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R -- TECHNICAL AND ADVISORY SERVICES, TRAINING AND RESEARCH IN THE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT SECTOR SOL M/OP-97-364 DUE 080897 POC Contact Point: Joseph Schmidt, Tel: 703/875-1139, Fax: 703/875- 1519, Contracting Officer, Ronald Stanley, 703/875-1038. U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contemplates award of three (3) Task Order-based, Indefinite Quantity Contracts (IQC) to acquire quick-response, often iterative, short- (up to six months), medium- (up to one year), and long-term (up to two years) advisory services and technical assistance. This assistance is required in four functional areas: 1) Energy Sector Policy and Planning, 2) Energy Efficiency, 3) Renewable Energy and 4) Energy and Environment Technology Transfer aimed at assisting USAID missions, Regional Bureau's and G/ENV offices in the design and implementation of their environmental programs. It is the intent of the U.S. Government to award at least three IQC contracts as a result of this RFP, of which one award will be set aside for the Small Business Administration's 8(a) Program. The Government reserves the right to award a fourth IQC award under this RFP. The 8(a) contract will be competed pursuant to the provisions of FAR 19.805, and all other contracts will be competed on a full- and-open basis (see Numbered Note No.2). Once contracts have been awarded, awardees will be afforded a fair opportunity to compete with each other for each Task Order issued under this IQC, pursuant to FAR 16.505. The SIC Code for the above awards is 8742. Subcontracting with small business concerns and socially and economically disadvantaged entities: USAID encourages the participation, to the maximum extent possible, of U.S. entities that are small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns, and disadvantaged enterprises. It is anticipated that the prime contractor will make maximum practicable use of such entities. Small business and small disadvantaged business subcontracting plans, pursuant to FAR 52.219-9, are required to be included in submitted proposals. To help identify potential subcontractors, a list of all organizations requesting a copy of the Request for Expressions of Interest (REI) and solicitation has been included as an attachment to the Request for Proposals (RFP) document. By providing the list, USAID does not endorse the listed organizations as being capable of carrying out the activity, nor does USAID 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 document. Interested parties may request a copy of RFP No. M/OP- 97-364 by submitting a written request addressed to: Agency for International Development, M/OP/B/LA, Room 1547, SA-14, Washington, D.C. 20523-1430, Attn: Joseph Schmidt. Those firms which have already expressed an interest (in written form) under the REI request need not submit another request, and will receive a copy of the RFP on diskette in WordPerfect. Clarification: A "DRAFT" version of the RFP was inadvertently posted on the Agency's internet page on Monday, July 7, 1997 at 10:07a.m. Please disregard that draft and substitute in lieu thereof, the official version of the RFP, which was issued at 3:37p.m. on Monday, July 7, 1997. The closing date of the RFP is Friday, August 8, 1997. Any questions regarding this CBD Notice should be addressed to Joseph Schmidt at (703) 875-1139. (0191)

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