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

R -- TECHNICAL SERVICES TO THE MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT UNIT (MIIU) SOL RFP 674-98-P-002 DUE 122297 POC Contact Point: Virginia Speidel, Fax: (27)(12) 328-3718, Tel: (27)(12) 323-8869,. Regional Contracts Office, USAID/South Africa, 9th floor, Sancardia Center, 524 Church Street, Pretoria 0007, South Africa, (P.O. Box 55380, Pretoria, South Africa) Regional Contracting Officer, John P. McAvoy. USAID/South Africa intends to issue a full and open competition solicitation under the Shelter and Urban Services Project, to solicit offers from Geographic Code 935 offerors for awarding a three-year cost reimbursement plus fixed fee type contract. Estimated amount of funding available: Between $2 and $4 million. The estimated date of issuance is October 20, 1997. The overall goal of this activity is to assist in creating a mature financial market which will facilitate the flow of private capital to local governments throughout South Africa in support of municipal infrastructure. Through this effort, the assistance will also support the creation of technical expertise, within local governments and the private sector, to package and secure this financing. An indicative measurement of this goal will be the creation, and financing, of municipal infrastructure packages prepared by local governments and their consultants. USAID encourages the participation to the maximum extent possible of Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, and Women-owned Small Business 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 a 3.5" 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/67498P002/67498p002.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. (0273)

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