Office of Procurement, USAID Egypt, Unit 64902, APO AE 09839-4902

R -- POST AUDITS OF PRIVATE SECTOR COMMODITY IMPORT PROGRAM SOL Egypt 263-99-P-011 DUE 012599 POC Contact Point: Ms. Amani Said, Contract Specialist, Office of Procurement, USAID/Egypt, Tel: 011-202-357-3864, Fax: 011-202-357-3818, E-mail: asaid@usaid.gov The U.S. Agency for International Development is soliciting proposals from U.S. contractors to conduct post audits of completed Commodity Import Program (CIP) transactions. A limited review shall be conducted on all completed CIP transactions to check the reasonableness of pricing. The Contractor shall conduct post audits of completed CIP transactions for a wide range of commodities, review completed CIP transactions, verify compliance with General Circular I and AID Regulation I, provide adequate supporting documentation to USAID to institute claims against suppliers for price and related violations, and ensure that claims are properly based; recommend that settlements of certain claims should be obtained through the issuance of Bills of Collections, obtain price data from a reasonable number of available sources and maintain contact with U.S. suppliers of commonly procured items to ensure that current data is available for use by commodity managers. For transactions under post audit review, the Contractor shall prepare responses, to address Congressional, General Accounting Office (GAO), IG, supplier complaints, and other inquiries about the particular transactions. The Contractor shall possess knowledge of procurement principles and international trade terminology and practices; knowledge of basic contracting principles; knowledge of USAID price and source/origin regulations and their application; knowledge of market structures, competitive relationships, retail and wholesale trade practices; and, knowledge of shipping and freight forwarding terminology and practices. The contractor shall have at least ten years experience in international trade and at least five years experience of exporting commodities to USAID/financed activities and/or with USAID commodity import programs. The Contractor shall possess skills in communications techniques, both written and oral, sufficient to develop, present, justify, or defend a variety of eligibility determinations, audit findings, and pricing positions. 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." 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. Posted 12/09/98 (I-SN278772). (0343)

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