USAID/South Africa, Pretoria, Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20521-9300

R -- TERTIARY EDUCATION LINKAGES (TELP) PROJECT NO. 674-0315 SOL RFP 674-98-P-001 DUE 120597 POC Contact Point: Dina Way, Regional Contracts Office, USAID/South Africa, Fax: (27) (12) 328-3718, Tel: (27) (12) 323-8869. Sancardia Center, 9th Floor, 524 Church Street, Pretoria 0007, South Africa (P.O. Box 55380, Pretoria, South Africa). Contracting Officer, John P. McAvoy. USAID/South Africa intends to issue a full and open competition solicitation under the Tertiary Education Linkages (TELP) Project, to solicit offers from Geographic Code 935 offerors for awarding a five-year Firm Fixed-Price, Performance Based Contract. Estimated amount of funding available: Between $24 and $26 million. The estimated date of issuance is October 20, 1997. The purpose of this contract is to assist 15 South African Historically Disadvantaged Institutions of Higher Education to increase their institutional capacity, and to assist the Government of South Africa to implement its national higher education policy. This purpose will be attained through the achievement of results in the following areas: 1) Curriculum and Program Development, 2) Student Academic Development, 3) Management and Administrative Systems Development, 4) Linkage Grants and 5) Policy Implementation and Systems Development. 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. In this respect, it is anticipated that the prime contractor(s) will make every reasonable effort to identify and make maximum practicable use of such concerns. To help identify potential subcontractors, a list of all organizations requesting a copy of the solicitation will be included with each solicitation issued. By providing the list, USAID does not endorse the listed organizations as being capable of carrying out the activity, nor does AID 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. The preferred method of distribution of USAID procurement information is via the Internet or by request of a solicitation on a3.5" floppy disk (Word Perfect 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/67498P001/67498p001.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. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. (0265)

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