Foreign Service Institute, Department of State, 4000 Arlington Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22204

U -- EDUCATION/TRAINING SOL S-FSIAQ-98-Q-0214 DUE 102998 POC Point of Contact -- E. Williams, 703-302-6803, Contracting Officer POC: E. Williams, Phone 703-302-6803; Fax 703-302-7227. The National Foreign Affairs Training Center (NFATC) (Foreign Service Institute), located at 4000 Arlington Boulevard in Arlington, Virginia, seeks a Coordinator for the Francophone Africa Advanced Area Studies course. The course is organized and conducted by the course Coordinator who also brings in area experts from universities, government, and private organizations. The seminar combines lectures, discussions, participatory activities by class members, readings, and audio-visual materials in order to highlight the key historical, political, economic, and socio-cultural themes for the region as well as American interests and policy issues in Francophone Africa. This will be an Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract. The period of performance is December 1, 1998 through July 31, 1999. The evaluation criteria is as follows, at 20% each category. (1) Educational background (2) teaching/training experience (3) Experience in Francophone Africa (4) Familiarity with American Foreign policy (5) Cost. Bidders are asked to submit their quotes on a per hour ate. Please provide your complete address and Duns No., along with an authorized signature. Quotations may be mailed to the above address or faxed to the attention of Ernest Williams, Office of Acquisitions (Fax no. 703-302-7227) no later than 2:00 p.m. October 29, 1998. Late quotations will not be considered. (AC1021038-02) Posted 10/22/98 (I-SN264692). (0295)

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