Margaret Kidd, Regional Contracting Officer, USAID/Bolivia, APO AA, 34032

R -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PROJECT (DDCP) SOL RFP Bolivia 95-003 POC Margaret Kidd, Regional Contracting Officer, International Tel. 591-2-786445, Fax 591-2-784939 La Paz, Bolivia USAID/Bolivia and the Government of Bolivia are seeking the services of a U.S. firm, institution, university, or consortium to implement the Democratic Development and Citizen Participation (DDCP) project. The goal of the project is to improve the effectiveness and accessibility of key democratic institutions and practices. The purpose of the project is to strengthen citizen participation in municipal and national government, as well as the ability of municipal governments, national and departmental electoral institutions, and the National Congress to satisfy the demands resulting from strengthened participation. The project consists of the following three components: 1) Municipal Governance - to help municipal governments and civil society representatives work together to implement the Popular Participation Law, seeking to avoid gridlock and other forms of breakdown or reduction in municipal governance; 2) Effective Citizenship - to promote the minimal local citizen education and voter participation preconditions necessary for the election of legitimate municipal democratic governments capable of enacting the Popular Participation Law; and 3) Representative Congress - to help grass- roots organizations and municipal governments activated by the Popular Participation Law gain effective access to Congress for resolution of congressional level municipal issues. USAID expects to award a cost reimbursement completion type contract with clearly identified performance standards which will be used to monitor contractor performance. More detailed information is included in the RFP document. Subcontracting with Gray Amendment entities: No less than 10 percent of the total value of the contract will have to be subcontracted to Gray Amendment entities (U.S. socially and economically disadvantaged businesses, including: women-owned; 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 Gray Amendment entities 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 only the names of those organizations known prior to the issuance of the solicitation document. Proposals shall include subcontracting plans reflecting no less than 10 percent subcontracting with the above-defined entities. Proposals not including such plans will be considered non-responsive. Subcontracting with small business concerns and socially and economically disadvantaged entities: USAID encourages the participation to the maximum extend possible of U.S. entities that are small business concerns and small disadvantaged business concerns, in accordance with Part 19 of the FAR and Part 726 of the AIDAR. It is anticipated that the prime contractor will make maximum practicable use of such entities. RFP BOLIVIA 95-003 will be issued not sooner than 15 days after publication of this synopsis with the due date for proposals to be stated therein. Copies may be obtained only by written request to the Regional Contracting Officer, USAID/Bolivia (Fax 591-2-784939). Requests should include the RFP number and a complete mailing address with contact name and phone and fax numbers. (0117)

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