Allen Eisenberg, Regional Contracting Officer, USAID/Ecuador, Unit 5330, APO AA 34039

R -- PRIVATE SECTOR COORDINATING INSTITUTION UNDER THE SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES PROJECT SOL 527-96-P-012 (PERU) DUE 080296 POC Contact Cecilia Yanez, Acquisition Specialist. Contact Cecilia Yanez, Acquisition Specialist, USAID/Peru, International Phone 51-14/333-200 Ext. 746, Lima, Peru or Allen Eisenberg, Regional Contracting Officer, USAID/Ecuador, International Phone 593-2/521-100 Ext. 211 or Fax No. 593-2/500-502, Quito, Ecuador. The Agency for International Development in Lima, Peru, is seeking proposals to procure the services of a Private Sector Coordinating Institution (PSCI) under the Sustainable Environmental and Natural Resources Management Project (SEMREM). USAID/Peru intends to award a fifty-four month performance based contract in an amount not to exceed $5,300,000. However, approximately $4,000,000 of the contract amount is for the purpose of making grants to local institutions for the implementation of some Project elements, including 12 to 14 pilot demonstration projects. The Private Sector Coordinating Institution contractor responsibilities will be to: (i) directly implement, coordinate and oversee implementation by grantees of the Private Sector Advocacy Componentof SEMREM, (ii) coordinate and oversee implementation by grantees of 12 to 14 new pilot demonstration projects, (iii) implement a management information system to track results of elements under the Private Sector Advocacy project component (Component B) and pilot projects under the Demonstration Projects project component (Component C), and (iv) coordinate of Components B. and C. activities with the USAID/Peru Project Management Unit (PMU), the Consejo Nacional del Ambiente (CONAM), and the Technical Assistance Provider (TAP). U.S. organizations must bear in mind when preparing their proposals that Peruvian organizations will be permitted to participate in the competition for this contract. Issuance date of the RFP will be at least fifteen (15) days after publication of this synopsis. Proposals from prospective contractors will be due forty-five (45) days after the issuance date. 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/5279612/5279612.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 application 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. (0143)

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