USAID/Honduras/Office of Contract Management, Unit 2927, APO AA 34022

R -- DATA COLLECTION SERVICES SOL RFP 95-052 DUE 071495 Timothy T. Beans, Contracting Officer, Tel. No. (011-504) 36-9320, Ext. 2454. The U.S. Agency for International Development in Honduras is seeking bids from qualified firms to conduct the field testing of the questionnaire for 1995 National Epidemiology and Family Health, undertake the survey, perform the data entry and cleaning, deliver data tables, and deliver the data bases to USAID/Honduras in a statistical format as set forth in the RFP. It is imperative that the numerous evaluation team members be fluent (S-3, R-3) in Spanish. Payment will be made to the Contractor in local currency (Lempiras). Geographic Code 000-United States and the Central American Common Market Countries. Not 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 more than 40 percent Hispanic American students; and U.S. private voluntary organizations controlled by socially and economically disadvantage 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 than 10 percent subcontracting with the above defined entities. Proposals not including such plans will be considered to be non-repsonsive. To obtain a copy of the RFP, write or telefax the above address with the solicitation number, Company Address and Phone No. of the Contact Person. To ensure timely receipt of solicitation amendments and provide the maximum response time, please also provide Telefax number, if available. Phone requests will not be honored. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Gopher. The RFP once issued 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 on 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/hon9552. 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. (0142)

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