Inter-American Foundation, 901 N. Stuart Street, 10th Floor, Arlington, VA 22203-1821

B -- PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES SOL IAF-00-Q002 DUE 120399 POC Martin J. Langaigne, Contracting Office, 703-306-4332 E-MAIL: Inter-American Foundation, mlangaigne@iaf.gov. The Inter-American Foundation (Foundation)is an independent agency of the U.S. Government located in Arlington, Virginia. Its primary work consists of grant-making and related research, evaluation, and dissemination activities benefiting foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working to improve the lives of poor and disadvantaged people in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Foundation is seeking to contract in a cost sharing fashion for photographic services to take photographs of selected on-going rural and urban grassroots development grant projects in Panama, Ecuador, and Nicaragua, for journals and other publications of the Foundation. Please note that this requirement should be undertaken only in conjunction with other assignments in the subject geographic areas since funds are not available to provide for all of the contractor's expenses. The photographer must write and speak spanish fluently. The average length of time per assignment(s) in any given country is three to four days. All photography contracted for shall becomes the sole property of the Foundation. The contractor is responsible for all country entrance and exit visas. The period of performance of the resulting contract is one year from the date of the contract award, plus four additional one-year options. The anticipated RFQ issue date is approximately 15 days after publication of this notice, and proposals will be due approximately 14 days after the issue date. Please note that telephone requests will not be accepted. Interested sources must submit a written request for the RFQ either by mail or by fax (703)306-4373. Posted 11/04/99 (D-SN398392). (0308)

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