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R -- POPULATION FELLOWS PROGRAM SOL NMS 1220 DUE 031099 POC Kimberly Ball, (202)712-5539; Contracting Officer: Tom Bordone, (202)712-1021 WEB: Download USAID Solicitations, http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/solicitation /. E-MAIL: Kimberly Ball, KBall@usaid.gov. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) intends to solicit a proposal for a five-year follow-on Cooperative Agreement for the Population Fellows Program (PFP) from the University of Michigan. The period of performance will be from October 30, 1999 to September 30, 2003. This is a sources sought notice to determine whether there are other organizations capable of providing the required services. PFP activities have contributed significantly to strengthening USAID's leadership role in the field of population, reproductive health, and the population-environment nexus by cultivating and supporting a network of skilled Population, Health and Nutrition (PHN) leaders worldwide and by supporting a policy project. The successful recipient will be required to place and provide support for 40 junior to mid-level Fellows worldwide per year; provide educational and training opportunities to students of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs); and establish a series of discussion meetings focused on the population-environment-security nexus. The fellow will support on-going programs and should have technical and country experience in famiily planning service delivery; operations research; anthropology; communications; contraceptive logistics; demography; gender issues; refugee reproductive health; HIV/AIDS; public policy; and environmental issues such as: buffer zone management; forestry; water management; and other conservation issues. Fellows may be located in at least 20 different developing countries as well as centrally funded activities in the Unites States. The internationally placed fellows may not necessarily be placed in missions. Fellows will be required to submit letters of recommendations and transcripts and will be required to meet language requirements. The fellows will be evaluated by an academic board. The successful offeror shall have previous experience in administering a fellows program of this magnitude and be affiliated with an American University. Interested parties should contact the aforementioned Contract Specialist by e-mail at Kball@usaid.gov or in writing with capability statements detailing similar programs supported by the organization. Interested offerors may be required to provide evidence of past experience and past performance in area of required expertise. "No telepohone calls will be accepted" Posted 03/05/99 (W-SN305371). (0064)

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