USAID/Haiti, 17 Boulevard Harry Truman, Port Au Prince, Haiti 20521-3400

R -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE PROGRAM FOR THE RECOVERY OF THE ECONOMY IN TRANSITION (PRET) SOL RFP Haiti 521-95-008 DUE 062695 POC Contracting Officer, Clement J. Bucher, (509)22 -5500, Additional Contact, Fax (509) 23-9603 USAID/Haiti is looking for the services of a U.S. Firm/Institution for two years to implement certain components of its program for the recovery of the economy in transition (PRET). The purposes of the program are to give the necessary stimulus in key areas of the Haitian economy to promote investment and restore the economy; increase employment generation and incomes at all levels in the private sector; support the provision of financial and technical services to small firms, microenterprises and agribusinesses which lack access to those services and have been decapitalized as a result of the 1991 Coup D'etat and ensuring embargo; and strengthen the ability of the financial sub-sector including both commercial banks and the non-bank intermediaries (NBIS) to provide credit and other financial services to a broader range of clients. The contractor will provide services particularly in the areas of support for the provision of financial and technical services to microenterprises, and strengthening of the ability of the financial sub-sector to provide credit and other financial services to microenterprises. The contractor will provide one full-time expatriate (24 person/months) and two full-time local professional (48 person/months); and a total of 12 person/months of short term technical assistance is expected to be used. The long-term team will include a small and microenterprise development specialist who will be the chief of party and two microenterprise specialist in the fields of financial and nonfinancial methods of assistance to microenterprises, respectively. The small and microenterprise development specialist will be responsible for policy development, strategic planning, operational management and coordination of project execution. S/He will establish the mechanisms of cooperation between and among the implementing agent and the implementing institutions; develop and negotiate programmatic performance objectives of implementing initiatives; monitor the performance of implementing institutions; develop and negotiate programmatic performance objectives of implementing institutions including target beneficiary groups; oversee the provision of funding for programmatic initiatives; monitor the performance of implementing institutions; participate in the coordination of donor activities related to the PRET project; and direct the program in a coordinated fashion. The microenterprise financial services specialist will oversee implementation of the credit and other financial services components of PRET, including strengthening of NBI and commercial bank efforts to provide financial services to small and microenterprises through institutional training and technical assistance; provision of operating and/or lending capital to NBIS that can demonstrate operational impact including serving target groups, movement toward institutional sustainability, and achievement of large scale operations; collaboration with other implementing agents involved in related activities; and dissemination of information regarding best practices in the field of microenterprise finance. '' Not less than 10 percent of the total value of the contract will have to subcontracted to Disadvantaged Enterprises (U.S. socially and economically disadvantaged, including women-owned businesses; historically Black colleges and universities; U.S. colleges and universities with more than 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 Disadvantaged Enterprises when requesting the solicitation and may indicate that they do no wish to be included on the list. By providing the list, USAID does not endorse the listed organizations as being capable of carrying our 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. Proposals shall include plans reflecting not less than 10 percent subcontracting with the above-defined entities. Proposals not including such plans will be considered to be non-responsive.'' The microenterprise nonfinancial services specialist will oversee implementation of those components of PRET that involve the provision of training, technical assistance and other nonfinancial services to microenterprises, including strengthening of implementing organizations involved in the delivery of these services; development of specific projects to improve the policy environment and working conditions of microenterprises; development of market opportunities for microenterprises in the recovering economy; collaboration with other implementing agents involved in related activities; and dissemination of information regarding best practices in the field of nonfinancial assistance to microenterprises. The contractor may associate itself with other companies that have a particular expertise needed to implement the project and work with local NGOS, NBIS and commercial banks involved in the small and microenterprise sector. USAID/Haiti anticipates issuing the solicitation for this procurement on/or shortly after June 26, 1995. copies may be obtained only by written request to the contracting officer, USAID/Haiti (Fax 509-23-9603). Requests should include complete mailing address, phone and fax numbers. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the agency gopher. The RFP, once issued 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 on 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/52195008. Receipt of this RFP through internet must be confirmed by written notification to the contact person noted above. It is the responsibilty 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. (0165)

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