USAID/Philippines FPO AP 96515 or USAID/Philippines, 1680 Roxas Blvd., Manila, Philippines 1000

R -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE MITIGATION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM THE PHILIPPINES SOL USAID/PHILIPPINES-97-323 DUE 050597 POC Contact person, Ma. Rosario M. Arenas, Acquisition Specialist (marena@usaid.gov). Contact person, Ma. Rosario M. Arenas, Acquisition Specialist (marenas@usaid.gov) (Mary Reynolds is the Contracting Officer) USAID/Philippines Tel. No. (0632) 522-44-11 (Ext. 3460) Fax no. (0632) 522-4337. The Contractor shall assist the Government of the Philippines (GOP) implement the recently signed Strategic Objective Agreement (SOAG) for the Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) in the Philippines. This will involve: (i) providing technical and training assistance to several government agencies involved in energy planning, policy development, regulation and program implementation, (ii) providing technical and training assistance to private utilities (including electric cooperatives) involved in developing cleaner fuel generation facilities or improving the efficiency of existing generation, transmission and distribution systems, and (iii) providing technical and training assistance to industrial and commercial sectors in more efficient energy use. Specific approaches for technical assistance must demonstrate proficiency, experience, and flexibility to adapt to this changing policy, legal and regulatory environments, the concurrent privatization and unbundling of National Power Corporation (NPC) and a growing competitive and dynamic investment climate. Technical assistance will need to focus on assisting partner organizations to address policy, legal and regulatory constraints, test and review innovative energy approaches, and help replicate successful measures. The contractor will be expected to provide assistance in the following three main areas: (1) promoting clean-fueled power generation systems, (2) promoting energy efficiency, and, (3) improving power sector policies, planning and environmental compliance. USAID contemplates awarding a cost-reimbursement, level-of-effort type of contract. The estimated level of effort is: long-term-148 person months, short-term-147 person months. The contract is expected to be completed within a period of 3 years. Detailed information about this solicitation is contained in the RFP documents which will be available on or about March 17, 1997. To obtain the RFP, send your written request to the Office of Regional Procurement, USAID/philippines, FPO AP 96515, or Office of Regional Procurement, USAID/Philippines, RMC Building, 1680 Roxas Boulevard, Manila, Philippines 1000. Our telephone and fax numbers are (632) 5224411 (ext. 3403) And (632) 522-4337, respectively. The estimated deadline for submission of proposal is May 5, 1997. 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 web site. The Worldwide Web address is http://www.info.usaid.gov. Select business and procurement opportunities from the home page, then quote USAID procurement unquote. The RFP 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 quote anonymous unquote and the password is your e-mail address. Look under the following directory for the RFP: pub/OP/RFP/4929709/4929709.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 internet in its entirety and usaid bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. (0070)

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