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R -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SOL OP/A/HRN/96-004 POC Contact Point, Theressa D. Pollitt, tpollitt@USAID.gov, 703/875/1082. USAID is issuing a draft request for assistance (RFA) requesting comment on technical services to improve breastfeeding and related family planning, complementary feeding and maternal dietary practices in the developing world. Comments should be submitted by COB 4-15-96. A five year cooperative agreement is anticipated. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the AGENCY GOPHER. The draft RFA 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. From there, choose the heading USAID PROCUREMENTS and then DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE USAID SOLICITATIONS. The draft RFA can also 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. Look under the following directory for the draft RFA: pub/OP/RFP/HRN6004/hrn6004.rfa. Receipt of this draft RFA through INTERNET must be confirmed by written notification to the contact person noted above. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this draft RFA 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 publication of this notice and/or the issuance of an RFA do not obligate the U.S. Government to award a cooperative agreement. (0088)

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