R -- ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN COLOMBIA

Notice Date

November 8, 2000

Contracting Office

Allen Eisenberg, USAID/Peru, Unit 3760, APO AA 34031

ZIP Code

34031

Solicitation Number

514-P-00-9002

Response Due

January 30, 2001

Point of Contact

Allen Eisenberg, Regional Contracts Officer, Tel: 51-1/433-3200, Ext. 745

E-Mail Address

http://www.info.usaid.gov (aeisenberg@usaid.gov)

Description

The USAID Bogot Colombia Mission requires technical assistance to support Colombia's efforts to consolidate the 1991 constitutional changes to ensure transparency in all phases and levels of the criminal justice system; to help the criminal justice system reduce impunity; and, to increase the capacity of the National Ombudsman's Public Defenders' office. Services will include the expansion of citizen access to the formal system of justice as well as to alternative forms of conflict resolution and community justice in order to improve the efficiency, transparency and fairness of the criminal justice system, and to increase citizen access to justice. Technical assistance will be achieved through the following cluster of activities: Development and Strengthening of the Criminal Justice System; Community and Local Justice Institutions Strengthened and Promotion of Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms; and, Improved Capacity of Criminal Justice Sector to Plan and Establish Effective Policies. Although activities will take place on a national scale, it is expected that security permitting, activities will take place in the Putumayo area. The proposed requirement is estimated to be a five-year $21 million effort. 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." The RFP will be available on the USAID web-site 15 days after publication of this notice. Receipt of this RFP through INTERNET must confirmed by written notification to the contact person above. It is the responsibility of the recipient of the 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.

Web Link

http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd (http://www.info.usaid.gov)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001113/RSOL011.HTM (W-313 SN5062K9)