U.S. Agency for International Development, FAO Branch, Division A, Room 1571, SA-14, 320-21st St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20523-1428

R -- INTERNATIONAL COURIER SERVICES SOL M/OP-97-1171 POC Contact Point: Loretta King, (703) 875-1062, (e-mail: lking@usaid.gov. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) seeks a contractor to provide international courier services. The contractor will pick up and transmit time sensitive materials to countries all over the world especially in Africa, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. The materials will consist of envelopes and/or boxes of documents weighing between one and 150 pounds. The materials will be picked up by the contractor from the USAID mailroom, located in the Ronald Reagan International Trade Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. It is estimated that an IFB will be issued on or about July 7, 1997 with a closing date of August 7, 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 IFB, 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 IFB 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 "anonymous" and the password is your e-mail address. Look under the following directory for the IFB: pub/OP/IFB/MOP971171/mop971171.ifb. Receipt of this IFB 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. Bidders requesting hard copies should supply three self-addressed mailing labels for the solicitation and any amendments that may be issued. The SIC Code is 4513 and the small business size standard is 1,500 employees. The fax number is (703) 875-1107. Telephone requests will not be honored. The proposed contract is 100% set aside for small business concerns. (0163)

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