U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID/Egypt, Directorate of Procurement, (D/PROC), Unit 64902, APO AE 09839-4902

23 -- COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS BUSES SOL RFP NO. 263-97-P-058 POC Contact Point: Mr. Stephen A. Klaus, Contracting Officer, USAID/Egypt, Tel: 011-20-2-357-3257/58, Fax: 011-20-2-356-2932, E- mail address: sklaus@usaid.gov. The United States Agency for International Development Mission to Egypt requests proposals from U.S. firms for Three Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Buses to be delivered on a C.I.F. basis Alexandria Port, Egypt for the Cairo Air Improvement Project (CAIP), USAID Project No. 263-0250. One bus will be a full-size CNG demonstration/classroom bus. The other two required buses will be CNG demonstration shuttle buses with twenty four seats. Offerors must ensure that manufacturers of the offered buses have representation for warranty service and supply of spare parts in the Arab Republic of Egypt. U.S. firms interested in submitting offers for this solicitation may request a copy of the Request for Proposals (RFP) No. 263-97-P-058 by submitting a written request. Requests for the RFP should be sent to Stephen Klaus, Contracting Officer, USAID/Egypt, Unit 64902, APO AE 09839-4902. Courier service requests should be sent to Stephen Klaus, Contracting Officer, U.S. Agency for International Development, 106 Kasr ElAini Street, Cairo Center Building, 6th Floor, Cairo, Egypt. Walk-in requestors must provide a written request for the RFP. Fax requests will be accepted. Telephone requests will not be considered. The RFP will be issued on or after fifteen days from the date of publication of this notice. The deadline for receipt of proposals will be 45 days after the date of the issuance of the RFP. "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://ww.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 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/26397058/26397058.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 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." The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) encourages the participation to the maximum extent possible of small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns and women-owned small business concerns in this activity as prime contractors or subcontractors in accordance with Part 19 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. In this respect, it is anticipated that the prime contractor will make every reasonable effort to identify and make maximum practicable use of such concerns. All other evaluation criteria being found equal, the participation of such concerns may become a determining factor for selection. (0161)

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