USAID/Haiti, 17 Boulevard Harry Truman, Port au Prince, Haiti, Clement J. Bucher, CO

R -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND MODERNIZATION SOL RFP HAITI 521-97-001 POC Clement J. Bucher, Contracting Officer, Tel (509) 22-5500, Fax (509) 23-9603 Port au Prince, Haiti. USAID/Haiti is contemplating issuing a two-year contract to obtain the services of a firm/institution to provide support to the Presidential Commission on Economic Growth and Modernization. A. On December 1, 1994, the Government of Haiti established the Presidential Commission for Economic Growth and Modernization and charged it with the following actions: 1. Analyze the economic policies planned by the government and make relevant proposals for action, 2. Analyze the operation of past private/public sector commissions such as the private/public sector commission for the promotion of investments, the private/public sector consulting commission on textiles and the national commission for exports, 3. Present to the government all pertinent recommendations to correct the dysfunction of all past public/private sector commissions and to promote investments and exports, 4. Work in cooperation with the tripartite consultation committee and coordinate appropriate action recommendations, 5. Assist the government in implementing the economic and social recovery strategy presented at the paris consultative group meeting. 6. Formulate legal and regulatory policies and preparatory legislation to modernize the economic and financial structures of the country to improve the investment climate. B. The objective of this contract is to provide support to the presidential commission in the implementation of its agenda by providing continuing technical and administrative oversight activities, studies and analyses undertaken by the Presidential Commission in accomplishing its mandate. C. In order to accomplish the purpose of this contract, the contractor will manage the operational aspects of the commission's work agenda. This includes work assignments to be undertaken directly by the firm in areas in which it has proven capability, as well as responsibility for contracting with external sources, both Haitian and International for those tasks for which external resources are needed. Responsibilities of the contractor include the identification, contracting, direction and supervision of national and international consultants, ensuring that tasks are completed on time and in accordance with the scope of work, and providing technical assistance to the private sector to develop initiatives which arise out of the normal activities of the Presidential Commission. The contractor will also assist the Presidential Commission in representing Haiti at various international fora, such as the annual CLAA conference and other international meetings, and in conveying its activities to the public at large as well as figures in Government and Parliament. Findings and recommendations of consultants' reports will be reviewed with the commission's executive director and appropriate commissioners. D. During the period of this contract, the contractor will be expected to provide 60 person-months of Haitian experts, 40 person-months of international experts and 50 person-months of home office administrative support. E. Method of operation the executive director of the presidential commission will consult regularly with the contractor about various aspects of the commission's agenda. The executive director and the contractor will agree on a specific scope of work for the required intervention and a level of effort to be expended by the contractor. The contractor will then propose specific haitian and/or international consultants for each task for approval by the executive director. F. 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 gopher. The RFP, once issued, can be downloaded from the agency gopher. The gopher address is gopher.Info.Usaid.Gov. Select USAID procurement and business opportunities from the gopher menu. >From there, choose the heading USSID procurement and then download available USAID solicitations. The RFP can also be downloaded via anonymous File TransferProtocol (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 RFP: pub/OP/RFP/52197001/52197001.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. 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. Usaid/haiti anticipates issuing the solicitation for this procurement on/or shortly after July 7, 1997. Copies may be obtained only by written request to the Contracting Officer, USAID/Haiti (fax 509-23-9603). Request should include complete mailing address, phone and fax numbers. (0178)

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