U.S. Agency for International Development, M/OP/A/HRN, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, RRB 7.10-041, Washington, DC 20523-7101

G -- PROMOTE POLICIES AND PLANS THAT SUSTAIN ACCESS TO QUALITY FAMILY PLANNING/REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INFORMATION AND SERVICES SOL M/OP/A/HRN DUE 031000 POC Contract Negotiator, Kimberly J. Ball, Tel: 202-712-5539, Fax: 202-216-3052, Net: kball@usaid.gov; Contracting Officer: Thomas S. Bordone, Tel: 202-712-1021 WEB: http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd, http://www.info.usaid.gov. E-MAIL: http://www.info.usaid.gov, kball@usaid.gov. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) intends to issue a Request for Proposal to solicit proposals for a five year cost plus award fee (CPAF) type contract. Under the New Policy Results (NPR) Contract, the contractor shall build political and popular support among policymakers and non-governmental organizations who directly formulate policies or affect policymaking activities, help policy makers design policies at the national and subnational levels to promote the most effective and sustainable use of resources to provide family planning, HIV/AIDS prevention and maternal health services, provide policymakers with technical assistance to ensure that information is accurate, up-to-date and is communicated in a manner to affect the decision-making process. The decision as to which countries the contractor will work in will be made jointly with the contractor and the Contracts Technical Officer. USAID encourages the participation to the maximum extent possible of U.S. small businesses, U.S. small disadvantaged businesses, U.S. women-owned small businesses and U.S. HUBZone small businesses in this activity as prime or subcontractors in accordance with Part 19 of the FAR.. It is anticipated that the prime contractor will make every reasonable effort to identify potential subcontractors. The preferred method of distribution of the solicitation is via the internet or by the written request of the solicitation on a 3.5" floppy disk. If you require a copy of the solicitation in paper form, you must specifically ask for it, but you will not receive a copy in paper form and a floppy disk. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the agency website. The RFP, once issued, can be downloaded from the Agency website. The Worldwide Web address is http://www.info.usaid.gov. Select Business and Procurement Opportunities from the homepage, then select "USAID Procurements". On the following screen, select download available USAID solicitations" and find the name of this solicitation "NPR Contract". Receipt of this RFP through the internet must be confirmed by written notification to the contact person, Kimberly Ball, at aforementioned address or by e-mal at kball@usaid.gov, 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 the internet in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. USAID also reserves the right to award no contract if none of the proposals received are acceptable. Posted 01/06/00 (W-SN413821). (0006)

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