U.S. Agency for International Development, (USAID), REDSO/WCA/OP, Abidjan (ID), Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20521-2010

R -- BENIN PRIMARY EDUCATION SOL RFP No. 624-98-002 DUE 032598 POC Contact Point: Annette E. Tuebner, Regional Contracting Officer, REDSO/WCA/OP, (Abidjan, Ivory Coast), Tel: (225) 41-45-28; Fax: (225) 41-35-44 or (225) 41-34-60; Internet Address: antuebner@usaid.gov The United States Agency for International Development (USAID/Benin) is contemplating the award of a major three year cost-reimbursement, completion type contract in primary education. USAID requests proposals from private firms, universities or PVO'S to implement this performance-based, results oriented activity, in which proposals will be reviewed, award made, and implementation monitored based upon the Contractor's success at planning for and delivering the specified results in the substantive areas of the project. These will include improving the quality of primary education, improving the capacity of the primary school teaching force, increasing equity, promoting increased public and private participation in primary education and strengthening the institutional capacity of Benin's Ministry of Education to effectively plan and manage the education sector. All questions related to this notice and requests for a copy of the RFP must be addressed in writing, by fax or by internet, to the contracting officer at the address stated above. Specify the RFP requested, and include your complete firm name, street address, phone and fax no. No telephone requests will be honored. The issuance date of the RFP is expected to be approximately fifteen (15) days from the date of publication of this notice. The closing date for submission of proposals will be approximately fifty (50) days from the actual issuance date, and will be specified in the RFP. 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). Only in instances where internet access or utilization of diskettes are not possible will a hard copy of the RFP be distributed upon request. This CBD notice and the RFP once issued, can be viewed and downloaded from the USAID external 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." Look under the following directory for this RFP: Benin Children's Learning Equity Foundations Program (RFP No. 624-98-002). 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. (0029)

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