USAID, Regional Contracts Office, Regional Support Center Budapest, Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20521-5270

R -- BANKING SOL 16897001 DUE 101497 POC Contact Point: M. Kenyon (011) 361-302-36-00, Regional Contracting Officer. RSC Budapest, on behalf of USAID/Bosnia is soliciting offers to review and make recommendations to USAID/Bosnia on loan applications from Bosnian enterprises, and to provide in-country commercial banker training focused on risk assessment, loan structuring and operational procedures. Offerors' approach will determine size and makeup of field team, but the contract is expected to run for two years and to cost between $15 and $18 million. 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:/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 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/16897001/16897001.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. (0216)

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