U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID/Egypt, Directorate of Procurement (D/PROC), Unit 64902, APO AE 09839-4902

R -- MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE CAIRO AIR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (CAIP) SOL RFP 263-95-P-074 POC Contact Point: Mr. Phillip S. Tresch, Contracting Officer, USAID/Egypt, Tel. No. 011-20-2-357-3257 or 357-3963, Telefax No. 011- 20-2-356-2932 or 357-3375. Correction: This action which was originally announced in the CBD dated October 3, 1995 stated that the USAID/Egypt Request for Proposals (RFP) Number RFP-263-95-P-074 and supporting materials for the Cairo Air Improvement Project (CAIP) would be available on or about November 20, 1995, however, in the CBD dated December 11, 1995 there was a correction which (A) cancelled the October 3, 1995 announcement and (B) stated that a new CBD Notice would be issued with the revised RFP Issuance Date. The purpose of this CBD Notice is to provide current information on the above solicitation. Anyone who previously submitted a request for the RFP remains on the Offerors List (i.e. the Solicitation Mailing List), and will receive a copy of the RFP by mail (i.e. this is in addition to the RFP plus supplementary background documents which will be available electronically through 1 file on the USAID Gopher on Internet). The new RFP Issuance Date will be ''on or after'' April 8, 1996, and about 28 days later (tentatively May 6 and 7), there will be a 2-day Pre-proposal Conference in Cairo, Egypt. The RFP's Due Date for technical and cost proposals to be received at USAID/Egypt is approximately 63 days following the Issuance Date (tentatively June 10, 1996, see RFP for verification of dates). The Pre-proposal Conference in Cairo will provide information from USAID/Egypt, Government of Egypt (GOE) and other donors, therefore, potential offerors are requested not to call or visit either USAID/Egypt or GOE offices in relation to the CAIP RFP prior to the Pre-proposal Conference. All potential offerors that wish to submit a proposal (A) should notify USAID/Egypt in writing of their intent to submit a proposal (tentatively by April 25) and (B) are strongly encouraged to attend the 2-day Pre-proposal Conference. A Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) ''Completion'' contract is envisioned, which shall include the fixed fee being paid upon accomplishing ''performance based'' project milestones, as proposed by the offeror and later negotiated and incorporated into the USAID contract award. The CAIP initial contract award will be for 5 years, with an option period of 2 years. The total US dollar cost for 5 years of performance of the work required under the performance-based CPFF Completion contract is estimated not to exceed US$ 50 million. The 2-year option period will be conditional upon availability of funds and USAID approvals, but the intent of USAID/Egypt is that if the option is exercised that the same contractor for the 5-year award will perform the 2-year option. The USAID/Egypt Geographic Code for the CAIP award is ''000'' (USA), however, the RFP may identify some local (''263'' Egypt) acquisition of technical assistance and commodities that are pre-approved by a waiver from USAID/Egypt. The CAIP will consist of 6 strategic objectives/project components (SOs), which include: SO 1 ''VET'' (to improve fuel efficiency and emissions of gasoline motor vehicles by instituting a vehicle emissions testing, tune-up and certification program), SO 2 ''CNG'' (to reduce the total suspended particulate emissions from diesel engines, by expanding the use of Compressed Natural Gas by buses), SO 3 ''Lead'' (to reduce the concentration of airborne lead and related particulate emissions), SO 4 ''Air Monitoring'' (to institute a system that will measure the emissions from individual sources to determine the impact of CAIP), SO 5 ''Public Awareness'' (to initiate a public awareness and communications campaign to engender understanding and support for the CAIP interventions), and SO 6 ''CP/NI'' (to research and implement Commodity Procurement and New Initiatives for CAIP activities). Due to the specialized nature of project activities, such as SO 1 ''VET'', SO 2 ''CNG'' and SO 3 ''Lead'', it is assumed that this work will likely be accomplished by specialized subcontractors. Recognizing the limited number of qualified firms in some of these areas, USAID/Egypt assumes that some specialized subcontractors may appear in proposals from two or more offerors. Offerors should propose teams/offices that are capable of accomplishing all 6 SOs in their initial proposal. The RFP will provide additional subcontracting details, as well as any ''plug figures'' to be used for cost estimating purposes. ''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/2635P074/2635P074.rfp. 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 the INTERNET in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. (0081)

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