US Agency for Internatinal Development, USAID/Egypt, Directorate of Procurement (D/PROC) 6th Floor, Unit 64902 APO AE 09839-4902

R -- PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT THE REFORM ACTIVITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT, AND PROVIDE RELATED MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES SOL RFP NO. 263-96-P-044 POC Contact Point: Anne L. Terio, Contracting Officer, USAID/Egypt, Tel: 011-20-2-357-3257, Fax: 011-20-2-356-2932. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), acting through the USAID Mission to Egypt (USAID/Egypt), is seeking proposals from qualified U.S. firms/joint ventures for a two-year Requirements Contract, with options for four additional years. Each extension maybe exercised in two year periods, not to exceed six years in total contract performance. This Request for Proposals (RFP) will be a requirements contract (FAR 16.503), using task orders to order services. The objective of this proposed activity is: 1) to provide technical assistance services to support the reform activities of the Government of Egypt (GOE) aimed at improving the economic policy framework, and 2) to assist the Economic Analysis and Policy (EAP) Directorate of USAID in supporting GOE reforms. Under this activity, the contractor shall provide personnel to: (A) assist the GOE in improving the economic policy framework through providing technical assistance, (B) assist EAP to support the GOE reform efforts, (C) assist EAP in coordinating selected existing or future activities being carried out by other contractors in support of GOE reform efforts, (D) define and track movement toward an improved economic policy framework, economic growth and sustainable development, including building and maintaining relevant data bases, (E) carry out studies and analyses to help plan, support and monitor activities aimed at improving the framework, (F) assist, plan and execute in-country training activities, including seminars and workshops as may be needed, desired and not being done by others, collaborate with the Development Training II (DTII) contractor in the training planning and selection/recruitment plans of participant (US and third country) training, (G) provide technical assistance to analyze the USAID pipeline and recommend how it could be reduced, and (H) assist Subcommittee One of the Partnership for Economic Growth and Development to speed economic reform.The Contractor's personnel staff will have experience and education to support the required deliverables. Prospective offerors may request RFP-263- 96-P-044, ''Provide Technical Assistance to Support the Reform Activities of the Government of Egypt, and Provide Related Management Activities'', in writing, from: Anne L. Terio, Contracting Officer, USAID/Cairo, Unit 64902, APO AE 09839-4902. Courier Service requests should be sent to: Anne L. Terio, Contracting Officer, U.S. Agency for International Development, 106 Kasr El Aini Street, Cairo Center Bldg., 6th Floor, Cairo, Egypt. Telephone requests will not be honored. The proposed contract listed here will be awarded under full and open competition. Issuance date of the RFP will be around the beginning of November. Closing date for receiving proposals will be forty-five (45) days thereafter. When writing, calling or faxing, be prepared to state name, address, and solicitation number. All Responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. If a joint venture seeks proposal, information must be supplied with respect to all firms in the joint venture. ''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/26396044/26396044.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.'' (0235)

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