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U -- DEVELOP AND CONDUCT A CONTRACTING OFFICER'S TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE COURSE SOL M/OP-98-211 DUE 013098 POC Contact Point: Contract Specialist, Millie Ellis, 202-712-5687 TITLE: "CONTRACTING OFFICER TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE SOL M/OP-98- 211 DUE 022498 POC: Mildred Ellis, 202-712-5687, Contract Specialist, or James Jeckell, 202-712-0491, Contracting Officer. The Agency for International Development (USAID) contemplates issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a three year fixed unit price contract whereby the awardee will be required to provide experienced personnel to design, deliver, evaluate and revise a one week course of instruction entitled "Contracting Officer's Technical Representative" for USAID Washington-Based and overseas mission audiences. The course is intended to provide the USAID nominated training participants with an overall knowledge of the structure of the Contracting Officer Technical Representative in conjunction with the "Contracting Officer's Representative" (COR) Workbook issued by the Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) and applicable Agency guidance and codified rules. The course design and its presentation must emphasize USAID procedures, operations and examples. The course is intended to enable the training participants to understand and comprehend the skills and understand how to perform each competency. Up to twenty five additional courses may be purchased by separate orders issued under this three-year contract at the firm-fixed unit prices. The RFP will be subject to competition among small business firms only. All responsible small businesses may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. To help identify potential subcontractors, a list of all organizations requesting a copy of the solicitation will be sent with each solicitation document. By providing the list, USAID does not endorse the listed organizations as being capable of carrying out the activity, nor does USAID verify the claimed status of the organizations known prior to the issuance of the solicitation document. The SIC Code is 8999. 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 web site. The Worldwide Web address is http://www.info.usaid.gov. Select USAID Procurement and Business Opportunities from the home page, then "USAID Procurements." On the following screen, select "Download Available USAID Solicitations." Receipt of this RFP through INTERNET must be confirmed by written or faxed (202-216-3132) 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 conversation processes. Interested offerors also may request a printed copy of the RFP by submitting a written request to the address listed above or by E-mail to: Miellis@usaid.gov. The RFP will be issued NO EARLIER than fifteen (15) days from the date of publication of this notice. Subcontracting with small, small disadvantaged and women-owned small business concerns: USAID encourages the participation to the maximum extent possible of U.S. entities that are small business concerns in accordance with Part 19 of the FAR. The applicable SIC Code is 8999. See Note 1. (0365)

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