U.S. Agency for International Development, M/OP/A/FAO, Office of Procurement, Room 7.10-050, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20523-7101

R -- ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES SOL M/OP-00-1720 DUE 100600 POC Charles Mosby, Tel: 202-712-0832, Fax: 202-216-3052, E-mail: cmosby@usaid.gov Contracting Officer, Lisa M. Maass, Tel: 202-712-5565 WEB: http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd, http://www.info.usaid.gov. E-MAIL: http://www.info.usaid.gov, cmosby@usaid.gov. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) anticipates award of a Cost Plus Fixed Fee type contract with a three year base period and two one year option periods for technical and administrative support services as well as conference, retreat, and meeting/workshop support for USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Response. USAID intends to promote competition for this contract as a total small business set aside as governed by Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 19.5. The Standard Industrial Classification code for this procurement is 8742. Subcontracting with small business concerns: While there are no established requirements for small businesses to neither submit subcontracting plans nor subcontract with other small businesses, all offerors are encouraged to include the participation through subcontracting agreements, to the maximum extent possible, of U.S. entities that are qualified as "small business," "small disadvantaged business," and "women-owned small business" concerns. To help identify potential subcontractors, a list of all organizations requesting a copy of the RFP will be attached to each RFP. Offerors wanting inclusion on the bidder's list should submit their requests, in writing, by snail mail or e-mail to Charles Mosby (cmosby@usaid.gov). All organizations must indicate whether they are identified as small business, small disadvantaged business, or women-owned small business under SIC code 8742 so that their status may be indicated on the list. Those small business, small disadvantaged business, or women-owned small business concerns under SIC code 8742 currently participating in the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program are especially encouraged to be designated as such when seeking inclusion on the bidder's list. Necessarily, the list will contain the names of only those organizations known prior to issuance of the solicitation document. By providing the list, USAID does not endorse the listed organizations as being capable of carrying out the activity, nor does USAID verify the claimed status of the organizations. On or about fifteen (15) days from the date of this synopsis, USAID anticipates publishing a Request for Proposal (RFP) resulting from this requirement on the USAID web site at www.usaid.gov. Select "Business and Procurement" then "USAID Procurements." On the following screen, select "Download Available USAID Solicitations." The RFP will be entitled "BHR Program Support" and identified as "RFP Number M/OP-00-1720." It is the responsibility of the recipient of this solicitation document to ensure that it has been received form INTERNET in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. Potential offerors are requested to notify Charles Mosby via facsimile at (202)216-3052, or by e-mail, of their receipt of the RFP (please provide company name, address, and phone number), in order for USAID to ensure offeror's receipt of amendments or supplements to the solicitation. If you are unable to download this RFP via the internet, contact Charles Mosby as noted above with your request for a 3.5" microdisk copy of the solicitation. Be sure to include your return address on your request. No hard copies of the solicitation will be available, nor will phone or fax requests for the RFP be accepted. Requests not conforming to this requirement will not be honored. Only one request for the RFP per organization will be honored. Offerors are advised that all other pertinent and necessary information regarding this potential procurement, including deadlines both for submission of questions and for submission of proposals, will be included in the cover letter of the RFP. Posted 08/17/00 (W-SN487302). (0230)

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