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

F -- NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION SERVICES SOL El Sal 99-001 DUE 012599 POC Contact Point: Maritza Sarmiento, Tel: 503-298-1666, Fax: 503-298-2155, E-mail: msarmiento@usaid.gov; Contracting Officer: Leonel T. Pizarro The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to El Salvador is seeking applications from qualified Private Voluntary Organizations/Non-Governmental Organizations interested in providing technical assistance to increase access by rural residents to clean water in an environmentally sustainable way (AGUA activity). Although commercial or profit-making organizations are not excluded from applying for participation in this program, all such organizations should be aware that no fee or profit will be allowed under the resulting cooperative agreement. The estimate for performance of the work required falls within a range from $9,000,000 to $11,000,000. The AGUA activity is a three and a half-year effort with interventions at the national, municipal and community levels. The multi-level approach is necessary because of the types of problems and the institutional and regulatory environment in the water sector. The activity will direct much of its effort toward three of the most critical watersheds in the country comprising the territory of 18 municipalities. Special emphasis will be made at the local, community level to attain local ownership, participation, and sustainability of the interventions. The activity will coordinate with public, private, and non-governmental institutions to ensure policies are supportive of municipal efforts to manage their natural resources responsibly and to aid in the replication of lessons learned. By operating at the national, municipal and community levels, USAID will be able to make the best use of the resources available from activities of all the Mission's Strategic Objectives, as well as those of other development partners, to make a meaningful and lasting impact on water resources in rural El Salvador. RFA El Sal 99-001 will be available on or after November 30, 1998. Interested organizations may receive 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 application 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 Applications." Look under the following directory for the RFA:pub/OP/RFA/SAL9001/sal9001.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 application document that it has been received from internet in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. Posted 11/05/98 (I-SN268882). (0309)

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