U.S. Agency for International Development, Regional Center for Southern Africa/Gaborone, Botswana, Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-2170

R -- ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY SPECIAL OBJECTIVE: EXPAND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR DISADVANTAGED GROUPS IN ZIMBABWE SOL RFP 690-00-004 DUE 051500 POC Peggy Manthe; Jay M. Bergman, Regional Contracting Officer; USAID/RCSA-Gaborone; Department of State; Washington, D.C. 20521-2170: Int'l Tel: 011-267-324449; Int'l Fax: 011-267-324486; E-mail: pmanthe@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, pmanthe@usaid.gov. The United States Agency for International Development/Zimbabwe (USAID/Z) office in Harare, Zimbabwe is soliciting offers from responsible entities to implement the USAID/Z Economic Opportunity Special Objective, which is to increase access of disadvantaged groups to economic opportunities that will quantitatively improve their lives and livelihoods. Offerors will propose a detailed design and implementation plan consistent with Zimbabwe's changing socio-economic and political conditions, to achieve the Economic Opportunity Special Objective, it's two intermediate results and the HIV/AIDS special program focus area as described in the above noted solicitation. Contract award will be made in a two-stage process: the first stage requiring a conceptual design and implementation proposal, while the second stage seeks a detailed design and implementation proposal. The offeror submitting the second-stage detailed design and implementation proposal which offers the best value in achieving the Economic Opportunity SpO, IRs, and the HIV/AIDS SPFA, will be awarded a five-year performance based/completion, cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF) contract to implement its detailed design. The RFP will be issued o/a 15 days from the date of this notice and first-stage conceptual proposals will be due approximately 42 days thereafter. 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 (WordPerfect 5.1/5.2 format). 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 solicitationdocument 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 03/16/00 (W-SN434974). (0076)

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