U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID/South Africa, Pretoria, Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20521-9300

R -- DEMOCRACY/GOVERNANCE GRANTS MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SOL RFP 674-97-P-006 POC Contact Point: Virginia Speidel, USAID/South Africa, Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20521-9300; Tel: (27)(12) 323-8869, Ext. 449; Fax: (27)(12) 323-6443. Sancardia Center, 9th Floor, Beatrix & Church Streets, Arcadia, Pretoria 0007, South Africa (P.O. Box 55380, Pretoria South Africa); e-mail address: vspeidel@usaid.gov/Contracting Officer, John P. McAvoy. USAID/South Africa plans to solicit offers from qualified U.S. and South African firms for a grants management/technical assistance contract for its Democracy/ Governance (D/G) Strategic Objective Team. Services will be required for an initial period of five years with two one-year options. USAID intends to award a cost plus fixed fee (CPFF) type of contract as described in Section 16.306 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). The Contractor will be required to provide: (1) grants management support for new and existing grants in democracy and governance sectors such as conflict resolution, public policy participation, partnerships for development, public management, access to justice, and civic education and protection, (2) long and short-term technical assistance to grantees in such areas as financial management, economic and institutional sustainability, systematic collection and reporting on indicators, vouchering and financial management, project records management, and other performance monitoring related activities, (3) logistical support for workshops, meetings, conferences, international exchanges from the U.S. and third countries, and consultations, (4) feasibility study and guidance on developing endowment/trust/foundation mechanisms that may be funded by USAID in selected D/G areas, and (5) sectoral assessments and environmental impact studies on an as needed basis. The estimated date for issue of the RFP is May 2, 1997. USAID encourages the participation to the maximum extent possible of Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, and Women-owned concerns in this activity as prime or subcontractors in accordance with Part 19 of the FAR. In this respect, it is anticipated that the prime contractor(s) will make every reasonable effort to identify and make maximum practicable use of such concerns. To help identify potential subcontractors, a list of all organizations requesting a copy of the solicitation will be included with each solicitation issued. By providing the list, USAID does not endorse the listed organizations as being capable of carrying out the activity, nor does AID verify the claimed status of the organizations. Necessarily, the list will contain the names of only those organizations known prior to the issuance of the solicitation. 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 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 alsobe 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/67497P006/67497p006.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. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. (0094)

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