U.S. Agency for International Development, Office of Procurement, M/OP/A/HRN, Room 1569, SA-14, Washington, DC 20523- 1427

A -- CHILDREN'S VACCINE INITIATIVE PROJECT (CVIP) SOL OP/A/HRN-95-003 DUE 072495 POC Mike Atsalinos, Grant Specialist (703)875-1075; Michael B. Gushue, Grant Officer, (703)875-1042 The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is requesting applications for a cooperative agreement for the Center of Population, Health and Nutrition, Office of Health and Nutrition, Child Survival Division, Children's Vaccine Initiative Project (CVIP). Through this competitively awarded cooperative agreement, USAID will provide funding for a program of research studies and related support in the area of analysis, implementation, and dissemination, regarding vacccines effective against Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI). The goal of this competitively awarded cooperative agreement is to accelerate the rate at which promising new and improved vaccines of potentially great public health importance are incorporated into childhood immunization programs of lesser developed countries (LDC). USAID will enter into an agreement with an organization /consortium that has the skills, institutional mandate, and experience necessary to implement the activities proposed under the CVIP. An award will be made based on the capabilities of the staff and access to a diverse set of consultants, including proven successful experience in: (1) facilitating introduction of new and improved vaccines into developing country immunization programs; (2) managing overseas research activities; (3) working with vaccine producers both in the U.S. and developing countries to understand their needs and concerns; (4) designing and implementing epidemiological research and vaccine field trials in developing countries; (5) training or facilitating the training of developing country health researchers; (6) producing and distributing publications to international audiences; and (7) convening international workshops. Those interested in receiving the Request for Application (RFA) by mail should send a letter referencing this notice along with 3 self addressed mailing labels. Requests for the RFA must be received no later that 15 days after this notice is published. Telephone or facsimile requests for the RFA will NOT be honored. All RFA's will be mailed through the U.S. Postal Service. RFA's will not be sent by express mail. Address requests to the U.S. Agency for International Development; Office of Procurement, M/OP/A/HRN; Attention Mr. Mike Atsalinos, Grant Specialist; Room 1569, SA-14; Washington, DC 20523-1427. The RFA issuance date will be o/a 15 days after this notice is published and will close on July 24, 1995. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Gopher. The RFA 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 RFA 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 RFA: pub/OP/RFA/AHRN503/ahrn503.rfa. Be sure to utilize the rfa extension. Receipt of this RFA through INTERNET must be confirmed by written notification to the contact person noted above. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this application 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. (0144)

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