USAID/Guatemala-CAP, Unit 3323, APO AA 34024

R -- INCOME GENERATION ACTIVITIES SOL Guatemala 520-99-P-008 DUE 043099 POC Claudia M. Enriquez, Contracts Negotiator, e-mail: cenriquez@usaid.gov, and Aracely de Taracena, Supervisory Acquisition Specialist, E-mail ataracena@usaid.gov; USAID/G-CAP, Tel: 502-332-0202, Fax: 502-331-1506 WEB: http://www.info.usaid.gov/, http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd /. E-MAIL: http://www.info.usaid.gov/, cenriquez@usaid.gov. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Guatemala/Central American Programs (G-CAP) is seeking qualified U.S. organizations interested in implementing, under contract, the activity described in a results package (RP) "To achieve sustainable increases in household income and food security for a significant number of the rural poor in selected geographic areas of the country." The Contractor will implement the following major components of USAID's Income Generation Strategic Objective: Intermediate Result (IR) 1: "More small farmers engaged in higher value production and marketing", and IR2: More micro-entrepreneurs expand their businesses." The new activity will help generate sustainable increases in income by facilitating growth in the economic activities underlying household income. The primary beneficiaries will be small farmers, microentrepreneurs, rural laborers, and food insecure families. USAID anticipates awarding a cost-reimbursement, award-fee, performance-base contract for a period of three years. The estimate for performance of the work required hereunder should not exceed $6.8 million. Upon contract award, the total estimated contract cost shall be incorporated into the contract. It is anticipated that a Request for Proposal (RFP) for this activity will be published on the internet not sooner than fifteen days subsequent to this announcement. USAID encourages the participation of Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, and Women Owned Small Business in this activityto the maximum extent possible, as prime Contractor or Subcontractor in accordance with part 19 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. In this respect, it is anticipated that the prime contractor will make every reasonable effort to identify and make maximum practicable use of such concerns. All selection evaluation criteria being found equal, the participation of such concerns may become a determining factor for selection. To help identify potential subcontractors, a list of all organizations requesting a copy of the solicitation will be published with the solicitation document. Organizations are encouraged to indicate whether they are Small or Small Disadvantage entities when requesting the solicitation and may indicate that they do not wish to be included on the list. 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. Proposals shall include Small Business plans reflecting, to the maximum extent possible, subcontracting with the above-defined entities. No telegraphic, fax or e-mail proposals will be accepted. Geographic Code is 000, provided that local procurement (i.e. Guatemala) is authorized. To obtain the RFP, send your request to the Regional Contracting Office, USAID/G-CAP Unit 3323, APO AA 34024, Fax (502) 331-1506 or 331-1151, attention Claudia M. Enr quez. 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." 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 03/03/99 (W-SN304248). (0062)

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