United States Agency for International Development, AmEmbassy Santo Domingo, Unit 5541, APO AA 34041

U -- RFA FOR A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR IMPLEMENTING HIV/AIDS/STD COMPONENT OF USAID/SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE FOR HEALTH SOL RFA-517-97-001 POC Until March 03/21/97, Martin F. Napper, Grant/Agreement Officer. After 03/21/97, Jeff Bell, Grant/Agreement Officer. Phone: 809-221- 1100; Fax: 809-221-0444. The U.S. Agency for International Development in the Dominican Republic seeks an organization to implement the HIV/AIDS/STD component of the Mission's strategic objective in Health. The proposed cooperative agreement assistance mechanism will cover the period July 1997 through September 2002, with a possible extension up to an additional 2 years without further competition. It is anticipated that funding for this cooperative agreement may be about $9 million over the five year period, subject to the future availability of funds. The recipient is expected to provide for the following: Management of a five year sub-grant program to Dominican NGOs and other community groups; assistance for institution building and strengthening of NGOs with a focus on sustainability; technical assistance and training to NGOs and the National AIDS Program; serve as a catalyst for agencies and NGOs involved in HIV/AIDS/STD activities; and serve as a advocacy leader in mobilizing all sectors of the Dominican society in the fight against HIV/AIDS. It is anticipated that the RFA will be available after March 7, 1997. The preferred method of distribution of USAID assistance information is via the Internet or by request of a Request for Applications on a 3.5" floppy disk (Wordperfect 5.1/5/2 format). This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Web Site. The RFA, once issued, can be downloaded from the Agency Web Site. The Worldwide Web address is http://www.info.usaid.gov. Select Business and Procurement Opportunities from the home page, then "USAID Procurements." On the following screen, select "Download Available USAID Applications". The RFA can also be downloaded via Anonymous File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The FTP address is FTP.INFO.USAID.GOV. Logon using the user transfer identification "anonymous" and the password is your e-mail address. Look under the following directory for the RFA: pub/OP/RFA/51797001/51797001.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 request for applications document to ensure that is has been received from the internet is its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. (0063)

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