Regional Contracting Office, American Embassy/Amman, USAID, Unit 70206, APO AE 09892-0206

R -- JORDAN-U.S. BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP (JUSBP) SOL Jordan 278-98-012 DUE 081698 POC Contact Point: Rima Kayyal, Acquisition Specialist, USAID/Amman, Jordan, Tel: 962-2-5920-101, Extension 2666, Fax: 962-6-5920-143, Internet: rkayyal@usaid.gov The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to Jordan is soliciting applications from qualified, not-for-profit U.S. business development organizations to implement the Jordan-U.S. Business Partnership (JUSBP). For-profit organizations may also submit applications but will not be entitled to receive a fee for this project. USAID/Jordan intends to select and develop a Cooperative Agreement (CA) with a U.S. recipient organization that offers the best technical approach to achieve results under JUSBP. As a four-year project under USAID/Jordan s Economic Opportunities Strategic Objective (SO), Increased Economic Opportunities for Jordanians, JUSBP will contribute directly to results under this SO. The purpose of JUSBP is to increase the competitiveness, productivity and market outreach of Jordanian private sector firms. JUSBP will focus primarily on firm- level technical assistance, training, management, production, new technology, marketing, quality assurance and business linkage activities. The project is expected to provide customized business development services in response to specific, demand-driven business needs and requests. Other project interventions, including proposed activities to be undertaken with various business support organizations in Jordan, Government of Jordan counterparts, as well as a quality and standards component, are intended to complement and largely support the project s focus on firm-level assistance. 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). This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Web Site. The RFA, once issued, can be downloaded from 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." Look under the followingdirectory for the RFA: pub/OP/RFA/JOR9812/jor9812.rfa. Receipt of this RFA 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. (0173)

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