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

R -- TECHNICAL SERVICES SOL RFP 263-97-P-022 POC Contact Point: Cynthia Judge, Contracting Officer, USAID/Egypt, Tel: 011-20-2-357-3257/58, Fax: 011-20-2-356-2932. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) mission to Egypt invites individual firms or consortia to submit proposals for a cost reimbursement performance-based technical assistance contract. This $20.5m, four year program with potential for a two year option, will implement the mission's strategy for increasing girls' participation in basic education. Offerors will be requested to articulate a comprehensive approach to achieving eight performance outcomes under this strategy, including, most notably: 1) developing the capacity of Egyptian non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) to launch and support a USAID model of community schools, 2) refining this model and launching through the ENGOs approximately 1,000 new classrooms in targeted areas of Egypt, 3) developing a rational management and sustainability plan for these schools, 4) strengthening the relevant institutional capacity of the Ministry of Education to oversee these primary schools, 5) implementing a performance monitoring plan to measure progress towards achieving the girls' education strategy, and 6) pursuing other relevant research and guidance on policy reform. Rapid mobilization will be necessary in order to launch a first set of schools in time for the 1997-98 school year. Services will be performed in Egypt and in the United States. U.S. organizations interested in submitting offers for this solicitation may request a copy of the Request for Proposals (RFP) No. 263-97-P-022 by submitting a written request along with three self-addressed mailing labels. Do not send self-addressed envelopes. Requests for the RFP should be sent to Cynthia Judge, Contracting Officer, USAID/Cairo, Unit 64902, APO AE 09839-4902. Courier Service requests should be sent to: Cynthia Judge, Contracting Officer, U.S. Agency for International Development, 106 Kasr El Aini Street, Cairo Center Bldg., 6th Floor, Cairo, Egypt. Walk-in and mail requestors must provide a written request for the RFP. The RFP will be issued on or after fifteen days from the date of publication of this notice. The deadline for receipt of proposals will be approximately 45 days after the date of the issuance of the RFP. The U.S. Agency for International Development encourages the participation to the maximum extent possible of small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns and women-owned small business concerns in this activity as prime contractors or subcontrators in accordance with Part 19 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. In this respect, it is anticipated that the prime contractor will make every reasonable effort to identify and make maximum practicable use of such concerns. 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 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/26397022/26397022.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. (0009)

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