U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID/Ghana, Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20521-2020

R -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT PRIVATE ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA SOL RFP 641-97-P-010 POC Contact Point: Raymond L. Edler, Contracting Officer, USAID/Ghana, Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20521-2020, Tel: 233-21- 231939, Fax: 233-21-231937. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Ghana plans to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a five-year cost-plus-fixed-fee, completion-type, performance-based contract to provide technical assistance to support private enterprise development in Ghana. This assistance will be aimed at creating a more competitive private enterprise system in ghana by linking up micro and small enterprises to larger-scale businesses to improve both production and marketing of higher value goods and services in the sectors of agriculture, manufactured products, and tourism. The contractor will provide long terms and short-term experts to: 91) promote sustainable increases in private enterprise production and marketing, (2) improve the quality of services delivered by private sector business associations, and (3) promote the expansion and quality of tourism led economic growth activities in the central region of Ghana. By the end of the contract, it is expected that program implementation will have resulted in: (1) the establishment of a number of profitable linkages between micro and small enterprises with larger-scale enterprises, (2) an increase in the value of sales of selected domestic and non-traditional export products, (3) an increase in food security, (4) an increase in revenue from tourism receipts, (5) the creation of viable private sector associations that provide services to its members, and (6) a vastly improved enabling environment for private enterprise development. Request for proposals will be issued no earlier than 15 days from the date of publication of this notice. Final approval of this procurement is pending, however, it is anticipated it will soon be approved. Prospective offerors should be aware that if the procurement is not approved no RFP will be issued. Interested offerors may request a copy of the potential RFP by submitting a written request to USAID/Ghana. Requests may be faxed. The preferred method of distribution of USAID procurement information is via the internetor 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/64197P010/64197p010.rfp. Receipt of this RFP through the 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. USAID encourages the participation of small business concerns and small disadvantaged concerns in this activity as prime contractors or subcontractors in accordance with Part 19 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (0248)

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