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 JUDICIAL SYSTEM SOL RFP 294-99-013 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 to contract for the services of a U.S. firm or organization to provide professional technical assistance to develop the elements of an effective Palestinian judicial system. The contract scope and statement of work will focus on three components: 1) Increasing the capacity of the judiciary to serve the public through the development of a judicial training institute with a comprehensive judicial training program for judges, prosecutors and court staff, strengthening court administration, the establishment of model courts, and an increased use of alternative dispute resolution to complement and support judicial reform; 2) Developing the policy framework for judicial reform through the creation of a judges' association, and support for policy analyses; and 3) Improving Palestinian legal education by working with four Palestinian universities on curriculum development (focusing particularly on commercial law, ethics, alternative dispute resolution and human rights), the provision of information resources, and faculty development. 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. Onthe 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-SN330533). (0132)

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