United States Agency for International Development, USAID/Egypt, Directorate of Procurement (D/PROC), Unit 64902, APO AE 09839-4902

R -- PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACT (PSC), CONTRACT SPECIALIST FOR THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT MISSION TO EGYPT (USAID/EGYPT), D/PROC SOL REI NO. 263-98-P-003 DUE 120197 POC Contact Point: James C. Athanas, Contracting Officer, USAID/Egypt, Tel: 011-20-2-357-3257/3864, Fax: 011-20-2-356-2932, e-mail address: jathanas@usaid.gov. USAID/Egypt is seeking Expressions of Interest from U.S. citizens only for a personal services contract for the position of Contract Specialist on a temporary basis for the Office of Procurement, U.S. Agency for International Development, Mission to Egypt, (USAID/Egypt). The services will be acquired via a purchase order. The contractor's experience will be evaluated as it relates to the services requested. USAID procurement experience is not essential but it is preferred. ARTICLE II -- Description/Statement of Work: C.1. General Scope. The Contractor shall provide technical assistance to the Office of Procurement, USAID/Cairo, necessary to execute the full range of procurement actions including but not limited to: personal services contracts (PSCs) and modifications to personal services contracts, purchase orders, delivery and task orders, grants/cooperatives agreements, fixed price and cost reimbursable contracts and other miscellaneous administrative modifications to procurement instruments. Specifically, the Contractor shall conduct negotiations, prepare award documents and file documentation for the Contracting Officer's review and signature as more fully described below. The Contractor will also be available for consultation on contracting issues with technical staff. In addition to the execution of contracts and modifications as identified above, the contractor will also research issues contained in, and draft responses to, miscellaneous items of correspondence as assigned. Examples include, but are not limited to: subcontract consent requests, salary approvals, equipment approvals, etc. on a wide variety of contract/assistance awards. C.2. Specific Tasks. Specific duties to be performed by the Contractor include the following: A. Preparing PSCs, purchase orders, PSC and administrative procurement modifications. B. Analyzing Requests and other documents requesting D/PROC action and obtaining necessary clarifications from the requesting technical office. C. Making recommendations for corrections to requesting documents when they are inadequate, inappropriate or significant documentation is missing. D. Preparing the award, including reviewing the statement of work, budget, necessary terms and conditions and applicable provisions and clauses. E. Analyzing proposals, including obtaining a pipeline analysis where appropriate. F. Ensuring that all necessary certifications for given actions are requested and obtained. G. Conducting negotiations and documenting them in a "Memorandum of Negotiation". H. Preparing the award documents for the Contracting Officer's signature including incorporating and making requested revisions, changes, and corrections to the award document. I. Properly assembling and completing the award file for Contracting Officer review to include incorporating and making requested revisions, changes, corrections to the file. J. Presenting the award file and obligating document with a recommendation for approval and signature to the Contracting Officer for review and signature. K. Ensuringproper distribution of executed award documents (usually accomplished by a secretary) following signature. L. Performing procurement administration functions (such as providing review, recommendation and drafting of correspondence for Contracting Officer signature on contractor or project office requested administrative award approvals, and clarifying award terms and provisions to awardees and project officers) as assigned by the Contracting Officer. M. The Contractor shall also be knowledgeable and competent in the use of USAID Handbooks and other reference sources, developing negotiation positions and award budgets, preparing award support documentation, making determinations concerning the appropriateness of subcontracting or subgranting, reviewing proposals for price reasonableness, and assisting in the resolution of controversies under acquisition and assistance instruments. N. The Contractor shall serve as an advisor to Strategic Objective teams, and Result Package teams during request preparation and the formulation of statements of work. C.3. Utilization of Regulations Reference and guidance materials to be used by the Contractor in performing the duties described in this Order shall include, but not be limited to, the following: Automated Directives System (ADS), Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), USAID Acquisition Regulations (AIDAR), Contract Information Bulletins (CIBs), USAID Handbooks. C.4. Utilization of the Agency's New Management System (NMS) The contractor may be required to become trained on the Agency's New Management System (NMS), and, if so, will be required to utilize NMS in the management of his/her workload and the execution of the award documents and supporting documentation. C.5. Performance of this order shall be in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations, including but not limited to 29 CFR 1614. Submissions shall be reviewed in conjunction with C.2., Specific Tasks and in accordance with the information at the place and time specified. Any questions may be directed to the contact point Mr. James C. Athanas, USAID/Egypt, D/PROC, who may be reached at the above specified telephone, fax and e-mail address. This notice is placed for advanced planning purposes only. There are currently no funds available for the position, the position has not yet been approved, and the U.S. Government is under no obligation to award a contract based on this notice. However, USAID/Cairo reserves the right to make a selection based on expressions of interest received from this notice if award is to be made within three (3) months. Interested individuals must complete and submit an SF 171, OF 612, or a resume along with a salary history and proposed fixed daily rate and courier it to: James C. Athanas, Contracting Officer, Office of Procurement (D/PROC), United States Agency for International Development, USAID/Egypt, Cairo Center Building, Sixth Floor, 106 Kasr El Aini Street, Cairo, Egypt. Address for U.S. mail is: James C. Athanas, Contracting Officer, Office of Procurement, Unit 64902, APO AE 09839-4902. Telefaxed responses will be accepted. There will not be any further solicitation documents issued for this request. Due date for submittal of required forms and information is December 01, 1997. "The preferred method of distribution of USAID procurement information is via the Internet. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using 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 REI 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 REI: pub/OP/REI/26398P003/26398p003.rei. Receipt of this REI 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 trnsmission or conversion pocesses. (0296)

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