Contact: Talaat Rahman, USTDA, 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009

R -- GOVERNMENT OF INDONESIA CONTRACT WITH A U.S. CITIZEN FOR TECHNICAL ADVISORY SERVICES POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009 Government of Indonesia Contract With A U.S. Citizen For Technical Advisory Services. The U.S. Trade & Development Agency (TDA) is seeking an individual to serve as a resident Trade & Technology Advisor to the Government of Indonesia's State Minister for Research & Technology/Chairman of BPPT/Chairman of BPIS. TDA will be assisting the Government of Indonesia in the conduct of this procurement. The State Minister's key responsibilities are Chairman of the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) and the Agency for Strategic Industries (BPIS). The Advisor will have two primary tasks. The first task will be to provide high level advice to the Minister and his staff on the capabilities of U.S. industry, to meet various industrial development goals of the Ministry, and to facilitate communication between the Ministry and relevant U.S. companies and industry associations. The Advisor's other main task will be to identify, assess, report and facilitate opportunities for potential U.S. commercial involvement in the major projects and procurements being planned, directed, and undertaken by and through the Indonesian Government. Contract duration will be for two years beginning in March 1998. Compensation will be commensurate with the candidate's experience and will include an amount for a package of overseas allowances. Minimum qualifications include at least twenty-five years of experience in management positions in U.S. industry that involved high level international business marketing and negotiations. A post graduate degree in a scientific discipline is desirable. Familiarity with current technology in information technology, energy and aviation sectors in the U.S. is necessary. Applicant should have overseas living and working experience preferably in Indonesia or a similar key emerging market (for U.S. exports) with an equivalent level of complex socio-economic dynamics. Candidate must have strong writing and verbal communications skills and a demonstrated capability to operate effectively in a cross-cultural environment and with senior government officials. A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes the requirements for submission of the Prequalification Statements and the Technical Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and a background definitional mission/desk study report are available from TDA, at 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131. Requests for the RFP should be faxed to the IRC, TDA at 703-875-4009. In the fax, please include your firm's name, contact person, address, and telephone number. Some firms have found that RFP materials sent by U.S. mail do not reach them in time for preparation of an adequate response. Firms that want TDA to use an overnight delivery service should include the name of the delivery service and your firm's account number in the request for the RFP. Firms that want to send a courier to TDA to retrieve the RFP should allow one hour after faxing the request to TDA before scheduling a pick-up. Please note that no telephone requests for the RFP will be honored. Please check your internal fax verification receipt. Because of the large number of RFP requests, TDA cannot respond to requests for fax verification. Requests for RFPs received before 4:00 PM will be mailed the same day. Requests received after 4:00 PM will be mailed the following day. Please check with your courier and/or mail room before calling U.S. Trade and Development Agency. Only U.S. firms and individuals may bid on this TDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under TDA's nationality requirements as of the due date for submission of qualifications and proposals and, if selected to carry out the TDA-financed activity, must continue to meet such requirements throughout the duration of the TDA-financed activity. All goods and services to be provided by the selected firm shall have their nationality, source and origin in the U.S. or host country. The U.S. firm may use subcontractors from host country for up to 20 percent of the TDA grant amount. Details of TDA's nationality requirements and mandatory contract clauses are also included in the RFP. Interested U.S. firms should submit their Prequalification Statements as outlined in the RFP in English directly to Talaat Rahman, TDA, USTDA, 1621 North Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131. Cost and technical proposals will be due at 4:00 PM, January 31, 1998. Evaluation criteria for the Prequalification Statements and the Technical Proposals are included in the RFP. Price will NOT be a factor in contractor selection, and therefore, cost proposals should NOT be submitted. The Grantee reserves the right to reject any and/or all Prequalification Statements or Technical Proposals. The Grantee also reserves the right to contract with the selected firm for subsequent work related to the project. The Grantee is not bound to pay for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of Proposals. (0357)

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