USAID/El Salvador, Office of Contracts and Grants, APO AA 34023

R -- PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES SOL El Salvador 98-018 DUE 112398 POC Contact Point: Norma Penado, (503)298-1666, E-mail: npenado@usaid.gov, Fax: (503)298-2155, Contracting Officer: Leonel T. Pizarro The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to El Salvador is seeking proposals from qualified US organizations interested in providing technical assistance for the implementation of the Rural Organizations and Environmental Conservation (ROCA) Activity. The estimate for performance of the work required falls within a range from $4,000,000 to $6,000,000. ROCA is a five-year effort (3 base and 2 optional years) effort aimed to increase the availability of environmentally sound agricultural technologies and marketing services to primary-level organizations and low-income small producers, through sustainable secondary level organizations. Definition of primary and secondary level organizations: Primary-level organizations are those composed of individuals. These organizations are generally producers of goods, i.e. cooperatives, rural communities, producer groups, artisan groups. Secondary level organizations are those composed of and/or working with a number of diverse groups asopposed to individuals. These organizations normally provide services (technical assistance, training, credit, marketing, processing, etc) to their client members/clients. Secondary level organizations are the target of assistance of ROCA. Subcontracting with Gray Amendment entities is encouraged to the maximum extend practicable. To help identify potential subcontractors, a list of all organizations requesting a copy of the solicitation document will be sent with each solicitation document. Organizations are encouraged to indicate whether they are Gray Amendment entities when requesting the solicitation and may indicate that they do not wish to be included on the list, USAID does not endorse the listed organizations of being capable of carrying out the activity, nor does USAID verify the claimed status of the organizations. Necessarily, the list will contain the names of only those known prior to issuance of the solicitation document. RFP El Sal 98-018 will be available on or after September 23, 1998. Interested organizations may received a copy by written request only; i.e., fax (503)298-2155 or letter to the Contracting Officer, USAID/ES/OCG, AMEMBASSY-USAID, Unit 3110, APO AA 34023. Although it will not take the place of the hard copy distribution, the preferred method of distributing USAID procurement information is via the Internet or by written request of the solicitation on a 3.5" floppy disk (Wordperfect 5.2). This CBD notice can be 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 Procurement." On the following screen, select "Download Available USAID Solicitations." Look under the following directory for the RFP:pub/OP/RFP/SAL8018/sal/8018.rfp. 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 that it has been received from internet in its entiretyand USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. Posted 09/09/98 (I-SN247357). (0252)

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