Regional Contracting Office, USAID/Warsaw, Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20521-5010

R -- DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PROJECT POC Contact Point: Thomas M. Stephens, Regional Contracting Officer, USAID/Warsaw. Tel: 48-22-630-2480, Fax: 48-22-628-7486, E-mail: thstephens@usaid.gov The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Poland Mission intends to extend the existing Contract No. DHR-0019-C-00-5026 with Development Alternatives Inc. (DAI), running from September 3, 1995 through December 31, 1998, by nine months until September 30, 1999, to continue providing services under the Democratic Governance and Public Administration Project assisting the Polish Ministry of Finance in designing and implementing the local government finance reform, as a major part of the decentralization of public finance effort in Poland which will start on January 1, 1999. The contractor is expected to assist the MOF by assuming the intellectual and technical leadership in designing the necessary regulations, monitoring implementation of the reform, revising effectiveness of the enacted legislation and regulations, and drafting revisions to the relevant legal acts. Technical assistance would also continue to be provided to strengthen the capacity of the Department of the Local Government Finance in the Ministry of Finance, which will administer the new system. Both tasks, in order to be effectively and timely implemented, require building on the results of the technical debate thus far, and therefore require a thorough knowledge of the Polish legal system in the relevant sectors, including the status of the technical aspects of the policy debate about the reform issues to date. The contractor will be required to provide the services of a resident advisor (preferably Polish speaking) to the Ministry of Finance and a strong senior analytical team working in Warsaw in support of the work in the Ministry and the Parliament. A cost reimbursement plus fixed fee contract is expected under the authority of FAR Part 6.302-1; Circumstances Permitting Other than Full and Open Competition, unless the Contracting Officer determines that more than one source can meet the Governments' needs as a result of this notice. No solicitation document exists; requests for such documents shall be considered invalid responses. To respond to this notice and to be considered, offerors must see Numbered Notes 22 and 25 and must strictly comply with the submission instructions and requirements. All responsible sources may submit an expression of interest which must include capability statements. Written responses are required. No oral responses will be accepted. USAID/Poland will not respond to requests nor consider proposals that do not comply with the submission requirements. It is the sole responsibility of the offerors to ensure that their expression of interest and all necessary documents reach the Regional Contracting Office, USAID/Poland, Al. Jerozolimskie 56c, 00-803 Warsaw, Poland, not later than 45 days from the date of this notice in the CBD and before the USAID/Poland close of business. This CBD notice can be downloaded using the Agency homepage. The address is http//www.info.usaid.gov. Select USAID Procurement and Business Opportunities from the menu. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this notice to ensure that it has been received from the Internet in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. (0131)

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