USAID/Kyiv, 19 Nyzhniy Val St., 254071 Kiev, Ukraine

R -- UKRAINE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT ACTION PROGRAM (LEAP) SOL RFP 00-07 DUE 052300 POC Winifred J. Mulligan, wmulligan@usaid.gov, Tel 380-44-462-5678, Fax 380-44-462-5834, Contractin Officer Catherine A. Mallay, cmallay@usadi.gov WEB: CURRENT CBD NOTICES, http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd /. E-MAIL: Winifred Mulligan, wmulligan@usaid.gov. 17. The U.S. Agency for International Development plans to award a contract for the period of three years with an optional two-year extension to implement a Local Environmental Action Program (LEAP)in Ukraine by transferring and adapting the methodologies and lessons learned in other CEE countries, including from the USAID-funded Local Environmental Action Program (LEAP) in Poland, as summarized below. This pre-solicitation notice will be followed by a formal Request for Proposal (RFP), containing additional detail. USAID expects to issue the RFP via the USAID website (information below) o/a May 19, 2000. If you or your organization would like to be listed in the RFP as having expressed interest in this competition, then please notify the USAID/Kiev contact person via email or fax within two weeks of this notice. The contractor will demonstrate methods for identifying environmental priorities and addressing these priorities in ways that protect human health and the environment and that stimulate the local economy. This three-year activity will 1) conduct demonstration LEAPs in selected communities, 2) develop training materials, guidelines and other tools for use by Ukrainian communities, 3) train Ukrainians as LEAP experts capable of assisting communities in LEAP implementation, and 4) build a LEAP network among municipalities and among environmental NGOs. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the USAID 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." 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. Any interested party requesting a hard copy or diskette of the solicitation must submit a written request (fax or email is acceptable) to the contact person noted above and must make its own arrangements to get the solicitation (mail, courier, etc.); USAID/Kyiv will not bear the cost for this purpose of courier service or other special pickup or delivery services. Posted 04/13/00 (W-SN444757). (0104)

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