United States Agency for International Development(USAID), Mission to West Bank & Gaza, Contracting Office, Unit #7228, Box 0036, APO AE 09830-0036

R -- USAID SEEKS THE SERVICES OF A U.S. FIRM OR ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SOL RFP 294-99-012 DUE 062699 POC Timothy T. Beans, Regional Contracting Office, Tel: 972-3-511-4848, Fax: 972-3-511-4893, E-mail: timbeans@usaid.gov WEB: http://www.info.usaid.gov, http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd. E-MAIL: http://www.info.usaid.gov, timbeans@usaid.gov. USAID/West Bank & Gaza seeks the services of a U.S. firm or organization to provide professional technical assistance to strengthen the capacity of the newly elected Palestinian Legislative Council to function as a legislative body. This program will focus on developing the Council's capacity in four areas: 1. Enhancing the Council's legislative and deliberative capacity through clarifying the overall legislative process, increasing access to information and expertise, and developing legislative drafting and review skills; 2. Development of Executive/Council relations through establishing mechanisms for the Executive budget and expenditure review process, institutionalizing Council committee and Executive Ministry relationships, and developing Council Member and staff capacity to monitor, analyze and investigate executive performance; 3. Increasing interaction with constituents through improving the functioning of constituency offices, increasing outreach and dissemination of information, and training Members and staff on how to relate to the public and the media; and 4. Strengthening the Council's general administrative capacity through establishing administrative procedures in the areas of budgeting, procurement, and personnel, and providing training for Council administrative staff. To request a copy of the RFP please send an email request to pakeirnan@usaid.gov or request that a copy be mailed by sending your fax request to Patrick Keirnan in the Contracting Office at 972-3-511-4893. We also request that you include an updated telephone number and/or a fax number and an email address where you can be contacted. 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. If you require a copy in paper form of the solicitation, you must specifically ask for it, but you will not receive both a copy in paper form and a floppy disk. 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 quote USAID Procurements unquote. On the following screen, select quote Download Available USAID Solicitations unquote and find the number for this solicitation. Receipt of this RFP through the Internet must be confirmed by written notification to the contact person noted above if you wish to be notified of any amendments to the solicitation. 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 05/12/99 (W-SN330529). (0132)

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