U.S. Agency for International Development, Office of Procurement, M/OP/A/HRN, Room 1569, SA-14, Washington, DC 20523- 1427

R -- HEALTH FINANCING AND SUSTAINABILITY (HFS) II SOL OP/A/HRN-95-002 DUE 071795 POC John O'Connell or Mike Atsalinos, Contract Specialist (703)875-1155; Michael B. Gushue, Contracting Officer, (703)875- 1042 Health Financing and Sustainability (HFS) II, will provide USAID Missions and host country institutions with technical assistance, training, and applied research in the areas of health policy and management, health financing, and health service improvement. The request for proposals will be issued o/a 15 days from the date of this publication. The closing date will be o/a 17 July 1995. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the USAID. 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, 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.) Proposals shall include plans reflecting no less than 10 percent subcontracting with the above-defined entities. The RFP will have a sample subcontracting plan as an attachment. Proposals not including such plans will be considered to be non-responsive. Offerors are encouraged to consider additional small business subcontracting as well. All other selection criteria being found equal, the participation of such additional small business subcontracting may become a determining factor for selection. USAID will make this solicitation, including all attachments, available on INTERNET. Those requestors who do not download from INTERNET may request the solicitation either on 3-1/2'' diskette (format WordPerfect 5.2) or in hard copy. If no preference is cited, a hard copy will be provided. Requests must be accompanied by three (3) self-adhesive self-addressed mailing labels. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Gopher. The RFP and any future amendments 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/AHRN502/ahrn502.rfp. Receipt of this RFP through INTERNET must be confirmed by written notification to the contact person noted above (INTERNET address matsalinos@usaid.gov). Be sure to use the ''rfp'' extension. 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. (0146)

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