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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 6,1995 PSA#1319USAID/Philippines APO San Francisco or USAID/Philippines, 1680 Roxas
Boulevard, Manila 1000 Philippines, 96440 R -- IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GROWTH WITH EQUITY IN MINDANAO (GEM)
COMPONENT (MDP 492-0456). SOL USAID/Philippines RFP No. 492-95-010 DUE
061095 Contact: Thea R. Pura, Acquisition Specialist (William Reynolds
is the Contract Officer), USAID/Philippines, Fax (632) 552-4337; Phone
No (632) 522-4411. USAID/Philippines is soliciting proposals from
qualified firms/institutions, or groups of firms/institutions to assist
the Philippine Government in implementing the activities under the
growth with equity in Mindanao (GEM) component of the USAID-Financed
Mindanao development project. The island of Mindanao has recently seen
a substantial upsurge in The amounts of public and private investment
going in the island. The goals of the GEM are: (1) to help assure that
as many people as possible (particulary the poorer people) in the areas
of Mindanao targeted by the GEM benefit from the increased investment
that is occurring; and (2) to help assure that the investment flows
into the GEM-targeted areas continue and, hopefully, increase. The
principal means through which these goals will be pursued will be an
aggressive and broad-ranging enterprise development program aimed at
brining about maximum participation of small farmer/fishfolk, small and
microentrepreneurs, etc. in the economic growth process. The GEM will
involve: working with farmer's and fishermen's cooperatives and
associations to make them aware of emerging market opportunities
created by new and anticipated agribusiness investment, and assisting
them to respond to those market opportunities; working with micro and
small business firms assisting them to establish joint ventures or
other linkages with firms making new investments in the targeted areas,
and/or assisting these firms to undertake new ventures on their own;
working with incoming and/or prospective investors to make sure that
they are aware of and take advantage of opportunites for working
cooperatively with farmers/fishermen's cooperatives and associations,
local business firms, etc. Supportive efforts will also be undertaken
to assist Mindanao's public and private sector leaders to identify and
bring about modifications to governmental policies which may be
hindering Mindanao's economic progress; and in taking actions to help
assure that Mindanao continues to receive appropriate levels of public
infrastructure development resources, and private investment. The
areas to be targeted by the GEM include the ''Economic Clusters'' made
up by the following cities and supporting hinterlands: Davao City and
the Davao Gulf Region; Cagayan De Oro-iligan and the provinces Misamis
Oriental and Bukidnon; Cotabato City and the autonomous region of
Muslim Mindanao; Zamboanga City, parts of the Sulu Archipelago, and
parts of the Zamboango Peninsula; and General Santos City and South
Catabato and Sarangani provinces. The GEM will be a five year effort.
An initial 30 month contract will be offered, which will be renewable
for an additional 30 months at USAID discretion. While this will be a
''performance-based'' contract, USAID's estimate is that approximately
1100 person-months of effort will be required over a 60 month period
in order to attain GEM's targets. Contract services are anticipated to
begin around August 1995. Detailed information about this solicitation
is contained in the Request for Proposals (RFP) document which may be
obtained from the above address on or about April 10, 1995. The
estimated closing date for submission of proposals is June 10, 1995.
USAID encourages the participation, to the maximum extent possible of
U.S. 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. (0094) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0097 19950405\R-0001.SOL)
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