R -- PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES -- INTERNATIONAL RULE OF LAW AND JUSTICE SECTOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Notice Date

October 22, 2001

Contracting Office

USAID, M/OP/G/DGHCA, Room 7.09.140, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, Office of Procurement, Washington, DC 20523

ZIP Code

20523

Solicitation Number

M/OP-02-004

Response Due

January 15, 2002

Point of Contact

Robert Samuel Taylor, Contract Specialist, 202 712 4121 voice, fax 202 216 3132; Contracting Officer, Audon Trujillo, Jr.

E-Mail Address

http://www.usaid.gov (rtaylor@usaid.gov and atrujillo@usaid.gov)

Description

USAID will post a request for proposals (RFP) for indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) time and materials (T&M) contracts for technical assistance in the area of International Rule of Law and Justice Sector Technical Assistance. The RFP is expected to be posted o/a November 7, 2001. Please note that no additional information concerning this procurement is available prior to publication of the RFP; requests for additional information will be disregarded without notice to the requestor. The RFP will be posted only at www.usaid.gov and www.fedbizops.gov. In accordance with FAR 5.102(d), availability of the solicitation is limited to these electronic media only. Requests for copies of the RFP will be disregarded without notice to the requestor. Proposals are expected to be due on January 15, 2002. The purpose of these indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts are to support developing counties' transition to, and consolidation of democratic governance through the rule of law, and the promotion and protection of human rights. Activities under this Subject Area will improve and enhance the Agency's performance in responding to challenges to the growth establishment and sustainability of legal and judicial systems which promote a rule of law consistent with respect for human rights and market based economies, commitment to legal equality, and democratic principles. In many developing countries with weak or nascent democratic traditions and underdeveloped economies, the processes and institutions which are necessary to uphold the rule of law are incompletely evolved, ineffective, or may not even exist. Their legal frameworks are often out of touch with social reality and contemporary needs, as well as diverging significantly from internationally accepted norms. Customary and informal practice may cause further deviations. When these conditions prevail, neither the rule of law, democratic reform nor sustainable economic development can be achieved. Activities under this Subject Area will fall within the following functional areas: (a) improving legal frameworks; (b) strengthening justice sector institutions; (c) increasing access to justice; and (d) building constituencies for justice sectoral reform. (e) improving host country human rights practices. (f) justice sector approaches to conflict mitigation and prevention (g) post-conflict transitions to rule of law.

Web Link

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

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011024/RSOL001.HTM (W-295 SN5111S8)