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R -- PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES SOL M/OP-99-912 DUE 061499 POC Deborah Simms, Tel: 202-712-0743, Fax: 202-216-3132, Internet: dsimms@usaid.gov, James A. Jeckell, Tel: 202-712-0491, Internet: jjeckell@usaid.gov, Contracting Officer WEB: http://www.info.usaid.gov, http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd. E-MAIL: http://www.info.usaid.gov, dsimms@usaid.gov or jjeckel@usaid.gov. The U.S. Agency for International Development intends to competitively award an indefinite quantity contract (IQC) to acquire professional support services. This effort supports the Global Bureau/Human Capacity Development Center (HCD) Strategic Objective (SO 1) "Improved and Expanded Basic Education, especially for Girls, Women and Other Under-Served Populations". The overall purpose of the activity is to strengthen the quality, vitality and effectiveness of educational systems by assisting USAID Missions, Regional Bureaus, the Newly Independent States and crisis countries to examine their educational policies and programs and to implement more relevant policies and activities. The contractor should achieve results in the five principal areas: (1) educational policy appraisals and assessments; (2) training and institutional strengthening; (3) pilot projects, feasibility studies, research, seminars/workshops and evaluation; (4) alleviation of abusive child labor through basic education; and (5) compilation and dissemination of results and lessons learned, both this activity and similar projects worldwide. The services will be provided by the issuance of separate task orders. As a result of this solicitation, USAID anticipates the award of a single IQC for a five-year period with an estimated value of $35,000,000. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by USAID. This procurement will be awarded subject to full and open competition procedures, under which any type of organization (commercial [for profit] firms, educational institutions, non-profit organizations) is eligible to compete. Subcontracting with small business concerns will be required under this RFP, subcontracting plans pursuant to FAR 52.219-9 are required to be included in submitted proposals. The plans must include subcontracting goals of at least 15% of the total contract value with small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns and women-owned small business concerns. The issue date of the RFP is expected to be issued NO EARLIER than fifteen (15) days from the date of this publication. 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 (MS Word 97 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 or faxed (202-216-3132) 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. Interested offerors may request a printed copy or on a 3.5" floppy disk of the RFP by submitting a written request for RFP # M/OP-99-912 to the address listed above, or by internet to dsimms@usaid.gov. The applicable SIC Code is 8742. Posted 04/13/99 (W-SN319816). (0103)

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