POC Della Glenn, USTDA, 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009

C -- U.S. TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR ASSESSMENT POC POC Della Glenn, USTDA, 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009 The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA) seeks to award a firm fixed price contract for an assessment of TDA's environmental sector investments. The assessment will also analyze U.S. exports to environmental projects that do not involve TDA so that the agency's activities can be placed in the context of general trends in this industry. The proposed study of TDA's environmental activities has two primary objectives. The ultimate objective is to make recommendations to improve the performance of TDA's activities in the environmental sector. The immediate objective is to assess TDA's own information as well as other empirical information to evaluate the actual capability of U.S. sources of supply in competing for the major equipment, material, service and technology components for environmental projects. While the main focus of this study will be on assessing TDA's own activities (40 case studies), the study contractor will be required to assess non-TDA projects (20 case studies) and other relevant information that will place the agency's activities in a broader comparative perspective. The study will cover four main categories of environmental projects that the agency funded: air quality, hazardous or industrial wastes; solid (non-hazardous) wastes and wastewater (sewerage). In recognition of the complexity of the study and in order to allow TDA to closely monitor the study, the assessment will be divided into two equal phases. After phase 1 has been concluded, TDA will make a determination as to whether phase 2 is warranted. TDA, located in the Washington metropolitan area, is an export-oriented, U.S. Government foreign assistance agency committed to promoting environmentally sound, sustainable economic development and trade in middle income and developing countries. Contractor selection will be based on offeror's understanding of the requirements of the solicitation as demonstrated by suitability of proposed approach to performing the work; technical qualifications of staff proposed to perform the work;and prior experience. This procurement shall be a full and open competition, under which any type of organization (commercial {for profit} firms, educational institutions, non-profit organizations) is eligible to compete. All participating organizations involved with supplying professional services must be of United States nationality. The competitive proposals method of solicitation, as set forth in Part 15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) (48 CFR Chapter 1), shall be utilized for this procurement. This solicitation in no way obligates TDA to award a contract nor does it commit TDA to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of the proposal. Any explanation desired by an offeror regarding the meaning or interpretation of this solicitation must be requested in writing and with sufficient time allowed for reply to reach the offerors before submission of their offers, and all oral explanations or instructions, given before the award of this contract will not be binding. Any written information given to a prospective offeror concerning the solicitation will be furnished promptly to all prospective offerors as an amendment of the solicitation, if such information is necessary to offerors submitting proposals or if lack of such information would be prejudicial to uninformed offerors. The Government's total estimated cost for this work does not exceed $125,000. The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued on/or about fifteen (15) days after the publication date of this announcement. Closing date for proposals will be approximately thirty (30) days thereafter. TDA plans to hold a pre-bid meeting during the first or second week of May. Details on time, place, etc. will be provided to those who express interest by faxing in a request for the RFP. Only written requests for the RFP will be honored. Those interested in receiving RFP#TDA-99-Q-038 should send a letter or fax requesting it to the Contracts Office at TDA, (703) 875-4009 providing the firm's name, address, telephone number, fax number and the name of a contact person at the firm, also let us know if you have any interest in the pre bid meeting. Posted 04/13/99 (I-SN319760). (0103)

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