Regional Contracts Office, Regional Support Center, Budapest, Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-5270

Y -- CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES PROGRAM IN KOSOVO SOL 167-00-19 DUE 042000 POC Ms. Azza El-Abd, Regional Contracting Officer, Tel: 361-475-4568, Telefax: 361-269-5893 or e-mail: azel-abd@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, azel-abd@usaid.gov. Correction: This CBD announcement replaces the previously posted announcement dated 02/03/00, Record Number: 2526PRY0004, in its entirety. The Regional Services Center Budapest, on behalf of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Kosovo intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit proposals for the provision of engineering, design, and construction services for the rehabilitation of community infrastructure and limited technical assistance for institutional development in Kosovo. The contract will have two components: Rehabilitation of small scale infrastructure projects such as local electricity distribution, water supply, sanitation including sewers and solid waste management, schools and health clinics and other public buildings and local roads; and institutional strengthening of selected Kosovar public utilities. This award will be based on full and open competition following two-phase design-build selection procedures in accordance with FAR Subpart 36.3. The contract is expected to run for three years and to cost $43,000,000. The RFP, when issued, will provide the final information on the closing date. USAID intends to release the RFP on or about April 20, 2000. 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 (WordPerfect 5.1/5.2 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 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. Posted 04/03/00 (W-SN440496). (0094)

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