U.S. Agency for International Development, M/OP/A/AOT, Room 7.10-023, RRB, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20523-7101

D -- COMPUTER SERVICES SOL M/OP-99-1241 POC Contact: Patricia Stewart (202) 712-5546; Contracting Officer: Michael F. Walsh (202) 712-1205 WEB: http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurements_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cb d, http://www.info.usaid.gov. E-MAIL: pstewart@usaid.gov, http://www.info.usaid.gov. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau for Africa, Office of Sustainable Development (AFR/SD) seeks to competitively award a four-year Commercial Item Procurement contract to contribute to the support of AFR/SD activities. The services and support of the contractor will involve the following broad categories: Administrative/Secretarial, Computer Network Infrastructure (Maintains Office systems), Publications/Dissemination, Workshops and Conferences, support to the Africa Fellowship Program, Performance Assessment, and Site Management. The issuance date for the Request for Quotations (RFQ) for Small Business is expected on or/about June 15, 1999. The closing date for submission of quotations will be approximately thirty (30) days from the actual issuance date. This information will be specified in the RFQ. All eligible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by USAID. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Web Site. The RFQ, 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 RFQ through INTERNET should be confirmed by written notice 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 06/09/99 (W-SN341161). (0160)

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