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R -- PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES SOL M/OP, 98-1078 DUE 060898 POC Contact Point: Aman Djahanbani, 202-712-1055, Contracting Officer The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is contemplating the award of a five (5) year Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF). The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Design Services (MEDS) is an activity under the Office of Health and Nutrition of the Global Bureau (G/PHN/HN) Results Packages for Basic Support for Child Survival, Mothercare, and Micronutrient Interventions Support. The objective of the activity is to provide G/PHN/HN, Regional Bureaus, and Missions with flexible access to a range of technical expertise needed to design and evaluate program activities in a systematic and sector wide manner in pursuit of the Agency's strategic objectives in health and nutrition. The MEDS activity serves as the pricipal mechanism available to USAID management units for tasks related to the design and evaluation of programs in the areas of maternal and child health, and nutrition. It will provide a systematic and sector wide approach to design and evaluation. Thus, methodologies, procedures, and indicators will be comparable across countries, regions, and time. All questions related to this notice and requests for a copy of the RFP must be addressed in writing, by fax (202-216- 3052) 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 number and the method of distribution which you prefer (internet, disk or paper copy). No telephone requests will be honored. The issuance date of the RFP is expected to be approximately June 8, 1998. The closing date for submission of the proposals, to be specified in the RFP, will be approximately thirty (30 days thereafter. The preferred method of distribution of USAID procurement information is primarily via the internet or secondarily by request of a solicitation on a 3.5" floppy disk (Wordperfect 5.1/5.2 format, disk to be provided by the requestor). Only in instances where internet access or utilization of diskettes are not possiblewill 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." Receipt of this RFP through the 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 is has been received from INTERNET in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion process.This procurement has been set-aside for the 8(a) program (Competitive). (0142)

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