Della Glenn, USTDA, Room 309, SA-16, Washington, DC 20523-1602, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009

R -- SOUTH BALKAN PROCUREMENT ADVISORY ASSISTANCE POC Della Glenn, USTDA, Room 309, SA-16, Washington, DC 20523-1602, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009 The U.S. Trade and Development Agency intends to enter into a single Task and Delivery Order Contract with a U.S. firm that is qualified to provide procurement advisory services to the Governments of Albania, Macedonia, and Bulgaria for the procurement of equipment and related services for high priority transportation projects specifically in the road and rail sectors. There are currently no funds available for this procurement; TDA is publicizing this procurement opportunity in anticipation of the transfer of funds in February/March 1996. TDA will award this contract when funds become available. The objective of the proposed procurement is to engage a U.S. firm as Regional Procurement Adviser to assist the three governments in the development of their transportation infrastructure with a specific focus on road and rail projects. The infrastructure development will include engineering equipment specification, procurement of equipment, technical assistance, and training services under an anticipated USG funding package in an amount not to exceed $7 million for the first year. The Regional Procurement Adviser selected will assist the three governments through technical advice and training to assure an adequate organizational structure necessary to implement the specific procurements in question. The Regional Procurement Adviser will also prepare the specifications to ensure that all the equipment and services to be procured under the USG assistance package will be compatible with and easily integrated into present systems and installations in the three countries. Finally, the Regional Procurement Adviser will, as required by the government purchasers, assist in the solicitation of U.S. suppliers, the evaluation of offers, and the monitoring of the delivery and installation of the equipment. Contractor selection will be based on: 1. Experience in developing procurement packages 2. Experience in developing documents for the procurement of equipment and related services 3. Engineering cost estimating experience 4. Experience in road, rail, management and operations overseas 5. Experience in working with multilateral lending institutions and general principles and procedures of competitive bidding. This procurement shall be a full and open competition, under which any type organization (including for-profit firms, educational institutions, and non-profit organizations) is eligible to compete. All participating organizations involved with supplying professional services must be of United States nationality. The competitive proposal method of solicitation, as set forth in Part 15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) (48 CFR Chapter 1), shall be utilized for this procurement. TDA reserves the right to contract with the selected firm for subsequent work related to the project. The solicitation in no way obligates TDA to award a contract nor does it commit TDA to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of the proposal. Any explanation desired by an offeror regarding the meaning or interpretation of this solicitation must be requested in writing and with sufficient time allowed for reply to reach the offerors before submission of their offers, and all oral explanations or instructions, given before the award of this contract will not be binding. Any written information given to a prospective offeror concerning the solicitation will be furnished promptly to all prospective offerors as an amendment of the solicitation, if such information is necessary to offerors submitting proposals or if lack of such information would be prejudicial to uninformed offerors. The RFP will be issued on/or about fifteen (15) days after the publication date of the announcement. Closing date for proposals will be thirty (30) days thereafter. Only written request for the RFP will be honored. Those interested in receiving the South Balkan Procurement Advisory RFP should send a letter or fax requesting it by that name from TDA, Room 309, SA-16, Washington, D.C. 20523-1602. FAX - 703-875-4009. Telephonic requests, other than fax will not be acceptable. (0052)

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