U.S. Agency for International Development, Office of Procurement, RRB, 1300 Pennsylvaina Avenue, M/OP/B/LA, Room 7.09114, Washington, D.C. 20523-7100

F -- INTEGRATED WATER AND COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SERVICES SOL M/OP-99-004 DUE 110398 POC Contact Point: Susan Moroni, Fax: 202-216-3134 The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is contracting for technical assistance to promote its environmental programs to reduce long-term threats to the global environment. The purpose of this indefinite quantity contract is to acquire quick-response short-, medium- and long-term advisory services and technical assistance in the area of Integrated Water and Coastal Resources Management. This contract is intended to complement new and existing partnerships that USAID has with a wide variety of organizations through cooperative agreements, grants, inter-agency agreements, and contracts. This IQC also complements other USAID IQCs, either in place or planned, which focus on natural resource management policy, energy, sustainable agriculture and the conservation of aquatic coastal resources. It is anticipated that there will be up to three (3) Task Order-based IQC awards made based on full-and-open competition. There is no set-aside for this procurement. The SIC Code for the above awards is 8742 (Management Consulting). Subcontracting with small business concerns and socially and economically disadvantaged entities: USAID encourages the participation, to the maximum extent possible, of U.S. entities that are small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns, and disadvantaged enterprises. There is a requirement that a minimum of ten percent (10%) of this procurement be subcontracted to small business concerns and socially and economically disadvantaged entities. Small business and small disadvantaged business subcontracting plans, pursuant to FAR 52.219-9, are required to be included with the proposals submitted under this solicitation. To help identify potential subcontractors, a list of all organizations requesting a copy of the Request for Proposals (RFP) will be included as an attachment to the solicitation. By providing the list, USAID does not endorse the listed organizations as 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 organizations known prior to the issuance of the solicitation document. Interested parties may request a copy of RFP No. M/OP-99-004 by submitting a written request addressed to: Roy Plucknett, Contracting Officer, Agency for International Development, Office of Procurement, Ronald Reagan Building, M/OP/B/LA, Room 7.09-114, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20523-7100, Attn: Susan Moroni. All RFPs will be mailed not less than 15 days after publication of this notice. Requests for copies of the RFP should be made in writing to the contact person. All RFPs will be mailed through the U.S. Postal Service. Please do not submit more than one request per organization, additional requests may not be honored. 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 RFP, 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 following directory for the RFP: pub/OP/RFP/MOP9004/mop9004.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 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. All questions or concerns must be directed [in writing] to Susan Moroni, Contract Specialist, at the address indicated above or via fascimile at 202-216-3134. Posted 09/14/98 (I-SN249497). (0257)

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