Talaat Rahman, USTDA, Room 309, SA-16, Washington, D.C. 20523-1602, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax No: (703) 875-4009

B -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ADVISORY POC Talaat Rahman, USTDA, Room 309, SA-16, Washington, D.C. 20523-1602, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax No.: (703) 875-4009 The United States Trade and Development Agency (TDA) is seeking expressions of interest from U.S. management consultants, or consulting engineering companies to help TDA evaluate a request to place a technology/trade advisor overseas. TDA plans to seek detailed proposals from those companies that have responded to this RFI. Companies should detail their interest in performing this assignment, availability and give a general price range to perform such an assignment. Scope of Work suggestions are also welcomed. Expressions of Interest are due January 16, 1997. This contractor will help TDA evaluate the merits of placing advisors in strategic positions overseas in foreign government ministries or agencies responsible for major procurement opportunities. The purpose of such assistance is to help U.S. industry compete for major project opportunities and to provide the foreign entity with expert engineering, technical and trade advice for project planning purposes. This consultancy assignment will involve research on budgets for the placement of long-term (one or two year assignments) technical/ and business development advisors. TDA will competitively select a contractor to evaluate a current request for TDA funding of an advisor in Indonesia, and to prepare a staff guidance manual on budgeting and evaluating requests for advisors. A general scope of services for this contract follows: Prepare minimum contractor qualifications which should be included in any TDA advisory scope of work to ensure we maximize our trade justification. This section will also include guidelines (preparation of model CBD announcement and weighted selection criteria) on how to identify qualified contractors. Prepare budget and salary guidelines for review by TDA staff. Prepare a minimum level of scope of services for an advisor, including reporting requirements of trade/major project opportunities. Assess the funding of industry advisors as an appropriate tool for advancing TDA's program mandate. To accomplish this task, the consultant will be required to consult with several U.S. companies that have offices overseas. Expressions of interest should be faxed to TDA at (703) 875-4009 by January 16, 1997 with a hard copy following. In performing this assignment, the contractor also will have to consult with such organizations as Commerce (FCS), State, AID and World Bank and provide a pertinent summary description of their policies on the placement of contractors overseas. The deliverable for this assignment will be a recommendation on whether or not TDA should fund an advisory position in the Ministry for the Assessment of Science and Technology (BPPT) and a TDA handbook covering all aspects of TDA funding of advisors and their placement in the field. (0365)

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