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R -- EDUCATION, TRAINING AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT SOL M/OP-99-04 DUE 042099 POC Melissa Kerns, Tel: 202-712-5545, Fax: 202-216-3132, E-mail: mkerns@usaid.gov, Contracting Officer: James Jeckell, Tel: 202-712-0491, E-mail: jjeckell@usaid.gov TITLE: "Technical Assistance in Education, Training and Human Resource Development". Short-term advisory and technical assistance is needed in the areas of education (from early childhood through higher education), training, telecommunications/information technologies and related areas of human development. Tasks that may be assigned can include activities in USAID/Washington, USAID Missions, host countries and non-presence countries concerned with human capacity development. Such activities may include the following: a) assessing needs in lesser developed countries, to include research studies, surveys, evaluations, analyses and/or recommendations; b) planning, designing and/or implementing specific human development initiatives; and c) evaluating the impact of education sector programs nationally and regionally. The Agency anticipates awarding four separate indefinite quantity fixed-unit-price contracts covering a three-year period. One of the four contracts will be set-aside for an 8(a) firm; one will be set- aside for a small business; and the remaining two contracts will be subject to full and open competition. Awards will be made to the offerers whose technical and cost factors demonstrate the best value to the Government. To receive a copy of the solicitation, send email or a written request to the Agency point of contact referencing solicitation no. M/OP-99-644 on or before April 20, 1999 (address email to mkerns@usaid.gov). THOSE WHO SUBMITTED A REQUEST UNDER SOLICITATION NO. M/OP-98-1763 NEED NOT REAPPLY. To help identify potential subcontractors, a list of all organizations requesting a copy of the solicitation will be sent with each solicitation document. 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 known prior to the issuance of the solicitation document. The preferred methods of distributing USAID procurement information are on- line via the Internet and by mailing the solicitation on a 3.5" diskette, MS Word 97 format. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded from the following USAID website: www/info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/ procurement/announce/cbd/. The solicitation, when issued, will be electronically posted on www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/ solicitation/. Receipt of the solicitation obtained via the Internet must be confirmed by written or faxed notice to the Agency point of contact. When downloading the solicitation, the recipient is responsible to ensure that the solicitation was received in its entirety; USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. A Request for Proposals will be issued NO EARLIER than fifteen (15) days from the date of publication of this notice. Telephone or facsimile requests for the RFP will NOT be honored. Upon issuance, the RFP is anticipated to close thirty (30) days thereafter. The applicable SIC Code is 8742. Posted 02/23/99 (I-SN301415). (0054)

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