Democracy and Governance, has a requirement for the technical services of a contractor to assist host country public and private organizations to manage successful policy implementation consistent with democratic governance and strategic management under the Implementing Policy Change II Project. The Contractor will have the responsibility of providing services to support host country organizations in their management of policy implementation using an iterative strategic management and learning process of collaborative assessment, analysis, planning and action. The contractor shall provide applied research to: review the experience of others to inform technical assistance (TA); conduct analyses or prepare baseline studies; and draw lessons from policy implementation and TA experience by the project. The contractor shall also create opportunities for partner country policy managers and stakeholders to learn about, and apply strategic management to policy change. A Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued on or after fifteen days from the date of publication of this notice. The deadline for receipt of proposals will be 45 days after the date of the RFP issuance. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by USAID. SUBCONTRACTING WITH DISADVANTAGED ENTERPRISES: Unless the offeror is a disadvantaged enterprise (Gray Amendment entity), no less 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 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 organizations requesting this solicitation will be prepared as of the date of issuance of the solicitation and will be provided with each solicitation that is sent from this office. The purpose of this list is to help identify potential subcontractors. When requesting the solicitation, organizations are encouraged to indicate, on the self-addressed mailing labels whether they are a small business (SB), small women-owned business (SWOB), small disadvantaged business (SDB), large disadvantaged business (LDB), historically black college or university (HBCU), college or university with a student population at least 40% Hispanic (HCU), or a Private Voluntary Organization controlled by minorities or women (D-PVO). By providing the list, USAID is not endorsing the listed organizations as being capable of carrying out the activity, nor does USAID verify the claimed status of the organization. Proposals not including such subcontracting may be considered to be unacceptable. SUBCONTRACTING WITH SMALL AND SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS CONCERNS: In addition to the above requirement, in accordance with FAR part 19.704, a small business/small disadvantaged business subcontracting plan must be submitted unless the offeror is a small business or small disadvantaged business. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Gopher. 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 RFP text can be downloaded via Anonymous File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The FTP address is FTP.INFO.USAID.GOV. Logon using the user identification of ''anonymous'' and the password is your e-mail address. Look under the following directory for the RFP: pub/OP/RFP/BAEP504/baep504.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. (0076)

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