U.S. Agency for International Development, M/OP/A/P, Office of Procurement, Room 7.10-025, Washington, DC 20523-7101

65 -- CONDOMS SOL M/OP-00-675 DUE 041000 POC Alfreda Thomas, Tel: 202-712-1202, Fax: 202-216-3052 WEB: http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd, http://www.info.usaid.gov. E-MAIL: http://www.info.usaid.gov, athomas@usaid.gov. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), issuing a solicitation for a one-year contract for 150,000,000 each, 52 mm condoms for delivery in calendar year 2001. This contract shall have a within year option to increase the contract by up to 100% for the base quantity for additional deliveries in calendar year 2001. In addition, the contract will include an option for the delivery of up to 100,000,000 condoms in calendar year 2000. Further, the contract shall include options to cover deliveries in calendar years 2002and 2003. Production shall be delivered in uniform monthly allotments. The condoms shall be manufactured in accordance with industry standards as tailored to meet USAID requirements. The specifications are provided in this solicitation. The condoms shall have a USFDA-approved 510k or have been in the U.S. market prior to the medical device amendments to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act as amended in 1976. The condoms must be manufactured in the U.S. to meet USAIDsource, origin and nationality regulations under 22 CFR 228. RFP will be issued no less than 15 days after publication of this synopsis and will close approximately April 10, 2000. Those interested in receiving a Request for Proposal should send a written request. The above-numbered solicitation will be available on or about March 20, 2000, on the USAID World Wide Web page at the following address: http://www.info.usaid.gov. Upon accessing the USAID home page, select "Business and Procurement", then "USAID Procurement", then "Download Available USAID Solicitations". The Request for proposal (RFP) is entitled "Condoms" (M/OP-00-675). Receipt of this RFP through internet must be confirmed by written notification to the contact person noted above. In evaluating offers received in response to this solicitation, USAID reserves the right to consider offers of partial quantities to the extent that this would be advantageous to USAID in meeting its requirements. Posted 03/20/00 (W-SN435961). (0080)

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