Dr. Rodolfo Barra, Presidente, Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA), Paseo Colon 185, piso 4, (1310) Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: 011-54-1-349-8398; Fax: 011-54-1-349-8415

R -- STRATEGIC PLANNING CONSULTANCY FOR THE REGULATORY BODY FOR THE NATIONAL AIRPORT SYSTEM IN ARGENTINA POC POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009 The Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos ("Grantee") invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the "Proposal") from interested U.S. firms which are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to develop a strategic plan for the recently established regulatory body for Argentina's National Airport System. The Government of Argentina has awarded a 30-year concession to exploit, operate, and administer 33 airports in the "Group A" Airports of the National Airport System to a private entity, Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 (formed of Societa per Azioni Esercizi Aeroportuali-SEA, Corporaci=F3n Am=E9rica S.A., and the Ogden Corporation). The Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA) is the newly formed Argentine agency that will oversee the privatization of the airports in Argentine and provide oversight to the Concessionaire (Aeropuertos Argentina 2000). TDA is provide funding to the Argentine Government to enable ORSNA tocontract with a U.S. company/individual to provide technical assistance, including the development of a strategic plan for ORSNA. A U.S. airport consultant is sought to provide a strategic planning process for ORSNA. The consultant will facilitate and document the following related areas of structure, mission and function for ORSNA and propose modifications that will assist ORSNA to better achieve its objectives: 1) mission, 2) vision statement, 3) strategic issues, 4) objectives, strategies, and actions for each strategic issue developed in Decree 16, Annexes I, II, and III and proposed modifications. The consultant will specifically develop draft documents for ORSNA in the following areas: 1) Organizational structure, authority, functions, mission, and proposed modifications that would assist ORSNA to better achieve its objectives; liaison and/or coordination with la Fuerza A=E9rea Argentina and the Concessionaire. 2) Management staffing plan 3) Establish the basis and criteria for calculating the rates and charges for the tariffs for the airports 4) Development of regulations for the evaluation of airports standards, quality of services, and compliance to guidelines 5) Assist ORSNA in detailing the mechanisms and procedures related to the Airport Users. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $442,000 grant to ORSNA from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA). A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal and the Terms of Reference are available from TDA, at 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131. Requests for the RFP should be faxed to the IRC, TDA at 703-875-4009. In the fax, please include your firm's name, contact person, address, and telephone number. Some firms have found that RFP materials sent by U.S. mail do not reach them in time for preparation of an adequate response. Firms that want TDA to use an overnight delivery service should include the name of the delivery service and your firm's account number in the request for the RFP. Firms that want to send a courier to TDA to retrieve the RFP should allow one hour after faxing the request to TDA before scheduling a pick-up. Please note that no telephone requests for the RFP will be honored. Please check your internal fax verification receipt. Because of the large number of RFP requests, TDA cannot respond to requests for fax verification. Requests for RFPs received before 4:00 PM will be mailed the same day. Requests received after 4:00 PM will be mailed the following day. Please check with your courier and/or mail room before calling TDA. Only U.S. firms and individuals may bid on this TDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under TDA's nationality requirements as of the due date for submission of qualifications and proposals and, if selected to carry out the TDA-financed activity, must continue to meet such requirements throughout the duration of the TDA-financed activity. All goods and services to be provided by the selected firm shall have their nationality, source and origin in the U.S. or host country. The U.S. firm may use subcontractors from the host country for up to 20 percent of the TDA grant amount. Details of TDA's nationality requirements and mandatory contract clauses are also included in the RFP. Interested U.S. firms should submit their Proposal in English directly to the Grantee by 7:00p.m. on July 8, 1998 in Buenos Aires. Evaluation criteria for the Proposal are included in the RFP. Price will not be a factor in contractor selection, and therefore, cost proposals should NOT be submitted. The Grantee reserves the right to reject any and/or all Proposals. The Grantee also reserves the right to contract with the selected firm for subsequent work related to the project. The Grantee is not bound to pay for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of Proposals. (0161)

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