US Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to India, Regional Contracting Officer, C/O American Embassy, New Delhi, Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-9000

R -- ISO 1400 CERTIFICATION, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND CLEAN TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE-386-0530 SOL RFP 386-99-002 DUE 072799 POC P. Shashidharan Menon, Contracting Specialist, pmenon@usaid.gov and John May, Regional Contracting Officer, Tel: 91-11-686-5301, ext. 2223 and 2242, Fax: 91-11-686-8594, 686-8352 WEB: http://www.info.usaid.gov, http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd. E-MAIL: http://www.info.usaid.gov, pmenon@usaid.gov. USAID/India, under the Trade in Environmental Services and Technologies /Clean Technology Initiative (CTI) Project, is soliciting proposals for a Management Support Services contract with U.S. organizations who have a proven track record in providing technical assistance in the areas of implementing environmental management programs which emphasize private voluntary initiatives as means to accelerate the use of clean climate friendly technologies and practices to help mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from select industries in India. The CTI project, since June 1997 has provided targeted technical assistance in the following core industrial sectors in the Indian industry: automobiles, textiles, paper and pulp, Iron and steel, and cement. CTI has worked with business/industry associations to initiate pilot environment management systems (EMS) per ISO 14000 guideline; introduce clean industry standards such as benchmarking/rating program; and establish internet based business to business information networks. The next phase of the technical assistance contract will build on the experiences gained in the industrial sectors so far; place emphasis on program outreach and information networking, and financing of cleaner technology processes and services through ICICI Limited, a premier financial institution in India. The contractor, in this phase, will expand program demonstration initiatives as achieved under the previous phase, by providing technical assistance to CTI partners which includes ICICI, CTI grantees, industry and industry/business associations, and USG agencies that will engage in development of: (1) effective environmental management and energy efficient systems; (2) improved production process efficiency in the industry; and (3) improved product design whose functioning contributes to GHG emission abatement. Detailed information about this solicitation is contained in the solicitation documents. The estimated closing date is July 27, 1999. To obtain the RFP, please send your E-mail requestto pmenon@usaid.gov or request that a copy be mailed by sending your Fax request to P. SASHIDHARAN MENON, USAID/New Delhi, at 91-11-686 8594. The preferred method of distribution of USAID procurement information is via the Internet, E-MAIL by request of a solicitation on a 3.5" 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 "USAID Procurements." 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 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 05/20/99 (W-SN333722). (0140)

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