Mr. Renato G. Tababa, Chief, Ops Div, BOT/BOO Implementing Officer, Land Transportation Office, Dept of Transportation and Communications, East Avenue, Quezon City, Manila, Philippines. Tel (632) 924-6763 Fax (632) 921-7541.

L -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANCY FOR THE LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE, PHILIPPINES POC POC Carol Stillwell, USTDA, Room 309, SA-16, Washington, D.C. 20523-1602, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009 Information Technology Consultancy for the Land Transportation Office. The Grantee invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the "Proposal") from interested U.S. firms which are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to perform the consultancy for the proposed implementation of an electronic infrastructure technology solution which would serve to modernize its management and operation systems. The objectives of the project will be to enhance public service through the generation of a much faster on-line transaction processing of applications for drivers licenses, registration, and revenue collection. This will also reduce the criminal activities such as carnapping, falsification of official documents and forms by providing real-time flow of information among its 230 regional offices. This network would also serve as a resource for other government agencies. The Terms of Reference include but is not limited to the following five tasks: 1. Assist reviewing vendor responses to the RFI; Utilize information from the review process to revise the LTO information technology RFP as needed; 2. Assist developing the short-list for the RFP; Work with the LTO to design the RFP evaluation criteria and methodology; 3. Design specifications for sub-component networks; 4. Assist the LTO office with the evaluation of the RFPs; 5. Design specifications and RFP for sub-component test-bed project. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $184,952 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA). A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and a background definitional mission/desk study report are available from TDA, at Room 309, SA-16, Washington, D.C. 20523-1602. Requests for the RFP should be faxed to the IRC, TDA at 703-875-4009. In the fax, please include your firm's name, contact person, address, and telephone number. Some firms have found that RFP materials sent by U.S. mail do not reach them in time for preparation of an adequate response. Firms that want TDA to use an overnight delivery service should include the name of the delivery service and your firm's account number in the request for the RFP. Firms that want to send a courier to TDA to retrieve the RFP should allow one hour after faxing the request to TDA before scheduling a pick-up. Please note that no telephone requests for the RFP will be honored. Please check your internal fax verification receipt. Because of the large number of RFP requests, TDA cannot respond to requests for fax verification. Requests for RFPs received before 4:00 PM will be mailed the same day. Requests received after 4:00 PM will be mailed the following day. Please check with your courier and/or mail room before calling TDA. Only U.S. firms and individuals may bid on this TDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under TDA's nationality requirements as of the due datefor submission of qualifications and proposals and, if selected to carry out the TDA-financed activity, must continue to meet such requirements throughout the duration of the TDA-financed activity. All goods and services to be provided by the selected firm shall have their nationality, source and origin in the U.S. or host country. The U.S. firm may use subcontractors from the host country for up to 20 percent of the TDA grant amount. Details of TDA's nationality requirements and mandatory contract clauses are also included in the RFP. Interested U.S. firms should submit their Proposal in English to the grantee in Manila by May 23, 1997 4:00 PM. Evaluation criteria for the Proposal are included in the RFP. Price will not be a factor in contractor selection, and therefore, cost proposals should NOT be submitted. The Grantee reserves the right to reject any and/or all Proposals. The Grantee also reserves the right to contract with the selected firm for subsequent work related to the project. The Grantee is notbound to pay for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of Proposals. (0111)

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