U.S. Agency for International Development, M/OP/A/P, Room 1522, SA-14, Washington, DC 20523-1426

R -- FAMILY PLANNING LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT (FPLM) PROJECT SOL M/OP/A/P-95-006 POC Contract Specialist Debra Banks, 703/875-1064; Contracting Officer Thomas S. Bordone, 703/875-1023. All requests must be in writing. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) requires the services of a qualified organization to provide a continuation of family planning logistic management over a five year period. The objectives of the contract are: to strengthen and institutionalize the logistics management capabilities of family planning and HIV/AIDS programs in developing countries; and to provide technical management and analysis of USAID's two population databases: the contraceptive database (NEWVERN) and the Populations Projects Database (PPD). The following activities will form the basis for work to be performed: technical assistance in contraceptive logistics; training in logistics management; training in contraceptive forecasting; training in warehouse and inventory management; development and monitoring of contraceptive requirements for USAID-supported family planning programs; conversion of USAID's two population databases from PROGRESS language to ORACLE language; and management of USAID's population databases. The goal of USAID's project is to enhance the freedom of couples in developing countries to choose voluntarily the number and spacing of their children. At the field level, the objectives of this procurement are: to strengthen the ability of family planning programs to manage and implement efficient contraceptive logistics systems; to strengthen the commitment of family planning program managers and administrators to build more efficient contraceptive logistics systems; to institutionalize the capacity of family planning programs to forecast their contraceptive requirements and, where appropriate, to seek alternative sources of supply; and to develop the capacity of family planning programs to implement sound contraceptive quality assurance programs. At the USAID level, the objectives of this procurement are: to continue management of the contraceptive database (NEWVERN) which houses up- to-date information regarding the procuring, shipping, storing, financing and accounting of USAID-supplied contraceptives and their costs; to continue management of the computerized population projects database (PPD) which provides historical and current information on all USAID-supported population projects and sub- projects; to convert these two databases to ORACLE; and to undertake special analyses on cross-cutting issues related to contraceptive logistics and USAID's population program. The contract shall consist of a base five-year contract with two options to increase activities by 30 percent each within the five- year contract period. No less than 10 percent of the total value of the contract will have to be subcontracted to U.S. socially and economically disadvantaged businesses, including women-owned businesses; historically black colleges and universities; U.S. colleges and universities with at least 40 percent Hispanic American students; and U.S. private voluntary organizations controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, including women. To help identify potential subcontractors, a list of all organizations requesting a copy of the solicitation will be sent with each solicitation document. Organizations are encouraged to indicate whether they are a socially and economically disadvantaged business, as defined above, when requesting the solicitation and may indicate that they do not wish to be included on the list. 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. Necessarily, the list will contain the names of only those organizations known prior to the issuance of the solicitation document. Offerors who submit their name and mailing address by letter or facsimile (no phone requests will be accepted) will receive Request for Proposals (RFP) No. M/OP/A/P-95-006. The facsimile number for submitting name/address is 703-875-1107; please include the RFP number and direct request to the POC named above. A Request for Proposals will be issued not less than 15 days after publication of this synopsis, with a closing date for receipt of proposals approximately 45 days after issuance. Additionally, this CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Gopher. The RFP can be downloaded from the Agency Gopher. The Gopher address is GOPHER.INFO.USAID.GOV. Select USAID Procurement and Business Opportunities from the Gopher menu. The RFP text can be downloaded via Anonymous File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The FTP address is FTP.INFO.USAID.GOV. Logon using the user identification of ''anonymous'' and the password is your e-mail address. Look under the following directory for the RFP: pub/OP/RFP/AP506/ap506.rfp. 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. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. (0087)

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