USAID/El Salvador, Office of Contracts and Grants, APO AA 34023

D -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES SOL El Salvador 99-010 DUE 062999 POC Ileana de Parraga, Tel: 503-298-1666, Fax: 503-298-2155, E-mail: iparraga@usaid.gov, Contracting Officer: Leonel T. Pizarro WEB: http://www.info.usaid.gov, http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd. E-MAIL: http://www.info.usaid.gov, iparraga@usaid.gov. Correction: This action originally publicized in the CBD dated 04/15/99,The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to El Salvador is seeking proposals from qualified companies interested in providing technical assistance to the Ministry of Public Health in the design and implementation of a comprehensive Health Information System which fully responds to the Ministry of Health needs for timely, reliable health data for managerial, policy planning and reporting purposes. In addition, the Contractor will design a companion National Health Information System that will meet the country's needs for accurate comprehensive information on health statistics and outcomes from all sources, not only the Ministry of Health. USAID encourages the participation of small business, small disadvantaged business, and women owned small business in this activity to the maximum extent possible, as prime contractor or subcontractor in accordance with Part 19 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Inthis respect, it is anticipated that the prime contractor will make every reasonable effort to identify and make maximum practicable use 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 disadvantaged entities when requesting the solicitation and may indicate that they do not wish to be included on the list, USAID does not endorse the listed organizations of 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 known prior to issuance of the solicitation document. Proposals shall include small business plans reflecting, to the maximum extent possible, subcontracting with the above-defined entities. RFP El Sal 99-010 will be available on or after May 7, 1999.Interested organizations may receive a copy by written request only; i.e., fax (503)298-2155 or letter to the Contracting Officer, USAID/ES/OCG, AMEMBASSY-USAID, Unit 3110, APO AA 34023. Although it will not take the place of the hard copy distribution, the preferred method of distributing USAID procurement information is via the Internet or by written request of the solicitation on a 3.5" floppy disk (Microsoft Word 97). The CBD notice can be downloaded using 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 Procurement". On the following screen, select "Download Available USAID Solicitations". Receipt of this RFP through Internet must be confirmed by written notification to the contact person noted above. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this solicitation document that it has been received from internet in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. All other information publicized in the original synopsis is correct. Posted 04/15/99 (W-SN320812). (0105)

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