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R -- SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (BHR/OFDA) SOL RFP No. M/OP-00-196 DUE 033100 POC Sunil (Neil) Xavier, Email:sxavier@usaid.gov Tel: 202-712-0384, Fax: 202-216-3052 WEB: CURRENT CBD NOTICES, http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd /. E-MAIL: Sunil (Neil) Xavier, sxavier@usaid.gov. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) wishes to enter into a five-year Cost-Plus-Award-Fee Level of Effort Contract to provide administrative support for disaster relief, rehabilitation, and mitigation activities funded by the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance in the Bureau for Humanitarian Response (BHR/OFDA). The proposed contract will provide the following services: 1. Negotiation and administration of grants, cooperative agreements, and interagency agreements; 2. Procurement of commodities, equipment and short-term services related to international disaster assistance; 3. Assist in recruitment, negotiation, award, and administration of personal service contracts; 4. Administrative support of Washington offices; 5. Information and dissemination services; 6. Training; and 7. Other activities related to the support of BHR/OFDA's Strategic Objectives of Response and Mitigation. The contract shall be incrementally funded. The enhanced performance of the Contractor will be critical tothe success of BHR/OFDA, therefore the contract shall be a Cost-plus-award-fee type. This contract shall be 100% set-aside for small business. The small business size standard for the principle SIC (8742) is $5 million. A Pre-proposal conference is anticipated in February, 2000. Details will be provided in the RFP. The RFP will be available on/or about February 10, 2000. The RFP will close approximately 45 days from the date of issuance. Telephone requests for the RFP will not be honored. The preferred method of distribution of USAID procurement information is via the Internet or by request of a solicitation on a 3.5" floppy disk (Word format). If you require a copy of the solicitation in paper form, you must specifically ask for it, but you will not receive both a copy in paper form and a 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 the Internet in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. USAID is not obligated to award a contract under this solicitation.***** Posted 01/28/00 (W-SN419776). (0028)

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