Office of Regional Procurement, U.S. Agency for International Development, 1680 Roxas Blvd., Malate 1004, Manila, Philippines

R -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN ACHIEVING A SUSTAINABLE INCREASE IN AVERAGE FARM HOUSEHOLD INCOMES IN NORTHWEST CAMBODIA SOL 492-97-010 DUE 071097 POC Contact Point: Mr. Evaristo Varela or Mr. Michael Nicholas. Phones 63-2-5224411, fax 63-2-5224337 (Manila). Electronic mail: evarela@usaid.gov or mnicholas@usaid.gov. By U.S. Mail: USAID/Manila, FPO, AP 96515. The USAID Mission to Cambodia is implementing its Regional Economic Growth Program for Cambodia. The overall strategic objective of the program is aimed at achieving a significant boost in farm incomes and production throughout three provinces in Cambodia. The Mission seeks a U.S. technical assistance contractor to achieve intermediate results which will lead to achievement of the overall Program Objective. The contractor shall be responsible for the following intermediate results areas: 1) environmentally sound water management practices, 2) improved access to and utilization of appropriate agricultural inputs and technology, 3) agricultural and environmental policies which are essential for sustaining production increases. The Contract will also be reaponsible for overall coordination of all five program intermediate results, including the two remaining intermediate results areas, roads improvement and microfinance (implemented outside the contract solicitedhere). USAID anticipates awarding a cost reimbursement contract for an initial five year period with a possible future sixth noncompetitive add-on. The USAID funding available for the initial five year period is a maximum of $7.7 million, with performance commencing about October 1, 1997. The Request for Proposals (RFP) is expected to be issued in late April 1997. The preferred method of distribution of USAID procurement information is via the Internet or by written 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 Website. The RFP, 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 Solicitations." The RFP can also be downloaded via Anonymouse 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/49297010/49297010.rfp. Receipt of this RFP through INTERNET must be confirmed in written notification to the contact person noted above. It is the responsibility of the reciepient 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. (0091)

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