Sharon L. Zavestoski, Contracting Officer, USAID, M/OP/ENI/EPE, Room 1402, SA-14, Washington, D.C. 20523-1415, Attn: Richard Mann

91 -- DELIVERY OF NATURAL GAS TO ARMENIA SOL EPE-96-01 DUE 051696 POC Contract Specialist, Richard Mann, 703/812-0026. NSN 9830-01-318-5797, Firm (not interruptible) Delivery of Natural Gas to Armenia at the Armenia-Georgia Border, estimated quantity 195 million cubic meters (mcm's), volume and quantity measured and monitored at the ''Red Bridge'' (Krasni Most) commercial border station. Delivery shall be at a rate of 3.15 mcm's/day, w/ allowable variance of 150,000 cubic meters/day. Delivery shall commence on July 15,1996 and end on/about September 16, 1996. Subcontracting with small business concerns and socially and economically disadvantaged entities: USAID encourages the participation to the maximum extent possible of U.S. entities that are small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns, including women-owned concerns, historically Black colleges and universities, colleges and universities whose student body is more than 40% Hispanic American, and private voluntary organizations controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, including women in accordance with Part 19 of the FAR and Part 726 of the AIDAR. It is anticipated that the prime contractor will make maximum practicable use of such entities, subcontracting plans should be included in proposals submitted. When calling, be prepared to state name, address, and solicitation number. RFP's will be primarily issued on 3.25'' floppy discs. A very limted number of hard copies will be available. All requests for RFP No. EPE-96-01 must be made in writing addressed to: Agency for International Development, M/OP/ENI/EPE, Room 1402, SA-14, Washington, D.C. 20523-1415, Attn: Richard Mann. All requests must include four self-addressed mailing labels. The RFP will be mailed via U.S. Postal Service approximately April 16, 1995. Limited copies of the RFP shall be made available for pick up/walk-in no earlier than 3 days after the issuance date. Requests for receipt of the RFP via courier will not be honored. Only one request for the RFP per organization will be honored. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Gopher. The RFP 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 CBD notice and the RFP text can be downloaded via Anonymous File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The FTP address is FTP.INFO.USAID.GOV. Look under the following directory for the RFP: pub/OP/RFP/EPE601/epe601.rfp. Receipt of this RFP through internet must be confirmed by written (fax or mail) notification to the contact person noted above. This RFP is anticipated to be issued not less than 15 days after this notice. 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. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. See Note 12. (0088)

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