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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 8,1996 PSA#1568Della Glenn, USTDA, Room 309, SA-16, Washington, D.C. 20523-1602, Tel:
(703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009 D -- AUDIT OF TWO FEASIBILITY STUDIES IN THE NEW INDEPENDENT STATES
(NIS) POC Della Glenn, USTDA, Room 309, SA-16, Washington, D.C.
20523-1602, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax No.: (703) 875-4009 The U.S. Trade
and Development Agency (TDA) wishes to announce a Competitive Total
Set-Aside for a Small Business to provide auditing services on activity
for the NIS region. The contractor shall provide services sufficient to
determine whether in conducting two projects in the NIS, the
feasibility study contractors accomplished the project purposes and
used TDA grant funds for allowable costs. The contractor shall assess
the internal TDA procedures for reviewing and approving the grants and
will offer any suggestions for strengthening them. The projects to be
assessed relate to the feasibility of an airport and an oil refinery;
two different NIS countries are involved. TDA, located in the
Washington, D.C. area, is a commercially-oriented U.S. Government
export promotion agency that helps U.S. companies pursue overseas
business opportunities. Through the funding of feasibility studies,
orientation visits, business briefings, training grants, and various
forms of technical assistance, TDA enables American businesses to
become involved in the planning stage of infrastructure and industrial
projects in middle-income and developing countries. The Small Business
Act, at 15 U.S.C. 644, authorizes procuring agencies to set aside
procurements or portions of procurements for the exclusive
participation of Small Business Concerns. The Sic Code for this
procurement is 8721 - Services, N.E.C. Definition: ''Small business
concerns'' for purposes of TDA award of this total set aside contract
means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned
and operated, and is not dominant in the field of operation for which
it is bidding. In determining whether dominance exists for TDA's
purpose for this contract, consideration is given to annual gross
receipts. Any concern that has annual gross receipts above $5 million,
averaged over a three year period, is not considered small and is
therefore, NOT eligible for award under this contract. All
participating organizations involved with supplying professional
services must be incorporated or chartered in the United States.
Consultants planning teaming arrangements must be U.S. citizens or
resident aliens. In accordance with FAR 19.301, offerors will be
required to submit self certification relating to business size. The
competitive proposals 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. This 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 a 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. All oral explanations or instruction given
before award of this contract will not be binding. Any 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 Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued
on/about (15) fifteen days after the publication date of this synopsis.
Closing date will be thirty (30) days thereafter. Only written requests
for the RFP that indicate the business size will be honored. In
addition, RFPs will be sent only to those companies who certify in
writing that information on TDA projects received as part of the RFP
will be kept confidential and will be used for the sole purpose of
writing a response to this solicitation. U.S. eligible small businesses
interested in receiving the RFP should send a fax requesting it to
Della Glenn at (703)875-4009 or a letter by U.S. mail to Ms. Glenn at
U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA), Contracts Unit, Room 309,
SA-16, Washington, D.C. 20523-1602. Delivery by any other means must be
addressed to Ms. Glenn at 1621 N. Kent Street, Room 309, Rosslyn, VA
22209. (0095) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0026 19960405\D-0001.SOL)
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