USAID/Kyiv, 19 Nyzhniy Val St., 254071 Kiev, Ukraine

R -- UKRAINE MARKET REFORM EDUCATION PROGRAM SOL USAID/Kyiv RFP 0001 DUE 113099 POC Alena Orlova, E-mail: aorlova@usaid.gov, Tel: 380-44-462-5678; Fax: 380-44-462-5834; Contracting Officer: Catherine A. Mallay, Cmallay@usaid.gov WEB: http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd, http://www.info.usaid.gov. E-MAIL: http://www.info.usaid.gov, aorlova@usaid.gov or cmallay@usaid.gov. The U.S Agency for International Development plans to modify an existing contract, No. 121-C-00-99-00702-00, with Gavin Anderson & Company to add additional tasks and increase the contract level of effort and dollar ceiling. The new tasks are: implementation of additional promotion activities; conduct of two rounds of focus groups all over Ukraine and two national public opinion polls to define public opinion towards the pension reform in Ukraine. The modified contract will provide additional organization of ten special press club meetings and seven roundtables/seminars for journalists throughout the country to discuss the issues of pension reform; production of print materials for social sector reform; production of one TV documentary, five TV and ten radio infomercials specifically devoted to the pension reform. Since November 1998, USAID/Kyiv, through the contract with Gavin Anderson & Company, has devised information campaigns for a variety of economic and social reform areas. The need for additional pension related work has increased and is needed now to address a critical window of opportunity in the pension reform process. The efficiency of the reform largely depends on the transparent flow of information to the citizens of Ukraine. In the interest of cost- and time-efficiency, USAID/Kyiv wishes to maintain current working relationships with Gavin Anderson & Company and between Gavin Anderson & Company and its Ukrainian counterparts. Therefore, USAID/Kyiv plans to proceed with this modification under the authority of 40 U.S.C.474: that full and open competition need not be obtained when it would impair or otherwise have an advertise effect on programs conducted for the purpose of foreign aid and rehabilitation. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the USAID Web Site, www.info.usaid.gov. Posted 11/18/99 (W-SN401752). (0322)

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