ATTN: Mary Reynolds, Contracting Officer Contracting Office U.S. Agency for International Development - Morocco American Embassy PSC 74 Box 022 APO AE 09718

R -- WATER RESOURCES SUSTAINABILITY ACTIVITY (608-0222) SOL Morocco 96-P-002 DUE 012696 POC Mary Reynolds, USAID/Morocco Contracting Officer. Morocco telephone no.212-776-2265, fax no. 212-770-7930, Internet address: mreynolds@usaid.gov, telex no. 31005M. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Morocco plans to issue a RFP which will lead to the award of a performance-based contract to improve water management and address pollution problems by identifying and implementing demonstration projects which focus on the policy/regulatory and institutional framework of water resources management, including community participation and technologies used in management of water resources. USAID's funding for the 6.5-year activity is approximately $12 million. The estimated value of the contract is approximately $10.8 million. USAID encourages the participation to the maximum extent possible of small businesses in this activity as contractors or subcontractors. In addition, prime contractors are required to set aside no less than ten (10) percent of the total value of the award for subcontracts with Gray Amendment entities (firms including women-owned, historically black colleges and universities, U.S. colleges and universities with forty (40) percent or more Hispanic American students, and minority private voluntary organizations) in accordance with Part 19 of the FAR and Part 726 of the AIDAR. It is anticipated that the prime contractor will make maximum use of these concerns. All other selection criteria being found equal, the participation of such concerns may become a determining factor for selection. Issuing date is expected to be o/a 30 November 1995. Closing date for proposals is expected to be o/a 26 January 1996. 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 theGopher menu. The RFP 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. Loo under the following directory for the RFP: pub/OP/RFP/Maroc962/maroc962.rfp. Receipt of this RFP through INTERNET must be confirmed by written notification to the contact person 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. The solicitation document will be sent to you on a 3.5 inch diskette using Wordperfect 5.2, unless you ask specifically for a hard copy. Requests for the solicitation document may be sent to USAID/Morocco by mail, telex or facsimile, or downloaded through INTERNET (but see above). Requests must include a point of contact and the exact mailing address. We do not assume responsibility for verifying the requestor's address. (0311)

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