United States Agency for International Development, Regional Center for Southern Africa, Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20521-2170

R -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STRENGTHEN THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK IN WHICH COMMUNITY BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN MALAWI ARE DESIGNED, IMPLEMENTED, MONITORED AND EVALUATED SOL RFP NO. 690-97-009 DUE 120997 POC Contact Point: Maureen A. Shauket, Regional Contracting Officer, USAID/RCSA, Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20521-2170, Tel: 267-324449, Fax: 267-324468, E-Mail: mshaukert@usaid.gov. USAID Malawi, through the Regional Contracting Office in Gaborone, Botswana, is soliciting offers from responsible entities to strenghten the community based natural resources development process in Malawi. USAID plans to award a five (5) year performance based technical assistance contract. 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 youre-mail address. Look under the following directory for the RFP: pub/OP/RFP/69097009/69097009.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. (0287)

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