U.S. Agency for International Development, M/OP/B/HNE, Room 7.09-133, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20523-7100

U -- TRAINING SERVICES SOL M/OP-98-541 DUE 031698 POC Contact Point: Deborah Simms, 202-712-0743, Contracting Officer, James Jeckell, 202-712-0491 The Agency for International Development (USAID) intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) to acquire technical services to design, conduct and evaluate the Federal and USAID Acquisition Regulations (FAAR) training courses for USAID personnel worldwide. The course shall not exceed three weeks in length. The course shall focus on training USAID selected participants on understanding the structure of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and USAID Acquisition Regulation (AIDAR). The course design, materials, and presentations must emphasize USAID procedures, operations, and approaches. The course shall cover all facets of the contracting profession, including procurement planning, file documentation, pre-award activities, award, post-award responsibilities and should focus on the range of contracting instruments. USAID intends to make a single award indefinite quantity (IQC) contract. The courses will be issued utilizing separate orders under this one base year contract and four (one-year options) at firm-fixed unit prices. The RFP will be subject to competition among small business concerns only. The applicable SIC Code is 8742. All responsible small businesses may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. The preferred method of distribution of USAID procurement information is via the Internet. The RFP, once issued, also can be downloaded from the Agency 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 RFP 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. Interested offerors also may request a printed copy or by request of a solicitation on a 3.5" floppy disk (WordPerfect 5.1/5.2 format). of the RFP by submitting a written request to the address listed above or by E-mail to: dsimms@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, small disadvantaged business concerns and women-owned small business concerns in accordance with Part 19 of the FAR. The applicable SIC Code is 8742. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using 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." 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. (0057)

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