Allen Eisenberg, Regional Contracting Officer, USAID/Ecuador, Unit 5330, APO AA 34039

R -- FACILITATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SOL 527-95-A-004 (PERU) DUE 102895 POC Contact Cecilia Yaez, Acquisition Specialist, USAID/Peru, International Phone 51-14/333-200 Ext. 746, Lima, Peru or Allen Eisenberg, Regional Contracting Officer, USAID/Ecuador, International Phone 593-2/521-100 Ext. 211 or Fax No. 593-2/500-502, Quito, Ecuador, USAID/Peru intends to sign a three-year Cooperative Agreement with a U.S. PVO or Peruvian NGO, or with a joint agreement of the two. USAID/Peru has approved a contribution of $7.2 million Dollars. The purpose of this Cooperative Agreement is to facilitate the implementation of the Alternative Development Project, working with its various beneficiaries. These include farmers, small and microenterpreneurs, local government officials, rural community members, local NGO and other private organizations, and the counterpart implementing organization of the Government of Peru--INADE (National Development Institute). The purpose of the Alternative Development Project is to increase employment and income from alternative, licit, economic activities in project areas, thereby contributing to the project goal of reducing coca cultivation in these target areas, pursuant to the Government of Peru's National Drug Prevention and Control Program. The Cooperative Agreement recipient will provide long and short-term expertise, to administer and cover the technical assistance and training requirements of the Project's three components: (1) employment and income generation; (2) essential services/community development; and (3) environmental protection and awareness. The first component emphasizes assistance to individual farmers and agribusiness for activities which will produce returns within a six month to three year time frame. It also includes extension and applied research that look at production and market demand, both local and foreign, and the need for and provision of credit. The second component brings communities and local government together to identify the basic services important to promote a normal socio-economic climate. These include small activities in road rehabilitation, water and sanitation, health and education, and participatory development techniques. The third component will address some of th environmental damage associated with coca leaf and paste production. This includes reforestation and awareness and incorporation of environmental issues in planning and implementation of economic activities. Activities under the Cooperative Agreement will be based on annual work plans reviewed and approved by USAID and INADE. The recipient will work closely with INADE on some institutional strengthening issues and with INADE and USAID in establishing baseline information and in collecting and analyzing data that indicate progress in achieving results and impact. The recipient will operate from a head office in Lima and liaise closely with INADE's special projects' field offices in the project areas. Long-term technical advisors may include the recipient's Chief of Party (up to three years), a Community Development Specialist (up to three years), a Training Specialist (up to three years), and a Civil Engineer (up to three years. The Recipient will be expected to maximize the use of Peruvian expertise. Issuance date of the RFA will be at least fifteen (15) days after publication of this synopsis. Applications from prospective applicants will be due forty-five (45) days after the issuance date. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Gopher. The RFA, once issued, can be downloaded from the Agency Gopher. The Gopher address is GOPHER.INFOR.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 on 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/Peru9504/peru9504.rfa. 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. (0249)

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