Regional Contracting Office, USAID/Mozambique, Washington, D.C. 20521-2330

X -- MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING IN THE FIELDS OF TRAINING SERVICES, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF SMALL GRANTS SOL RFA 97-002 DUE 123196 POC Contact: Gail Warshaw at Tel. No. (258-1) 491689. The United States Agency for International Development Mission in Mozambique (USAID/Mozambique), under the PVO II Support Project No. 656-0229, invites applications from qualified USAID-Registered Private and Voluntary Organizations (PVOs), with documented experience and demonstrated competence in management services for institutional strengthening in the fields of training services, and the administration of small grants to national non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and community-based organizations (CBOs). For purposes of this RFA, PVO is meant to refer to U.S. PVOs (Private Voluntary Organizations) which are generally eligible for USAID direct grants. NGO usually refers to a broader category of all nongovernment organizations in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world, but in this context, it refers, except as otherwise specified, to Mozambique-based groups which are incorporated, or are in the process of incorporating themselves, under the provisions of the Government of Mozambique's (GRM's) laws of association. The purpose of the PVO II Support Project is to undertake activities that lead to achievement of two of the Missions Strategic Objectives of the Country Strategic Plan -- increased rural household income, and increased use of essential maternal and child health services -- and contribute to a stronger civil society, within geographic focus areas of Mozambique. In order to provide the requisite inputs to achieve one of the Project s objectives, which is strengthened Mozambican nongovernment institutions involved in participatory rural development activities, the PVO II Support Project will be assisted in this important task by an institution building grantee with specific responsibilities for working with Mozambican nongovernment organizations of many kinds in a four-year program of, inter alia, capacity building, training, technical assistance pilot grants, and in-the-field monitoring which will lead to an increasingly enhanced role of Mozambicans in managing development assistance. The PVO will be responsible for: (1) the identification of Mozambican nongovernment organizations, (2) the assessment of the feasibility of providing assistance, (3) the preparation of an announcement for, and receipt and evaluation of, training and activity proposals made by those organizations, (4) design and conduct of the administration of the assistance, (5) specific training arrangements, and (6) monitoring and reporting on the technical, organizational and financial aspects of all assistance offered. A Request for Applications (RFA) will be issued no earlier than 15 days from the date of publication of this notice. The deadline for receipt of applications will be approximately 60 days after the date of RFA issuance. All responsible sources may submit an application which will be considered by USAID/Mozambique. The solicitation for this requirement is expected to result in the award of a cooperative agreement. The preferred method of distribution of USAID procurement information is via the Internet or by request of a solicitation on a 3.5'' floppy disk (WordPerfect 5.1/5.2 format). This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Gopher. The RFA, 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. From there, choose the heading USAID PROCUREMENTS and the DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE USAID PROCUREMENTS and then DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE USAID SOLICITATIONS. The RFA can also 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 RFA: pub/OP/RFA/97002/97002.rfa. Receipt of this RFA 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 INTERNET in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. Interested offerors may also request a copy of the RFA by submitting a written request along with three (3) self-addressed, self- sticking mailing labels or by Fax No. 258-1- 492181 or 258-1-492098. Telephone requests will not be honored and Walk-In requests only if accompanied by a written request. (0305)

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