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R -- STRATEGIES AND RESOURCES - TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE OFFICE OF WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT (WID) SOL OP/A/FAO-95-P-003 DUE 042895 POC Contact: Ellen R. Wills (703) 875-1028 The U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contemplates issuing a RFP for a contract for one base year and three one-year options whereby the contractor will be required to furnish experienced personnel to provide the following program and technical support to the Bureau for Global Programs, Field Support and Research, Office of Women in Development (G/WID): Technical Assistance - supporting USAID Office of G/WID, Field Missions, and Bureaus in policy development, and in project and program design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation to build a development process sensitive to gender issues and supportive of women. In addition, assistance shall be provided to the overseas Missions in identifying and connecting the Missions to local resources. Training - strengthening the skills of USAID staff in Washington and in the field--as well as host-country counterparts and NGO andcontractor staff in the United States and overseas--to address gender in all aspects of their work. All services provided under the contract shall be consistent with policies of USAID and of the host countries. SUBCONTRACTING WITH SMALL BUSINESS AND SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTITIES: USAID encourages the participation, to the maximum extent possible, of U.S. entities that are small business concerns and small disadvantaged business concerns including women-owned concerns, historically black colleges and universities, colleges and universities whose student body is more than (40) percent Hispanic, and minority-controlled private voluntary organizations, including women in accordance with Part l9 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation and Part 726 of the U.S. Agency for International Development Acquisition Regulation. It is anticipated that the prime contractor will make maximum practicable use of such entities; subcontracting plans shall be included in proposals submitted. SUBCONTRACTING WITH GRAY AMENDMENT ENTITIES: No less than ten (l0 percent of the total value of the contract will have to be subcontracted to Gray Amendment entities (U.S. small and disadvantaged business concerns, including women-owned businesses; historically black colleges and universities; U.S. Universities with more than forty (40) percent Hispanic American students; and U.S. minority- controlled private voluntary organizations, including women). To help identify sub-contractors, a list of all organizations requesting a copy of the RFP prior to its issuance will be sent with each RFP document. Organizations are encouraged to indicate whether they are Gray Amendment entities when requesting the RFP and may, if they desire, indicate that they do not wish their name to be included on the list. By providing the mailing 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. Proposals shall include plans reflecting no less than ten (l0) percent subcontracting with the above defined entities. Interested offerors may request a copy of RFP OP/A/FAO-95-P-003 by submittingawritten request along with three self-addressed, self-stick mailing labels. Please do not send stamped letter sized envelopes. Walk-in and mail requestors must provide a written request for the RFP, along with three self-addressed, self-stick mailing labels. Telephone and fax requests will not be honored. USAID RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ISSUE THE RFP ONLY ON DISKETTE(S). However, any offeror that does not want to receive diskette(s), must indicate in the their written request, that a hard copy is requested instead of diskette(s). If the RFP is issued on diskettes), it will be WORDPERFECT VER. 5.1/5.2, LOTUS VER. 4.0. The CBD notice and the RFP text can be viewed and downloaded via the notice and the Agency Internet Gopher and downloaded via Annonomous File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The Gopher address is GOPHER.INFO.USAID.GOV. Select USAID Procurement and Business Opportunities from the Gopher menu. The FTP address is FTP.INFO.USAID.GOV. Look under the following directory: pub/OP/RFP/AFAO503.RFP. USAID anticipates issuance of the solicitation electronically and in hard copy (and/or diskette) on or about 04/28/95. (0087)

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